The Water Tower Bucket Boys
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The Water Tower Bucket Boys are a 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
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...

 band from Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

. They formed in 2005 and have self released four albums. Their most recent album Sole Kitchen was produced and recorded by Mike Herrera
Mike Herrera
Michael Arthur Herrera is an American musician most widely known as the vocalist and bass guitarist for the pop punk band MxPx, as well as being the front-man of his new band Tumbledown.-Early life:...

 of Tumbledown
Tumbledown (band)
Mike Herrera's Tumbledown is an alternative country band from Bremerton, Washington consisting of MxPx guitarist/vocalist Mike Herrera and Rocky Point All Stars...

 and MxPx
MxPx
MxPx is a pop punk band from Bremerton, Washington with connections to the Christian punk scene. The band has recorded eight studio albums, four EPs, four compilation albums, a live album, a VHS tape, a DVD and released 20 singles....

 and features all original songs, including Blackbird Pickin' At A Squirrel with guest vocals from Mike. The band has performed live on NPR's
NPR
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 West Coast Live
West Coast Live
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 and RTE1's
RTE
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 Pat Kenney Show and has recorded sessions for Mark Lamarr's
Mark Lamarr
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 program on BBC 2 on their 2009 and 2010 tours of the UK. In 2009 they were picked by Chuck Ragan
Chuck Ragan
Chuck Ragan is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. From 1993 until 2006 he was one of the lead singers for Gainesville, Florida-based punk rock band Hot Water Music...

 of Hot Water Music
Hot Water Music
Hot Water Music is a punk rock band from Gainesville, Florida. The members of the band are Chuck Ragan, Chris Wollard, Jason Black, and George Rebelo. HWM first formed in 1993...

 to apppear on a portion of the Revival Tourand their song Wide Open Spaces was selected for inclusion on the 2009 Tour Compilation. The band has played notable festivals such as the Open House Festival, the Pickathon, the San Francisco Bluegrass and Old-Time Festival, and Seattle's Folklife Festival. They have performed on stage with artists as diverse as Frank Turner
Frank Turner
Frank Turner is an English folk/punk singer-songwriter from Meonstoke, Winchester. Initially the vocalist of post-hardcore band Million Dead, Turner embarked upon a primarily acoustic-based solo career following the band's split in 2005. To date, Turner has released four solo albums, two rarities...

, Kitty, Daisy, and Lewis, Chuck Ragan
Chuck Ragan
Chuck Ragan is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. From 1993 until 2006 he was one of the lead singers for Gainesville, Florida-based punk rock band Hot Water Music...

, the Crooked Jades, and the Foghorn Stringband
Foghorn Stringband
Foghorn Stringband is an old-time string band from Portland, Oregon, Oregon, United States. They are considered one of the finest old-time string bands on the West Coast. According to their booking agent, they are noted for "intense dedication to the sources" of the old time tradition...

, and shared bills with groups ranging from Hayseed Dixie
Hayseed Dixie
Hayseed Dixie is an American band which began in the autumn of 2000 with the release of their first album, A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC. The band performs a mixture of cover versions of hard rock songs and original compositions in a style that is a unique fusion of bluegrass and rock music and are...

 to Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show is an old-time string band based in Nashville, Tennessee. Their music has been called bluegrass, Americana, and alt-country, in addition to old-time. Along with original songs, the band performs many pre-World War II blues and folk songs...

.

Members

  • Cory Goldman - banjo, guitar, vocals
  • Kenny Feinstein - guitar, mandolin, harmonica, fiddle, vocals
  • Josh Rabie - fiddle, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, vocals
  • Gordon Keepers - bass

Past members

  • Leo Lober-Tracy - bass
  • Walter Spencer - bass
  • Ben Wheeler - bass
  • Daniel Van Dyk - bass
  • Peter Daggatt - guitar
  • Kristen Harris - fiddle
  • Arianne Shimanoff - fiddle
  • Andrew MacAusland - guitar

Discography

  • The Squid and the Fiddle (self-released, 2008)
  • Catfish on the Line (self-released,, 2009)
  • EEL-P (self-released, 2009)
  • Sole Kitchen (self-released, 2010)
  • "Where The Crow Don't Fly" (self-released, 2011)

Reviews and press


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