North Texas Blackland Stomp
New Old Time String/Bluegrass /Jam Music
...played kind of raucous, a little jazzy, rarely pretty with plenty of room for improvisation!
Born of THE ELECTRIC MOUNTAIN ROTTEN APPLE GANG, in December 2007, this is the Dallas/Fort Worth based off-shoot of the band. Adam Kobetich, the core member, banjo picker/vocals/creative force behind the GANG has been residing in Austin, TX for the past several years and has since moved onto new projects.
This band was started with Mark, Darrin, Erich and now former member, Andrew Bond. The name "Blackland" refers to the prairie land in Texas, that stretches south from just below the Red River, to the San Antonio area, known as the "Blackland Prairie". The Trinity River flows through Dallas and Fort Worth and Darrin thinks it should be named "Blackland River", because it sounds cooler. In keeping with the tradition of folklore and such, woven through turn-of-the-century mountain music, "devils" was added, not to mention the mischievous nature of the band. Now . . . get ready for a serious GRASS KICKIN' and some FAST PICKIN', too.
Watch this video of the band at The Granda Theatre, Dallas, TX back in 2008
The pickers (and founders):
Mark Deffebach - guitar, mandolin, bass, jews harp, vox / Darrin Kobetich - guitar, mandolin, dobro, bass, vox . . .
and the recent addition of newest Devils:
Harris Kirby - guitar, mandolin, bass vox , Harry Hoggard - harmonica and Jim Case - banjo, guitar, mandolin.
Previous pickers were Erich Shriefer on bass/vox and Andrew Bond on fiddle/vox/guitar/banjo/mandolin.
For shows and other info, follow these links:
Blackland River Devils Reverbnation
Blackland River Devils Facebook
Hire 'em!
Born of THE ELECTRIC MOUNTAIN ROTTEN APPLE GANG, in December 2007, this is the Dallas/Fort Worth based off-shoot of the band. Adam Kobetich, the core member, banjo picker/vocals/creative force behind the GANG has been residing in Austin, TX for the past several years and has since moved onto new projects.
This band was started with Mark, Darrin, Erich and now former member, Andrew Bond. The name "Blackland" refers to the prairie land in Texas, that stretches south from just below the Red River, to the San Antonio area, known as the "Blackland Prairie". The Trinity River flows through Dallas and Fort Worth and Darrin thinks it should be named "Blackland River", because it sounds cooler. In keeping with the tradition of folklore and such, woven through turn-of-the-century mountain music, "devils" was added, not to mention the mischievous nature of the band. Now . . . get ready for a serious GRASS KICKIN' and some FAST PICKIN', too.
Watch this video of the band at The Granda Theatre, Dallas, TX back in 2008
The pickers (and founders):
Mark Deffebach - guitar, mandolin, bass, jews harp, vox / Darrin Kobetich - guitar, mandolin, dobro, bass, vox . . .
and the recent addition of newest Devils:
Harris Kirby - guitar, mandolin, bass vox , Harry Hoggard - harmonica and Jim Case - banjo, guitar, mandolin.
Previous pickers were Erich Shriefer on bass/vox and Andrew Bond on fiddle/vox/guitar/banjo/mandolin.
For shows and other info, follow these links:
Blackland River Devils Reverbnation
Blackland River Devils Facebook
Hire 'em!
