91.9 WFPK welcomes
DEADSTRING BROTHERS w/Fifth on the Floor

9:00 pm / 8:30 doors open
21+

Rock 'n Roll 'n Country Blues

"If there ever was a band that completely embodied Parsons' idea of "Cosmic American Music" - that indefinable mix of rock and roll, country, blues, soul and gospel - it is Deadstring Brothers." ~ The Crimson White

Hailing from Detroit and now rooted in Nashville, the DEADSTRING BROTHERS are built on the unshakable foundations of blues, rock country and soul. Whipping up on the Stones as well as anyone, DSB manages to create something at once totally fresh but totally recognizable. It's easy to imagine them walking as a gang down Carnaby street in London in the late 60's or sweating buckets at a Muscle Shoals recording session in the 70's. If mainstream radio played music like the Deadstring Brothers, they wouldn't have to call it classic rock anymore, they'd just call it rock (remember that?). It's still here, and it sounds as good as ever. Fronted by guitarist/vocalist and studio magician Kurt Marschke, the Brothers pound out a sound that, in comparison to so much lo-fi indie rock, is full and rich and sounds GREAT blasting out your car window. Joining Kurt in the band are longtime drummer and fellow Detroiter Travis Harrett, and the brothers Cullum: Spencer (guitar, pedal steel and slide guitar) and Jeff (bass). The Cullums, a couple of London lads, came into the Deadstring fold during a UK tour in 2006. Both were mainstays in the burgeoning Heavy Load scene built around a communal love of all things Stones, Crowes and Allmans. It was love at first jam and the boys joined up to bridge the waters between London and Detroit in time to record their second album Silver Mountain. Sao Paulo and more band members soon followed and now they are, on tour with the brand-spankin' new LP Cannery Row. KY dirt rockers FIFTH ON THE FLOOR kick off the eve, both bands having met and made the rounds with the one and only Shooter Jennings.

Warning: This show will be ONE BIG PARTY!