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Moonshine Mason and the Rot Gut Gang

About Me


Moonshine Mason and the Rot Gut Gang was formed in March 2004. Our goal is to preserve the heritage and sounds of traditional country music by performing live the music of legends such as Porter Wagoner, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, the Louvin Brothers and others.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/28/2005
Band Website: http://www.mmrgg.com
Band Members: Dustin Hopkins - Vocals
Jeff Clark - Guitar, Pedal Steel
Dave Mason - Drums
Kenny Redman - Bass
Dave "Smitty" Smith - Piano

Former Members:
Jon Munson - Guitar, Mandolin
Dan Shaw - Guitar
Nels Grevstad - Banjo

Influences: Merle Haggard
Johnny Cash
Gram Parsons
Buck Owens
Hank Williams
Louvin Brothers
Porter Wagoner
Bob Wills
Marty Robbins
BR5-49...

Sounds Like: See "Influences"
Record Label: none

My Blog

Scagnoli's

Thank you to all who came out in sub-zero weather! It's been awhile since the band played together (last September), and it was nice to have such support. Hope everyone's enjoying the new material, th...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:40:00 GMT

2nd Annual Dan Patch Music Festival, Sept 5-6

Catch us this Saturday at the 2nd annual Dan Patch Music FestivalWe'll be hitting the stage from 8-10pm Saturday night and will be debuting quite a bit of new material, including 'Ophelia' written by ...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:01:00 GMT

New CD!

Howdy folks!We recorded some tunes back in April for a live broadcast on WBAA 920am, and were so happy with the results that we've decided to release four of the five songs as a new CD.Thanks to Anand...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:25:00 GMT

American Red Cross Flood Relief Ball, April 18

American Red Cross Flood Relief Balland Charity Auction Set for April 18[LAFAYETTE], IN, March 11, 2008  A black-tie fundraising event that benefits the Tippecanoe County American Red Cross flood rel...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:19:00 GMT

Thank you Chicago!

Many thanks to the folks at WLUW Chicago for having us, especially Tom, Di and Razor. Thank you to Remey, Jake and Denise at the Horsehoe for having us, and everyone from Pearles Mahone and the One Ey...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:48:00 GMT

Battle of Birdy’s and live vids

We went into the 2nd round of the Battle of Birdy's pretty much thinking we had no chances of moving on.  We were right.But, actually it was pretty fun.  We met a lot of cool people, made so...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:20:00 GMT

Older country music is true entertainment

Check out this feature article by our guitar player Dan Shaw: http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709190 309
Posted by on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:14:00 GMT

Outlaw Punk Podcast 55

Check out http://www.myspace.com/outlawpunkpodcast out of Amarillo, TX.We've been included in episode 55.Thanks, Bubba and Brandon
Posted by on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:16:00 GMT

Lots of new stuff!

Check it out:Jeff has switched from electric to pedal steel guitar. I'm sure we'll still hear him on his Tele from time to time, but he's really digging on the PSG.We're back full speed ahead and are ...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:09:00 GMT

Thanks Everybody!

Hey all! Thanks for coming out to the Knickerbocker last Saturday, you made it a real successful end to the summer. Thanks to those who danced, clapped, drank beer and bought CD's.We're gonna stay on ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:16:00 GMT