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Psych-A-Billy

The World's Most Feared Hillbilly Band

About Me

Celebrating their Fourteenth Anniversary this year, Miracle Records recording artists Psych-A-Billy continue to dumbfound the folk music world with their relentless and uncompromising silliness.

The music remains a frenzied blur of sounds and styles, rocketing from bluegrass to punk rock and ricocheting around the most unexpected corners in roots music, just because the boys in the band think it's funny to play it that way.

And, while the audience is still trying to recover from the band's lunatic bantering, and careening from Rockabilly to Sea Chanties, the boys will slip in smattering of hook-laden, original songs with a breezy ease that belies their maturity and professionalism.

Then, what the hell, maybe a shaggy dog story and a couple of show tunes. You never know. Expect the unexpected.

From campfires to concert halls, Psych-A-Billy has turned up just about everywhere in the last ten years, including Gene Shay's Folk Music Show on Philadelphia's WXPN, "Philadelphia's Home of Rock'n'Roll," WMMR, the World Premiere of a documentary film about a Kentucky town that elected a dog as Mayor, and as the band at the world's only known Puerto Rican/Swedish Wedding.

For reasons nobody understands, though, their CDs got their most enthusiastic airplay in Australia --not enthusiastic enough to actually send the band to Australia, but most Philadelphians are still hoping that it might still happen some day.

Their flat out refusal to play music that will fit neatly into any known category, or to even behave themselves like reasonable people, challenges the sensibilities of the staid and conventional. And, Psych-A-Billy just doesn't care, because, well, that wouldn't be as much fun.

And, always, no matter what, come hell, high-water, cops or kangaroos, Psych-A-Billy has way too much fun

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/22/2007
Band Website: psych-a-billy.com
Band Members: Old Uncle Opossum: Guitar and moanin";Idjit The Washbaord Boy: revolvin' door & hollerin';and Jerry Mathers as The Mushrator, if you prefer: Scott Chaloupka, Eugene F. Smith & Bradley Keough
Influences:
Sounds Like: Bill Monroe caught in a clothes dryer with The Ramones and a couple of tom cats.
Record Label: Miracle Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Dear President Einstein:

Saturday, January, 26 2008 The Mermaid Inn Mermaid Lane & Germantown AvePhiladelphia$8 www.myspace.com/psychabillydebacle Dear President Einstein: Please, accept this Laminated Salami as Thanks fo...
Posted by Psych-A-Billy on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:55:00 PST

Glutes Magazine

Saturday, April 19th, 10:00 pm 'til 1:00 am, $8Psych-A-Billy atThe Mermaid InnMermaid Lane & Germantown AveChestnut Hill, PA Psych-A-Billy once played a show with Hare Krishna Rockabilly Guy Eken...
Posted by Psych-A-Billy on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:26:00 PST

St. Patricks Worst Case Scenario

Hosted By: Psych-A-Billy When: Saturday Mar 15, 2008at 9:00 PMWhere: The Olde Indian Valley InnMain & Front StreetsSouderton, Pennsylvania|39 18964United StatesDescription:Psych-A-Billy Click Here...
Posted by Psych-A-Billy on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:10:00 PST

This Saturday: Psych-A-Billy at The Doylestown Moose Hall

Hosted By: Psych-A-Billy When: Saturday Jan 19, 2008 at 9:00 PMWhere: The Doylestown Moose 127 E. State Street Doylestown, Pennsylvania, (215) 345-9850, PA 18901United StatesDescription:Psych-A-Billy ...
Posted by Psych-A-Billy on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:43:00 PST

Round-and-round Old Bill Clark

Saturday, December 22nd, 10:00 'til 1:00, Psych-A-Billy at The Mermaid InnMermaid Lane & Germantown AvenuePhiladelphia, PA  It'll all be over soon. I'll stack the speakers and amps back in t...
Posted by Psych-A-Billy on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:22:00 PST