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The Dragliners

About Me

Formidable songwriting, love of the song, unabashed honesty, heartfelt musicianship, and a bevy of idiosyncratic tics makes The Dragliners one of Harris County’s treasures. The music is played in a style that embraces a heavy roots and country influence with an ability to throw in a rocking grunge sound from time to time. A group that has never been formally accused of being egocentric (there was an incident with an ex-girlfriend, however her statement was retracted and was chalked up to hormonal influence, mutual immaturity, and too much saccharin) you can expect a band that does not take itself too seriously. Enamored with music’s ability to uplift, move, and evoke spirit that’s seldom nurtured in our all too sterile and constricted culture the band seeks to strip all pretenses down and have a good time. The Dragliners play with passion and a smile, here’s to them playing some more.-Skeeter Boggins

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 26/10/2005
Band Website: http://www.myspace.com/thedragliners
Band Members: Ben Hall - Vocals, Guitar;Randy Hill - Vocals, Drums;Matt Ling - Mandolin, Guitar, Harp;Brian Benedix - Vocals, Tambourines, Mojo;Nathan Taylor - Vocals, Bass;Matt Harlan- Vocals, Guitar
Influences: TownesVan Zandt, Gram Parsons, Carter Family, Fred Eaglesmith,John Prine, Steve Earle,Junior Brown,New Riders of the Purple Sage, Bruce Springsteen, The Drive By Truckers,The Clash, Social Distortion, Robert Zimmerman, The Meat Puppets, Leadbelly, Nirvana, The Violent Vemmes, Blue Oyster Cult, Lynyrd Skynyrd,Weird Al, Any Broadway Musical......
Sounds Like: Grungegrass
Record Label: Still waiting on that call...
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Corner Pub Show and Updates

Seasons Greetings Dragliner Friends!  We hope that after your holiday gluttony you've taken in plenty of fiber in order to get ready for our big blowout in Conroe, TX.     That's r...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:02:00 GMT

Evil Matt Strikes Again

Mando Matt received the following email. It looks like a case of mistaken identity since Matt has never moonlighted in a band called Sideswipe. Nonetheless, Matt is pretty pissed that there is another...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:20:00 GMT

Belated Thanks

We hope everyone is enjoying the new songs. I know we all enjoyed going into the studio and recording them and they turned out better than we could have hoped for recording on a whim. We just wanted ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:18:00 GMT

I wish I was in..............

Ladies and Gentlemen some members of the band made it to the crescent city this past weekend to take in some culture, humidity, and copious amounts of alcohol.  New Orleans is still hurting ...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:23:00 GMT

Radio Show

For those interested, you can still hear the radio spot we did on Friday 2/17 on KPFT. Just go to ... http://archive.kpft.org/...and scroll down to the "Dead Air" show from 2/17. It wasa two hour ...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:47:00 GMT

Contact info and email list

For booking info, contact Tim at [email protected] If you need to contact anyone in the band or if you want to get on our email list, shoot an email over to [email protected] Be sure to tu...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:03:00 GMT