__Tue Jun 19th__ Phillip Roebuck, Dag & The Bulleit Boys

Tuesday June 19th, 2012
Phillip Roebuck
Dag & The Bulleit Boys
10PM
$4

About Phillip Roebuck

PHILLIP ROEBUCK is a Virginia-born, New York-bred songster and bare bones one-man band. With punk rock intensity, Roebuck stomps out beats on a classic, depression-era drum apparatus, while strumming the banjo with a fierce ragged-but-right style.

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Although he has played over a thousand shows in venues and on festival stages in the U.S. and Europe, Roebuck can just as easily be seen performing on a street corner in New Orleans or New York City, where he has spent nearly a decade honing his skills as a one-man band.
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“Think gritty Bob Dylan meets old chain gang songs with a punk rock snarl.”
AltDaily

“He plucks that banjo like a madman, like the devil himself.”
New York Press

“A stone-cold classic performer…no airs or graces, just pure musicianship in action!”
CollectiveZine

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS…
Two albums recorded by Steve Albini
John Peel Show – BBC 1
All Tomorrow’s Parties, UK – main stage
Green Man Festival, UK – main stage
w/Ralph Stanley
w/Nina Nastasia
w/Shellac
w/American Music Club

“Whirling one-man banjo ninja is in fighting form.”
Europe Intelligence Wire

“There’s no niche or category to file this under. It’s just simply amazing.”
Autopia

“You’ll never see anything like it. The man’s so talented your girlfriend may leave you for him, but I really couldn’t blame her.”
Weekly Volcano

“He is both a delightful oddity and the purest kind of genius.”
Steve Albini

“I’ve seen a lot of cool sh@# in my day. I’ve seen John Elway win back-to-back Super Bowls. I’ve seen Pete Townshend shred his hand mid windmill, and then finish Quadrophenia. However, never before have I seen anything quite like Phillip Roebuck. Never. Roebuck’s a mess of hair and sweat, stomping about, shaking the stage. You hear his banjo, tearing through rocking, unorthodox licks, like Uncle Dave Macon on a whiskey and speed binge. It’s a sight to be seen. More importantly, it’s a noise to be heard. Phillip Roebuck is a one-man band. The title’s no lie. Among banjo traditionalists, Roebuck is often considered a hack. By looks alone Roebuck might be considered a novelty. He’s neither. Roebuck is an artist as pure as they come. His style is his own. His music is unmistakably his own. He plucks like a madman and stomps like thunder.”
Matt Driscoll

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