Artist description Alt country with the emphasis on alt. Insurgent Bluegrass. Driving flatpicked guitar, rambling acoustic bass, disjointed rythyms and atonal lead breaks combine in a disconserting mix of traditional country/bluegrass and avant-garde influences. For those who like their alt-country red raw and bleeding.

Music Style Alternative Country

Musical Influences traditional country and art-rock weirdness: Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Lee Marvin, The Fall, Captain Beefheart, Johnny Cash, Lee Hazlewood, The Violent Femmes, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, The Handsome Family....

Similar Artists captain beefheart, tom waits, nick cave, the handsome family, the violent femmes, the fall, lee hazlewood, alt country, alternative country, insurgent country, johnny cash, the pogues, bad livers

Artist History Who the hell was Muleskinner Jones? He'd been living off vinegar soaked newspapers for twelve years - so it was for his own good that we locked him in the wine-cellar with a shoebox guitar and told him to get to work.

Instruments Whatever was lying around...

Location london, london - United Kingdom

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