Saturday 01.21.12: ROOTS JUBILEE: TRIPLE CHICKEN FOOT / DUSTBOWL REVIVAL / DRIFTWOOD SINGERS @ Echo

5pm / $7 / All Ages
Playing a square dance set with Susan Michaels calling.

Triple Chicken Foot|| Listen||Watch
Triple Chicken Foot is a Los Angeles based Old Time string band trio. Having played together for more than five years, The Foot has honed their chops and focused in on playing Old Time music rooted in tradition. Spending time with veteran players around Los Angeles and the country, they have soaked up knowledge and techniques handed down through the years. The Foot finds their voice through their repertoire of tunes and songs, be it gospel songs, archaic banjo tunes, or crooked fiddle tunes. They recently released their second full length CD titled Tar River, recorded in L.A. by Jason Hiller at Electrosound Studios and mixed and mastered in Eggleston, VA, by Joseph “joebass” DeJarnette. Triple Chicken Foot has been fomenting a Squarevolution around L.A.—throwing square dances in all kinds of places…”LA Folk Fest

The Dustbowl Revival || Listen||Watch
The Dustbowl Revival is a Venice, California-based roots+jazz collective that merges New Orleans second line swing, bluegrass, jug-band and jump blues.

Known for their wild, lose-your-troubles live sets, the Dustbowl Revival often features up to ten instruments ranging from fiddle, banjo and mandolin to accordion, tuba, trombone and clarinet and plenty of kazoo and washboard for good luck.

With upcoming shows reaching from San Francisco to Chicago to Alaska, the band has just finished a new EP + Vinyl that was recorded on analog with Raymond Richards (Local Natives, Dengue Fever).

The Driftwood Singers || Listen||Watch
“The Driftwood singers write songs. This in itself is not uncommon, there is a long history of people who write songs. What makes The Driftwood Singers stand out is that they have tapped into a history that pulses with vitality, despite its aesthetics having been formed upwards of 100 years ago. The Driftwood singers write old songs. They write, damn good, damn old, songs. Dedicated to their craft, their close harmonies and sublime arrangements have them compared often to the Carter Family. Inherent in their work is something darker though, that underlines familiar early American themes of transience, mortality and yes, damnation while brimming with contemporary discontent. Their gospel songs are conflicted, their murder ballads are not fraught with bloodlust, and their drinking songs beg for hope. Whether in duo or with the whole Driftwood ensemble they are not to be missed.” The Driftwood Singers