MP3 The Graverobbers - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

A combination of dense, guitar-based rock with roots in punk and pop, and songwriting chops worthy of Costello, Bacharach and Harlan Howard. The third recording by Karl Straub's legendary DC-area band.

13 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Roots Rock, POP: Beatles-pop



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Karl Straub (lead singer and songwriter for the Graverobbers) is a D.C. area songwriter whose material has been covered by numerous artists, including Last Train Home, Mary Battiata and Little Pink, the Grandsons, Mark Noone,Virginia Coalition, Kevin Johnson, the Kennedys, Cowlick Lucy, Eugene Chadbourne, and Lee Wilhoit. His songs have been performed everywhere from open mikes to Wolf Trap, the Birchmere, and the Kennedy Center, and reportedly a festival in Antarctica. Straub's cult following includes cross dressers, rednecks, and sushi chefs, as well as many musicians and children, (most of whom remember his lyrics better than he does).