Old Bull Band

Formed in mid-2004, this new arrival on the rapidly heating up Los Angeles alt-country scene has already made inroads into some of the more elite honky tonk taverns and left a strong impression on those with ears to hear. With a unique blend of the gentle and the fierce, the driving train and the tender ballad, Old Bull's lyrical moonshine distills some powerful hooch.

Old Bull is the bastard child of alt-bluegrasscountry with a hillbilly ballad seasoning. With poignant, telling hits such as "Drunk Woman Blues," the group reveals a gritty, often inebriated portrait of realism while candidly discussing the political currents of everyday life. "The Hummer Song," their scathing condemnation of suv's and the pig-headed selfishness of consumerism, comments upon this latest chapter in the war between the rich and the poor.

Named after Old Bull Lee, William S. Burrough's alter ego in Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," Old Bull was formed when Nate McCleary and Eric Rasmussen met each other working on a construction project and began writing original music as a team. Later they met up with country drummer and hillbilly singer Peter Sheffer, a recent import from Alaska by way of Alabama. They were soon joined by bass player and activist Lon Miller, the recording genius behind Yucca Studios and keyboardist/ harmonium player Michael Paul, veteran musician and educator. Old Bull's banjo and rhythm guitar mastermind is Dylan Wilkerson, unabashed activist and Sundance Film Festival actor in Travis Wilkerson's "Who Killed Cock Robin?". The icing on the cake is the hypnotic strummings of Scotty Grusin, local lap steel legend and son of jazz great Dave Grusin.

Not content to merely play a series of kickass live shows, The Bull has been working hard in the studio recording their debut album "T-Top Mullet Jamboree". Two songs, twang-de-force "Drunk Woman Blues" and sad, sweet ballad "Dead Blind Love" are available for download now at www.oldbull.net.

Old Bull performs live at Molly Malone's on March 10th at 10:30pm. Don't miss their debut in this hallowed Los Angeles refuge for the roots-music minded.

On March 15th The Bull will make their first appearance in Orange County when they play at Jim Lacey-Baker's newly minted Dirt Joint Tuesdays at The Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa at 11pm.

On March 26th it's back to Topanga Canyon when the boys appear at Abuelita's.