Old Bull Band

A welcome alternative to the bleating of whatever calf commercial radio has been stuffin down yer mullet, 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, places the band within a long tradition of political satire dug up from the fertile soil of American culture.  From the comedic to the spiritual to the tender ballad, Old Bull's lyrical moonshine distills some powerful hooch.

Named after Old Bull Lee, William S. Burrough's alter ego in Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," Old Bull is Nate McCleary (git fiddle), Peter Sheffer (drums), Lon Miller (bass), and Eric Rasmussen (vocals/ harmonica). 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.  Bass player, activist and recording genius Lon Miller is perhaps the most inexplicable of the bunch, with his beard which intercepts basstone vibrations much like a Daliesque, otherworldly ufo.

The band has recently been in the Yucca Productions studios, recording their premiere album, soon to be released in the form of the magnanimous "T- Top Mullet Jamboree," undoubtedly destined to permeate the very fabric of American popular music.