Hot Buttered Rum (band)

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Hot Buttered Rum
Origin San Francisco Bay Area
Genre(s) Folk, Progressive Bluegrass, Rock
Years active 2002 - present
Label(s) Self-released, Harmonized
Website http://hotbutteredrum.net
Members
Aaron Redner
Bryan Horne
Erik Yates
Nat Keefe
Zachary Matthews
Former members
Ian Waight
Notable instrument(s)
Fiddle, Mandolin, Bass, Guitar, Flute, Banjo, Accordion

Hot Buttered Rum (also known as Hot Buttered Rum String Band and HBRSB) is an American five-piece progressive bluegrass act based in the San Francisco Bay area of California. Their aim is to weave together the traditions of folk and bluegrass with the modern influences of rock-n-roll, reggae and acoustic singer/songwriters.[citation needed] The group values creativity in both its instrumental work and its songwriting.[citation needed]

The group's most notable performances to date have included sets at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, the Newport Folk Festival, South by Southwest, High Sierra Music Festival, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.[citation needed] They have also headlined The Fillmore in their home city of San Francisco. They have performed with a wide array of artists, including Phil Lesh, Ben Harper, Chris Thile, Bela Fleck, Peter Rowan, and Bill Nershi. Well Oiled Machine, HBR's studio album, produced by Mike Marshall and featuring guest appearances by Peter Rowan and Darol Anger, was released in early 2006.

[edit] Discography

  • Live at the Freight and Salvage (2002)
(recorded live at Berkeley's premier listening venue The Freight and Salvage)
  1. Backrooms of My Mind
  2. Elephant Hunting Song
  3. Red-Haired Boy
  4. String's Breath
  5. The Trial of John Walker Lindh
  6. Norwegian Wood
  7. Warm Up
  8. Naked Blue
  9. Red Clay Halo
  10. The Crest
  • In These Parts (2004)
(HBR's first studio effort recorded in the hills of Fairfax, California)
  1. Three Point Two
  2. Flask, Alas!
  3. Evolution
  4. Old Dangerfield
  5. I've Let Go
  6. Lighten Up Your Load
  7. Horseshoe
  8. Reckless Tex
  9. Immaculate Rain
  10. In These Parts
  • Well Oiled Machine (2006)
  1. Firefly
  2. Guns or Butter
  3. Idaho Pines
  4. Poison Oak
  5. Waterpocket Fold
  6. Always Be the Moon
  7. Well-Oiled Machine
  8. Waiting for a Squall
  9. Butch & Peggy
  10. Sweet Honey Fountain
  11. Wedding Day
  • Live in the Northeast (2007)
  1. Busted in Utah
  2. Limbo in Lovelock
  3. Desert Rat
  4. Return Someday
  5. Cumberland Blues
  6. Metrosexual
  7. Summertime Gal
  8. California Snow and Rain
  9. Spider
  10. Queen Elizabeth
  11. Honey Be
  12. Feel Like Dancin

Additional Associations: The Overall Experience, Nat Keefe Concert Carnival and Erik Yates Project

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