Artist description What some have called jamming/acoustic/hippie/folk/rock, the duo that was to become the Porch Daddies formed in early 1996 when Michael Babb and Stephen Quigley met and began jamming. "We met in 1996, and after jamming for a little while, we've been playing together in some form ever since."

Music Style Acoustic alternative/ folk/pop/rock

Musical Influences Garcia,Grateful Dead,The Jayhawks, Bob Dylan, Phish, David Wilcox, Miles Davis, Glen Miller, Cactus, Michael Penn, Jack Johnson

Similar Artists Old 97s, Jayhawks, Neil Young, String Cheese Incident, Indigo Girls, David Wilcox

Artist History They were playing together on each other's porches in 1996 right after they met and eventually started writing songs together, in addition to the music they had written separately. They've spent the last year or so in the studio recording some of the accumulated material, the result being "Appalachian Bandwidth", a jazzy, new age folk instrumental album, and a self-titled disk, all written, recorded, and produced independently.

Group Members Stephen Quigley, Michael Babb

Instruments Guitar, Bass, hand drums, various additional percussion

Albums Milk, Appalachian Bandwidth, Porch Daddies

Press Reviews "Porch Daddies have a natural flair for songwriting, encompassing an impressive range of genres from laid-back folk-pop to complex instrumentals.Lilting harmonies blend with inventive guitar work to create a mellow, yet stimulating musical cocktail." -Listener on IUMA.com "With an obvious influence ranging from Garcia/Grisman to Bread, the dueling acoustics of Stephen Quigley and Michael Babb make for excellent easy, listening mood music, ranging from light acoustic melodies, and dreamy mind-altering lyrics to tribal drum-circle percussion you might find at a Rainbow gathering. - Pat Ferris - HotBands.com "...Well worth the price of admission " - Dan Herrman - Radio Crystal Blue Godsofmusic.com review by Irene Jackson---- http://www.godsofmusic.com/gom/reviews.php?action=detail&id=2964

Location Hendersonville, NC - USA

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