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About Me

ORDER THE ALBUMS RIGHT HERE!!!!Kit and Joe have been playing music togther for years. It wasn't until the summer of 2004 that we met a mysterious hobo fiddler that introduced us to two other characters named Apple and Kate. They decided to recruit us into the Sourmash Hug Band and we spent the next year or so hitchhiking and riding trains up and down the west coast.Willis used to play with Bloody Castles Ragtime Band. Eventually there was some dispute between the members and the band broke up. One day the saw player from Bloody Castle's, Inga, started playing with Sourmash. Through her we started jamming with Willis.Eventually, after recording an album in the basement of our old house, the Alamo, we did some more playing and then decided to split the band up. Mike (the aforementioned mysterious fiddler) wanted to play more gypsy oriented stuff. Joe, Kit and Willis wanted to play more crusty, ragtime, jug band stuff.... so Sourmash went their way and we crawled into the inkwell. There are no hard feelings, everyone is still friends and happy to play the music we love.Sourmash still plays all over the place and sometimes changes some members around to form the Hobogoblins, (check them both out if you get the chance).The Inkwell Rhythm Makers live in Eugene, Oregon and travel in a really nasty red van appropriately dubbed "The Nard Mobile." Spend the night in it some time if you get the chance.P.S. We are not a jug band as much as ya'll might want it. We just can't subscribe to the title because, we don't have a jug. Simply put. But we do play "jug band" music on top of 20's & 30's jazz, Ragtime, novelty, String Band music, (country) blues, tunes. Along with some originals in the same vein.

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Member Since: 9/11/2005
Band Website: peacenotprofit.org/inkwell
Band Members: KIT "STYMEE" STOVEPIPE: Resophonic Guitar WASHRAG JOE: Washtub Bass & Banjo WILL SHADY: Washboard
Influences: We Recommend visiting the websites of Yazoo Records , Document Records , and O.J.L Records . Also check out the amazing preformances by Baby Gramps and Craig Ventresco. Furthermore in a louder vein, you might want to look into bands like Dystopia, Becks early work, Nirvana, Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, any Crust (available at finer music stores and punk deistro's),His Hero Is Gone, In The Name Of God, Fishbone, Iron Maiden, At The Gates(slaughter of the soul), Black Sabbath, Frank Zappa, Bill Hicks....and the list goes on and on. If you pick up a copy of our album see the liner notes for a more in depth, but not complete, look at our influences. "And the list is millions long"... width="425" height="350" ..The Quintette Du Hot Club Du France .. width="425" height="350" ..Joe's current drug of choice... width="425" height="350" .. A Choice Inkwell Selection A young Frank Zappa on the Steve Allen Show. A short history of America- R.Crumb
Sounds Like: Name brand popstar monks with broken sock garters coverd in meat sauce on top of old smokey in dangerous yoga poses likley to cause instant burrito blowout...and radioactive on meth electric toothpic socks.....biodiesel hangnail hammoc starter kit for salvation army McNuggle trio....farina, gardyloo, tote bags.professer turnip's dark holler graveyard hokum strutters with pickle fried abundance in waltz time and two bit jazz insurgents with special guest: Buzzsaw Mammy. ragtime gallimaufry. retromingent horse flypaper. we also have cd's 4 sale and play kids' parties.
Record Label: Ragophonic Records
Type of Label: Major

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Final Days

Well the rumors are true, we're gonna be disbanding after the Oregon Country Fair. This Sat the 23rd at the WOW Hall will be our last official show, with the Devil Makes Three. We really appreciate ev...
Posted by The Inkwell Rhythm Makers on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:37:00 PST

NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE ONLINE!!!

So hey everyone we now have the ability for you, the listener, to purchase our albums online thus making it easier for ya'll to get it!!!Even if you don't order it you can still check the cool site ou...
Posted by The Inkwell Rhythm Makers on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:39:00 PST