Post #406601 by tiki-a-fair on Mon, Sep 8, 2008 8:03 AM

Here's more on Hobo Jazz

The music they play is best described as Hobo Jazz. Some might call it a skiffle band, some might say blues, or hillbilly, or folk, or even jazz. Just say they are bluesy, folk, prison music or as a quick sum up, just Hobo Jazz.
They play the music of the contemporary 1930's hobo country bluesman. This is part rail ridin' music, part field hollar sonnet. Part rock-a-billy cadillac, part 1932 Fordor Wagon. One part Hobo, one part Jazz.

But Hobo Jazz is more than just them, it's in the spirit of Johnny Cash, in the spirit of Louis Armstrong. It's in the spirit of anyone influenced by an Emmet Miller yodel or a Louis Prima yell. This is american roots music with roots all over the world. Whether based in blues, folk, jazz, or gospel, this is the music we play. We hope you come see a show & we hope you like it.