About Me
I am Casey Ruff from Custer, Montana and currently residing in my second home of Seattle WA.- I am a songwriter, playing in an alt-country/acoustic rock style...or Frontier Music as I think of it. Check out my stuff at myspace.com/caseyruff.- I am a Bartender/Door-Guy/bar-back/office manager of the awesome TRACTOR TAVERN in wonderful Ballard, Washington. Come say hi some time.- My top 5 bands (in no order) are the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Uncle Tupelo, Incubus, Foo Fighters, Audity, Dave Matthews, Bad Religion, OLD Reel Big Fish, The Devil Makes Three, Ryan Adams, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Cash, Neko Case, the Old 97's, OLD Metallica, Phish, Willie Nelson, TOOL, Townes Van Zandt, Chuckanut Drive, Steve Earle, the Jayhawks, the John Benders, Wayne "the Train" Hancock, the Bottle Rockets, Jessica Eve Lechner, Bim Skala Bim, Hank Williams (Sr. & the 3rd), Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Maynard Ferguson, The Smiths, Drunken Prayer, Tom Waits, Rage Against the Machine, Govt. Mule, Drive-By Truckers, OLD Dropkick Murphys, Rancid, AFI, Split Lip Rayfield, David Allen Coe, Robert Randolph, the Legendary Shack Shakers, Son Volt, Less Than Jake, Queens of the Stone Age, Irritation of the Poke, Reverend Horton Heat, Whiskey Town, Pietasters, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, among others. Meander on over to my own music page at myspace.com/caseyruff for some kick ass caseyruffmusic!- I am a co-founder of the Hardcore Montana Motherfuckers self admiration unit and drinking team.