Artist info
Genre
Indie, Roots
Sounds like
CW Stoneking, Old Crow Medicine Show, Paul kelly
band members
Pretty Boy Floyd - Guitar & vocals, Desert Rat Shorty - Banjo & vocals, Rocky Mountain Slim - Fiddle & vocals, Weary Hobo - Doublebass, mandolin & vocals (ex-member)
Influences
The Pogues, leadbelly, Michael Franti
Unearthed artists we like
Sal Kimber and The Rollin' Wheel, Mojo Juju & the Snake Oil Merchants, Brian Campeau, Gilbert Whyte, The Barons Of Tang, Ducks in the Mud, Fun Machine, Lime and Steel, The Crooked Fiddle Band, Chris Gillespie & The Wandering Hands
Website
Bio
Punk bluegrass ratbags The Lurkers met at a friend's backyard climate festival in Dural and played their first shows at The Sly Fox, Enmore. They released their first album in '09 before gigging in Germany and protesting outside the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, DK. They've played to packed houses across the south-east of this country from Woodford Folk Festival to the back of a semi-trailer in Hazelwood, VIC. In late '11 they released their full-length album 'Padlock and Chain' recorded with Dave Sparks at Pirate Studios in Bega, NSW. These days they split their time between looking after mini-Lurker babies and playing local gigs and protests around Sydney.
Review
We have had The Lurkers at a YoYo Venue!! Great band... can rate them 5/5
We have had The Lurkers at a YoYo Venue!! Great band... can rate them 5/5
Review
We have had The Lurkers at a YoYo Venue!! Great band... can rate them 5/5
We have had The Lurkers at a YoYo Venue!! Great band... can rate them 5/5
Review
I love this song. It's a really great version of a classic 12-bar blues that is both catchy and dealing with contemporary environmental issues that are affecting all of us. Great use of texture in the build up of layers throughout the song. The first verse as a solo A Capella is very effective at highlighting the lyrics however soon the addition of guitar and the swapping of vocalists keep...
I love this song. It's a really great version of a classic 12-bar blues that is both catchy and dealing with contemporary environmental issues that are affecting all of us. Great use of texture in the build up of layers throughout the song. The first verse as a solo A Capella is very effective at highlighting the lyrics however soon the addition of guitar and the swapping of vocalists keeps the piece varied and interesting. As always, The Lurkers impress.
