Ok, I'm sorry, I'm not done yet. The Hogwaller Ramblers have listenable samples after all, and their cite is really pretty damn funny. While I'm clogging bandwidth, check them out, too. www.hogwallers.com These guys do a high-energy bluegrass/funk fusion cover of Gimme Shelter by the Stones that is quite possibly the most envigorating piece of live music I have ever heard. Too bad they can't record it. Ok, I can't resist:
"The Hogwaller Ramblers are composed of some of the finest musicians in the area, and a guy that scratches doggerel because it itches. They pull in blues, jazz, bluegrass, country, rocknroll, classical and funk - but since the music business seems to've been co-opted by dark forces, they just gaze at their shoes while playing angst-ridden screeds devoid of purpose.
They've traveled extensively through Albemarle and Nelson Counties, with brief forays into Highland and Rockingham Counties, in Central Virginia. The Prism has hosted them a couple of times. Miller's, Escafe/Eastern Standard, The Buddhist Biker Bar and Grill, various crackpot political functions, funerals, barbecues, wakes, weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, polo matches and sewage treatment plant openings have all been attenuated by their presence.
The band began as a lark circa 1991 and quickly became an albatross. It started as an exercise in stress management, mostly through chemical abuse and vandalism. The original members (Jamie Dyer, David Goldstein, Rick Jones and David Wellbeloved) have all gone on to careers in institutionalisation, cirhossis and short order cooking. The current members do their damnedest to hide the pain, wondering all the while where the hell Dan Sebring is."
