| Date: | November 19, 2015 |
| Time: | 10:30 PM - 01:30 AM |
| Venue: | Frank's @ 622 North |
| Organizations: | Hackensaw Boys |
| Cost: | $15.00 |
| Description: |
622 North welcomes the Hackensaw Boys to the stage on Thursday, November 19, 2015. For over 20 years, the Hackensaw Boys have plowed the asphalt, bringing their raw, gritty version of American roots music to the venues and streets that originally inspired them. Born in Virginia, along the same routes as fellow road warriors/street buskers Old Crow Medicine Show, the Hackensaw Boys have at times operated more as a collective than a band, sometimes boasting up to twenty members. What’s kept them together is a burning hot vision of American roots music brought kicking and screaming into a new age, fueled as much by a rowdy punk spirit as by the traditional masters that first inspired them. With feet firmly planted in the old-time song tradition, hands soiled by the dirt of rock n roll and eyes fixed steadily on the future of real country music, the Hackensaw Boys are among the most exciting groups charting new territory in today's diverse Americana music scene. How does it work? Everybody sings a bit of lead, everybody sings a bit of harmony and most members know when to shut up. Instrumentation includes banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, harmonica, upright bass, charismo (a home-made tin can contraption) and the occasional trap kit. In the beginning they all lived in Charlottesville, VA, but now the members are spread throughout Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Louisiana. For more than a decade, however, they've come together to tour the United States, Europe and the U.K. and to record several critically acclaimed albums. Links: • https://soundcloud.com/hackensaw-boys • http://hackensawboys.com/ • https://www.facebook.com/hackensawboys • https://www.twitter.com/HackensawBoys • https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHackensawBoys Purchase tickets in advance at: http://hackensawboysblacksburg.brownpapertickets.com/ For more information, visit: http://www.622north.com or https://www.facebook.com/622North or call 540-951-1022. |