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Rubber Knife Gang

About Me


We're proud to announce our debut CD" A Rubber Knife Life", which features 12 of our original songs, the internationally-acclaimed artwork of Keith Neltner from Neltner Creative, http://www.neltnercreative.com, and the engineering/mixing expertise of Robert Fugate and Mind Ignition, http://www.mindignitionchannel.com
For just $10 plus $3 shipping (anywhere in continental US), you can be the first to own one of these shiny, squeaky, new original works by your favorite folkloricos, the hickey-neckin', freight-train wreckin', river-paddlin', dirt-bike straddlin',....
....Rubber Knife Gang.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/08/2007
Band Website: You're there.
Band Members: Henry "Hound-Dog Hank" Becker--blues/grass guitar and vocalsJohnboy Oaks--Upright-bass/Banjo and vocalsTodd "Blind-Man Willy" Wilson on Mandolin/Vocals
Influences: Too many to list.....you're just gonna have to listen and speculate.
Sounds Like: Musical Succotash
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Cincy Groove Review SGH 04/29/09

Thanks to Nate Rosing and Scott Preston for your continuing support of Rubber Knife Gang, and especially the entire collective Cincinnati Music Scene.  Your dedicationis very much appreciated.Review o...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 09:04:00 GMT

Drivin' On

DRIVING ON We were loaded. We were stoked. We were running on adrenaline. As we left town in a blur, we made a last-minute request to hear one of our songs over the Cincinnati airwaves courtesy of W...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:04:00 GMT

WAYNES, TRAINS, and SHOPPING CART WHEELS...

Hank got off work at 5pm as usual. His Thursday had started at 5:40 am when he got up for work. He zipped home and had enough time to load his guitar. No change of clothes, no dinner. He stopped b...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:07:00 GMT

"Gang of Three" sits down with CityBeat...

http://npaper-wehaa.com/city-beat;see-gkDB23FSkzIU... Click the link for our interview with Brian Baker, available in March 4 CityBeat.
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:16:00 GMT

A Year in the Life....

WHAT A YEAR! 2008 was a wild ride.  Weve played a lot of gigs, learned a lot of lessons. We connected, reconnected, disconnected, and RE-reconnected with many friends, and we tried to document the m...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:40:00 GMT

Rubber Knife in Rabbit Hash...

We thought we knew what to expect. We, Rubber Knifers, loaded the instruments and piled into the car for a quick trip to Kentucky. Willy was feelin' a little rough from the previous night's birthday...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:11:00 GMT

Studio Neeb

I woke up about 15 minutes before everyone was supposed to begin arriving, head in a vice, or maybe it shoulda been....to ease the pain. My wife and children had left me alone for the weekend, so we ...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:50:00 GMT

Kentucky Benefit

We were running pretty late, once again... but Willy was already there. We threw the instruments in the car and drove off toward Kentucky. Called Willy, the first band was still playing so we had a ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:03:00 GMT

Its a Rubber Knife Life...

SWEENEYFEST '08 It seems there's no end to the times when we find ourselves at a party and feel wholly comfortable, completely at peace, and lost in the moment. We rubber knifers must be some lucky p...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:32:00 GMT

Road Drools...

LONG STRANGE TRIP Rubber Knife Gang got booked to play in Columbus on a Thursday night last spring and they were looking forward to the gig and a nice quick road trip out of town. They were especiall...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:04:00 GMT