The Wilders and The Waybacks
Two new, high energy faces in American stringband music...
Kansas City's unique hillbilly stringband The Wilders grounds itself firmly in the early formative years of recorded country music. Featured in each performance are hard driving old time fiddle tunes presided over by multi-award-winning fiddler, Betse Ellis. Her infectious fiddling is often the cause of spontaneous dancing by both the audience and the band! Along with the fiddle and classic country favorites, The Wilders' playlist is peppered with original country, bluegrass, and hillbilly songs, done with honesty and a genuine enthusiasm for the music.
Possessed of dazzling instrumental chops and an absolute mastery of acoustic musical styles, The Waybacks are an eclectic acoustic quintet, steeped in a wide array of Americana idioms. From newgrass and western swing to jug band and gypsy jazz, from folk and fingerpicking to alt-country and improvisational excursions that defy categorization, Waybacks music is wild, energetic and unpredictable. At full tilt, they take on the force of an acoustic rock band. With their stellar musicianship and innate sense of adventure, they stand in good company with the few bands at the forefront of New American acoustic music.
Among others, fans of Gram Parsons' "Cosmic American Music" will find plenty to celebrate with this evening's contemporary offerings!
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THE WILDERS ROCK!!!
by Felicia V (not verified) Mon, 02/25/2008 - 9:31amOMG! We saw this bluegrass group last Saturday night at the Wintergrass Bluegrass festival in Tacoma, WA! They ABSOLUTELY BLEW THE CROWD AWAY AND ROCKED THE HOUSE DOWN! Talk about energy and red HOT playing from every member! I could go on for paragraph after paragraph, but I won't. If you EVER get the chance to see them...JUST DO IT! There were people jumping up and dancing in the AISLE, and in front of their seats! Yes...they were THAT FOOT STOMPIN GOOD!!!