Member Since: 3/3/2008
Band Members: Jim Jeffries - lead singer/songwriter, electric and acoustic guitars, 5 string and tenor banjos, mandolin etc.... Smutty Smiff - double bass.... Mark Richards - percussion, backing vocals etc, Tiger Lilly Marleen - backing vocals, ...... Maggi - slap bass .... Nick Evans - pedal steel and mandolin, .... Christian Waleschkowski - bodhran, Martin Kennard - melodeon and fiddle etc, Richard Crouch - fiddle.
Influences: Fuckin' everything that is rootsy and rockin and visceral... Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, Leonard Cohen, Django Reinhardt, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, 16 Horsepower, Dubliners, Davey Arthur & early Fureys, old timey balladeers, dark minor key bluegrass, current american gothic folk, European and American folk, Eastern European and gypsy, trip hop, country blues, country, Led Zeppelin, Doors, Charlie Feathers, proper rockabilly- Johnny Powers & Jimmy Wages etc, Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Neko Case, Kristin Hersh, Geraldine Fibbers, Walkabouts, Calexico, Velvet Underground, Chris Isaak, Gillian Welch, PJ Harvey, Townes Van Zandt, Fiona Apple, Elvis Costello, Steve Earle, Stanley Brothers, Jack White, Cordelia's Dad, Paco De Lucia, Clarence Ashley, Doc Boggs, Doc Watson, et fuckin' cetera....
Sounds Like: a collaboration between Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, and Tom Waits singing songs backed by Dubliners and Portishead whilst smoking opium, snorting speed, and drinking bourbon....
Record Label: KILLING TIME RECORD CO.
Type of Label: Indie