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Badly Bent (The)

About Me



Winners of the 2005 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition, the Badly Bent is a high energy traditional bluegrass band based in Durango, Colorado. The band features prides themselves on tight harmony vocals, award winning picking and a warm friendly stage presence. The Badly Bent has performed at many of the more prominent Colorado and New Mexico festivals and is frequently playing in and around Durango.

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Member Since: 1/17/2006
Band Website: www.thebadlybent.com
Band Members: Pat Dressen, guitar and vocals Robb Brophy, mandolin and vocals Jimmy Largent, bass Mark Epstein, banjo and vocals
Influences: The Seldom Scene, Nashville Bluegrass Band, John Reischmann, Pete Wernick, Sally Van Meter, Jerry Douglas, Blue Highway, Doyle Lawson and QS
Record Label: RubyTone Records

My Blog

From Nashville

Nashville, TN... Wow, what a summer this has been for The Badly Bent. Since our last communication on the website, we've been to Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico playing some fantastic festivals and meet...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:28:00 GMT

CD RELEASE PARTY TICKETS

Tickets for the much anticipated The Badly Bent's CD Release party, to be held April 13, 2007 at the Abbey Theatre, will go on sale March 14 at Canyon Music.  Tickets are $10.  There wil be ...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:35:00 GMT

It's in the can

After 80 hours over a 6 day period, The Badly Bent is very happy to have the raw material for our new CD in the can.  Thanks so much to Scott 'Scooter' Smith and Sally Van Meter for their patienc...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:13:00 GMT

New CD

Today marks the beginning of the next chapter in our brief band history. We are starting a 6 day run in the studio to create our next CD, hopefully released in early April. We have been working hard...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:48:00 GMT

Hotchkiss was a blast!

We had a great time performing at the North Fork Valley bluegrass festival in Colorado this weekend.  The weather was perfect, jamming until the sun came up, keeping beers in cups 'cause you coul...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:49:00 GMT

Can't wait for the summer schedule

Thanks for visiting our MySpace blog.  We can't wait for the summer ahead.  We are playing a bunch of festivals and private parties.  Certainly, it has been a great year since winning t...
Posted by on Thu, 25 May 2006 14:42:00 GMT