Penny Pistolero & Swamp Rats
to
Cult Classic Brewing Company 1169 Shopping Center Road, Stevensville, Maryland 21666
Rats PP
Rats PP
Local heroes Penny Pistolero are back on stage at Cult Classic as part of their 10 year anniversary Tour. Hailed as an Alt/Country band that draws inspiration from bands like: Wilco, Whiskeytown, Deer Tick & Neutral Milk Hotel, as well as good ol rock n roll and outlaw country. They take the stage by storm and leave it with a room full of lifelong fans.
https://www.pennypistolero.com/
Joining the bill is Florida Folkers, Swamp Rats. Swamp Rats takes intricate clawhammer banjo and blends it with a driving punk rhythm fronted by gritty & soothing harmonizing vocals. Some have said the music sounds like a type of haunted that makes them happy. Folk with an edge is what most people say about Florida's "Phantom" folk band Swamp Rats.
https://swampratsmusic.bandcamp.com/
Tune in and feel all the feels so you’re ready to rock with us on June 3rd.
General admission (standing) is $10 per person.
Get here early, Cult Classic has 15+ beers on tap brewed in house, a full kitchen with from-scratch pizza, hand-pattied burgers and fresh-never-frozen jumbo wings, and a FULL BAR to get you through this most epic of evenings.
Doors open at 7:00
Show starts at 7:30
This is a standing show.
If you have accessibility or special accommodation issues, please alert our staff at the door
5 minutes before showtime, any unchecked tickets may be made available to our standby list
////
Swamp Rats take intricate claw hammer banjo and blends it with a driving punk rhythm fronted by gritty & soothing harmonizing vocals. Some have said the music sounds like a type of haunted that makes them happy. Folk with an edge is what most people say about Florida's "Phantom" folk band Swamp Rats.
City Newspaper - Rochester, New York-
"One genre couldn't even begin to describe Florida-based trio Swamp Rats. The style contains bits of modern train-hopping punk yet is heavily influenced by traditional bluegrass with folk underpinnings — uniquely blended with metal riffs and mucky Southern blues. Each musician plays multiple instruments, so you'll hear specks of acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, stomp box, washboard, and despondent lyrics of life experience and the road."-https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/.../ame.../Content...
Incubator - Incubatormusic.net -”The three-person group barely fit on the elevated plank of wood dubbed “the stage.” But I’ll be damned if they didn’t play like they were headlining a trucker convention in Trenton, New Jersey.” http://incubatormusic.net/swamp-rats-may-be-scurring.../
Most awesome.
I immediately thought of some of our local favorites when I heard your music and they have agreed to share the bill.
https://www.pennypistolero.com/
Let me know if that works for you.
If so, could you pass along some good promo shots and a bio and I’ll get to work on a ticket link etc?
Thanks again for reaching out.
Cheers,
-Rohry
On Feb 22, 2022, at 11:28 AM, Local 1 <localcreativeminds@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Rohry!
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly and we're glad you like our sound!
To answer your questions, we don't have many connections in Maryland. Andy, our banjo player, grew up on the Eastern Shore and has some family there but that's about as far as our Maryland connections go. We could grab an act or two from Philly but if you're willing and able to assist us in setting up a bill we would really appreciate it! We would want to keep the price down to maybe $5-10 to encourage people coming in. I'll go ahead and pencil you in for Friday June 3rd until we can fill the bill. Let me know what you think, thanks again for getting back with us and we'll talk soon!
On Tue, Feb 22, 2022, 7:30 AM Rohry Flood <rohry@cultclassicbrewing.com> wrote:
Well Dang, Scotty.
I love the sound of Swamp Rats.
June 3 is currently open and I’ld love to get you on the schedule.
Do you have any Maryland band connections? Would love to have a local group sharing the bill.
If not, I have a couple acts that I think would be a great pairing.
We offer 100% of tickets back to the artist, we cover all production in our professional listening room, and we throw some drinks in.
Bands set the ticket price and start time, we typically start load in at 5pm, sound check by 6pm, doors at 7:30 or 8pm.
Bands usually split the show with an opener playing 8-9 and the headliner from 9:30-11.
Tickets range from $5ish to $25. $10 seems to be the sweet spot. The room can hold 200 max.
Let me know what you think.
Cheers,
-Rohry
On Feb 21, 2022, at 1:45 PM, Scotty Crow <localcreativeminds@gmail.com> wrote:
Scotty Crow
localcreativeminds@gmail.com
Hello! Swamp Rats is a folk, blues, bluegrass duo from Central Florida. We travel quite a bit for our music and are curious if you would be interested in having us? We're looking to fill Thursday June 2, Friday June 3 or Saturday June 4. If you have either of those dates open and you're interested we'd love to set something in stone. If not we could look at dates further out. We look forward to hearing back, thanks! Scotty facebook.com/swampratsmusic instagram.com/swampratsmusic youtube.com/c/swampratmusic swampratsmusic.bandcamp.com https://youtu.be/ye1yIkx_RA0https://youtu.be/cY9wwvXSlRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peFXlTEQ2do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l29ecEXvvQIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-NY2Awccqc