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Blind Corn Liquor Pickers

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The songs are tough, taut and fraught with some simply amazing words, subject matters and imagery. And the band plays with some real fire and gusto. Now this is the way edgy bluegrass should sound! Beth's soaring, bluesy vocals add another whole dimension to your already multi-faceted sound.
~ Dave Higgs, Host of NPR’s "Bluegrass Breakdown"
Beth Walker, the new lead singer, has to be heard to be believed. Think Janis Joplin reincarnated as a bluesy mountain singer.
~ Keith Lawrence, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
These tunes are up-beat, energetic, and rousingly high-spirited, the lyrics fresh, wry, witty, intelligent, and chock-full of good-natured mischief. If the Beatles were reincarnated as 21st Century punkabilly Kentuckians, they'd probably sound a whole lot like the Blind Corn Liquor Pickers.
~ Ed McClanahan (novelist, Merry Prankster) for The Nougat
Call them bluegrass postmodernists if you must. Jokey, ironic, swept up in explorations of sometimes preposterous fears, insecurities and fancies, they offer up familiar themes and then jerk them sharply leftward. When you've recovered from the shock -- if you haven't already been tossed out the window -- you're positioned to enjoy the rest of the ride.
Jerome Clark, Rambles.Net
The Blind Corn Liquor Pickers play what can only be called rowdy, party-time bluegrass-rock...it makes for a heck of a ride.
~ Mare Wakefield, Performing Songwriter
The recording defies description so you need to give it a listen to appreciate the genius behind it.
~ Bluegrass Now, "For the Records"
If its down home, shit kicking, fast picking that you like then The Blind Corn Liquor Pickers should whet your appetite (or maybe I should say quench your thirst)...mixing it up with an energetic jam-grass sensibility that's steeped in a good-time vibe...they've got some great original songs. What these guys deliver should delight traditionalist and fans of more adventurous jam-grass bands. It's honest, fun and foot stomping!
~ Mick Skidmore, KyndMusic.com / Relix Magazine
The songs are packed so tight you couldn't get a half a bar free to sip your beer in. Even the mournful finale of "8-Ball" wastes not a single bit of forward energy in carrying the tune and lyric from the beginning to the end. It's the kind of song Johnny Cash could have sung. It's music that sounds like it's been distilled and purified though three generations at least. Confident, effortless and irresistible, you would have to have a heart of coal and dancing shoes of lead not to fall in love with this stuff.
~Sam Saunders, Whisperin & Hollerin on Anywhere Else

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Music:

Member Since: 4/15/2005
Band Website: blindcorn.com
Band Members: Joel Serdenis (Mandolin,Vocals) Tom Fassas (Guitar, Vocals, Dobro) Travis Young (Banjo, Vocals) Sam Kruer (Bass, Vocals) Beth Walker (Guitar, Vocals)
Influences: Bill Monroe, Roger Miller, Newgrass Revival, Kevin Smith, Townes Van Zandt
Sounds Like: Old Crow Medicine Show, Asylum Street Spankers, Sam Bush, Bad Livers, John Hardy-Ons, Cornhole Cob Pipers, Boyz in the Holler

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Record Label: Blind Corn Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Some Early Reviews

Reviews are starting to trickle in for "Appalachian Trail"...In an email from Dave Higgs of Nashville NPR's Bluegrass Breakdown:"Many, many thanks for sending me a copy of the band's latestyour wild...
Posted by Blind Corn Liquor Pickers on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:37:00 PST

The New CD is Finally For Sale!

After nearly three years of songwriting, arranging, rearranging, recording, mixing & editing, the new CD is finally on sale, online, and in stores, for download, upload or pirated freeload .... shitl...
Posted by Blind Corn Liquor Pickers on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:28:00 PST

FESTIVAL SEASON

We're just a few weeks away from kicking off the touring season for real. After a couple of local tune-up gigs, we'll be hitting the festival circuit running ... and we've lucked our way into some rea...
Posted by Blind Corn Liquor Pickers on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 06:24:00 PST

Back In Action

Next Tuesday!  March 13.  The Dame.  Lexington, KY. We are fired up for this show, folks.  For the past four months we've been circling the wagons, working our asses off writing ne...
Posted by Blind Corn Liquor Pickers on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:07:00 PST

Selected by Performing Songwriter as Top 12 DIY Pick

Performing Top 12 DIY Picks: June 2006 by Mare Wakefield The Blind Corn Liquor Pickers play what can only be called rowdy, party-time bluegrass-rock. Banjos, mandolins and high, lonesome harmonies...
Posted by Blind Corn Liquor Pickers on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:45:00 PST

No Depression May/June 2006

No Depression -- May/June 2006 The Other Kind of Jug Band by Jewly Hight Though the Blind Corn Liquor Pickers four Kentucky natives who play mandolin, guitar, banjo, and upright bass fleetingly gi...
Posted by Blind Corn Liquor Pickers on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:41:00 PST

Links to Blind Corn's Blog and Discussion Forum

Please click these links to visit Blind Corn Liquor Pickers' Blog on BlindCorn.com and Discussion Board on BlindCorn.com...
Posted by Blind Corn Liquor Pickers on Wed, 31 May 2006 12:20:00 PST