"The Bluff City Backsliders is like a little dirt scraped from the fingernail on Robert Johnson's pinky — it contains more strata of soul than an archaeological dig."
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About Bluff City Backsliders
About Bluff City Backsliders
The Bluff City Backsliders cook up a delicious stew of Memphis music with their postmodern, barrelhouse gumbo.
Something archetypical in the band’s sound thrills music lovers of all kinds, old and young. Feet stomp. Throats howl. Grandparents dance with grandchildren. Joy abounds.
Finger-plucked guitar, high-dollar fiddle, vamping banjos, bottleneck and lap-steel resonator guitar, dog-bite mandolin, dulcet kazoo, sliding trombone, growling trumpet, crying clarinet, and stride and strut pianos produce a joyous cacophony of early jazz, jug band, old-time country, Delta blues, and proto-bluegrass sounds. The Bluff City Backsliders deliver a repertoire that spans from Appalachia to Memphis and all the way down to New Orleans — often all in the same song!
Featuring some of the city's finest roots performers, the Bluff City Backsliders are a unique musical melange and a great act for festivals and casual events. Contact us for booking information.
