Hot Buttered Rum w/ guest
Price:
$10.00 / $12.00 day of show
7/15/09
What band uses the traditional instruments of bluegrass to express an entirely new sound, straddling the territories of blues, folk, jazz, and rock? What band has found itself spearheading the movement to “green” the music industry? What band’s shows have become community-building events, where college kids dance hand-in-hand with baby-boomers nostalgic for the camaraderie and musicianship of the early Grateful Dead? Find the answer, and you’ve become acquainted with one of the hardest-working and fastest-rising touring bands on the road today.
The answer, of course, is Hot Buttered Rum.
The five talented young musicians who make up Hot Buttered Rum exhibit a free-wheeling, genre-bending improvisational ethos disciplined by their extensive technical training. You might say that their sound came from the mountains but moved to the city, without forgetting its high altitude home. Call it Avant-Grass, High Altitude Bluegrass, or Mountain Americana with a funky, folky, and playful edge—it all seems natural, considering that the players honed their chops on the mountaintops and city streets of their Northern California home before hitting the road.
The band’s easy-going chemistry and friendly charisma draws an enthusiastic fan base that is growing—quickly. Playing 180 gigs in 2006 alone, the band’s dynamic live performances have created a stir all across the country. Show-stealing festival performances at a diverse series of events, including Bonnaroo, the Newport Folk Festival, Grey Fox, High Sierra and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, have only increased the rising clamor for Hot Buttered Rum’s performances. The band has shared the stage with artists such as Phil Lesh, B
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