The Hackensaw Boys are an Americana

Americana (music)

Americana is an amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles...

 band from Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville is an independent city geographically surrounded by but separate from Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.The official population estimate for...

 inspired by punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

, bluegrass

Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...

, and old-time music

Old-time music

Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music, with roots in the folk music of many countries, including England, Scotland, Ireland and countries in Africa. It developed along with various North American folk dances, such as square dance, buck dance, and clogging. The genre also...

. They formed as a quartet

Quartet

In music, a quartet is a method of instrumentation , used to perform a musical composition, and consisting of four parts.-Western art music:...

 consisting of Tom Peloso

Tom Peloso

Tom Peloso, the son of Peter and Maureen Peloso, is an American musician. He is a current active member of the indie rock band Modest Mouse. Peloso plays on the Modest Mouse album "Good News for People Who Love Bad News" and plays various supporting roles on the album "We Were Dead Before the Ship...

, David Sickmen, Rob Bullington, and Robbie St. Ours in the fall of 1999. They signed with the music label Nettwerk

Nettwerk

The Nettwerk Music Group is the umbrella company for Nettwerk Management, Nettwerk Records, Nettwerk One Publishing, Nutone Records, and Artwerk. With over 150 employees, the Vancouver-based company has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Boston, Nashville, and Hamburg...

 for the 2005 release of their album "Love What You Do".

In the words of Robert "Mahlon" Bullington the band derived their name from a combination of "hack" and "saw", describing the hacking motion used when playing the mandolin and the sawing motion used when drawing the bow across the fiddle.

Musical style

Discography

• Get Some (2000) Valley—ASIN: B000I2IT26
• Keep It Simple (2002) Valley—ASIN: B000I2IT2Q
• Give It Back (2004) - live (self-produced)—ASIN: B0002N6A0E
• Love What You Do (2005) Nettwerk Records—ASIN: B000AHJ7ZW
• Look Out (2007) Nettwerk Records—ASIN: B000Q66I22

See also

• Americana music
• Bluegrass music
  Bluegrass music
  Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
  
  
• Cake
  Cake (band)
  Cake is an American alternative rock band from Sacramento, California. Consisting of singer John McCrea, trumpeter Vince DiFiore, guitarist Xan McCurdy, bassist Gabe Nelson and drummer Paulo Baldi, the band has been noted for McCrea's sarcastic lyrics and deadpan voice, DiFiore's trumpet parts, and...
  
  
• Charlottesville, Virginia
  Charlottesville, Virginia
  Charlottesville is an independent city geographically surrounded by but separate from Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.The official population estimate for...
  
  
• Modest Mouse
  Modest Mouse
  Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. They are based in Portland, Oregon. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think...
  
  
• Nettwerk Records
• Old-time music
  Old-time music
  Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music, with roots in the folk music of many countries, including England, Scotland, Ireland and countries in Africa. It developed along with various North American folk dances, such as square dance, buck dance, and clogging. The genre also...
  
  

Articles, reviews, interviews

• "Getting hot: Hacks take New York" The Hackensaw Boys in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York—Saturday, August 24, by James D. Graham; review published September 5, 2002 in issue #31 of the Hook.
• "The Hackensaw Boys, Making Their Own Kind of Music" interview with Scott Simon about new release, Love What You Do on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, November 26, 2005.
• "Charlottesville-Based Band With Wide Following Draws on Diverse Influences: Hackensaw Boys Transcend Genres" by Aaron Farrington, published: 4/5/2007 in the FREE LANCE-STAR.
• "The Hackensaw Boys" review of Look Out November 26, 2007 at 9b.
• "CD REVIEW: The Hackensaw Boys Look Out" The Hank in Chains Review Thursday, July 12, 2007.
• "Hackensaw Boys - Look Out!" review posted by Chip Frazier June 15, 2007 in Twangville.
• "Reviews:: Hackensaw Boys Look Out!" Thursday, May 24, 2007 in Herohill.

External links

• The Hackensaw Boys Official site with tour dates, downloads, info and merchandise
• Official Myspace page
• The Hackensaw Boys Live Music Archive
• The Hackensaw Boys from Sam Hill Entertainment
• The Hackensaw Boys - Artist Main at CMT.com.
• Bio at JamBase.com