The Hackensaw Boys w/ The U-Liners August 14, 2009

HACKENSAW BOYS:
After seven years of relentless touring throughout the United States, Europe and the U.K., the Hackensaw Boys are being recognized as one of the most exciting groups on the diverse Americana music scene. The group’s second release for Nettwerk Records, (Look Out) represents the recorded culmination of the Hackensaw’s unique vision: A celebratory but defiant sound culled from old-time mountains, backstage doorways and punishing drives through the evolving American landscape. Nine of the album’s 12 songs were written from within the group and sometime Modest Mouse/sometime Hackensaw, Tom Peloso, contributed two tracks. A pounding rendition of the traditional “Gospel Plow” rounds out the package.

The Hackensaw Boys have survived departures and arrivals, tribulations, blessings and, most importantly, each other. Add to this, thousands of nights in hundreds of clubs from Nashville to Bangor, from Los Angeles to Rotterdam and you begin to get an idea of the dedication and sheer mule-like tenacity that is the Hackensaw Boy ethic. So, whether you catch these guys on the road or pick them up in a store, be sure to check out the Hackensaw Boys — the perfect anodyne for the aches and pains of modern life.

U-LINERS:
The U-Liners are a roots rock/americana group from the Washington, D.C. area who perform regularly at a variety of venues. The U-Liners' repertoire ranges across the spectrum of American music. The group has also been active in politics in the area, esp. the labor movement, and have performed at labor events in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Las Vegas and at environmental events in New York City and at Yale University. The U-Liners have performed with Pete Seeger, Tom Morello, Lester Chambers, Jill Sobule, Sara Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, and Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer to name a few. The members of the U-Liners are all proud members of the AFL-CIO's federation of musicians. The band will be releasing their first cd later this year.

Official Website: http://www.walther-productions.com