Debut album from Mississippi's own Mayhem String Band. Original Honky-Tonk Bluegrass

12 MP3 Songs
COUNTRY: Bluegrass, COUNTRY: Traditional Country



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In a medium somewhere between songcraft, energized theatrics,
blazing solos, heart-wrenching harmonies and a plain oleâ good
time, the Mayhem String Band has a reputation like few other
bands. Their brand of countrified outlaw bluegrass conjures up
the ghosts of Hank and Waylon by creating chaos and taming it
in the same performance. These men play string music, raw and
aggressive, with the simple hope that people will listen up, catch
the buzz and get to dancing.
The Mayhem String Band started out in the winter of 2004 when
Ben Johnson (bass), Chris Steiner (guitar), and J.T. Lack (banjo)
started getting together and picking bluegrass tunes, quickly
snatching up local gigs. In January of 2005 fiddle and mandolin
player Jamison Hollister came aboard. After numerous shows in
the hills of Northern Mississippi momentum was picking up and
the idea of âMayhemâ was hatched. One only needs to witness a
live act to understand the definition of the word. In February of
2006 Kevin Larkin, creator of the Spaghetti Western bluegrass
band "Pineross," moved from Colorado to join the band as the
mandolin and harmonica player. Each member of the band
writes songs, injecting familiar traditional sounds with the madness
that defines the world today. They deliver this concoction in an
all-out assault of music on whomever may be listening.
These 5 players have been taking their brand of Mississippi
bluegrass all over the Southeast and are hitting the road for their
first tour of the West in the summer of 2007. Their debut album
"Rapscallions and Ne'erdowells" was released in April of 2007.
Check the website for tour dates, album info, booking:
www.mayhemstringband.com