Mountain Valley Arts Fall Concert Series
September 25 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Join us at Errol Allan Park in downtown Guntersville for a couple of hours of great “antique” music from Jake Leg Stompers, talented musicians from the Murfreesboro, TN area who have enchanted folks here.
Although the Jake Leg Stompers band members’ musical roots date much earlier. By 2006, they increasingly started taking their “Chicken-Fried Pre-war Hokum-billy Jug” music on the road, playing regional festivals whether or not they were asked to.
Acclaimed for their spirited, eclectic, and wildly unpredictable street performances, the Stompers were even sometimes asked to play on the stage for actual money.
In their live shows, the Jake Leg Stompers present Pre-War Roots Music on period instruments in lively, authentic styles. The Stompers capture the rebellious spirit of pre-1941 American music from Memphis Jug bands to Appalachian Hillbilly to Fats Waller when folk music was still considered dangerous.
Currently, the Stompers are cruising to stardom on the strength of their 3rd and greatest album, “Hill Country Hoodoo,” produced and recorded by Jimbo Mathus of Squirrel Nut Zippers fame at his studio in Como, MS. For this project, the Stompers were joined by Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars, Jimbo Mathus, the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band, Rev. John Wilkins (son of the late blues legend Robert Wilkins) and Mississippi cum Tokyo blues artist Steve Gardner.
“Hill Country Hoodoo” has received extensive airplay on XM satellite radio and is currently a top-selling album in both the blues and folk categories on CDBaby.com.
For more details about the individual band members and their records, check out their bios on jakelegstompers/bios. You will laugh yourself silly and will just have to come see this band in person.
