DESCRIPTION:
The Blind Corn Liquor Pickers, like the moonlight-brewed intoxicant for which they are named, play a variety of bluegrass whose origins are difficult to ascertain. As corn liquor flows through an old car radiator, old-time traditions mix with modern methods in ways that can be unsettling, inspiring, euphoric or blindness-inducing. It's bluegrass that burns going down, warms your gut, and then hits your head like a thunderbolt of white lightning. Banjos, mandolins and fiddles mingle with drums and electric guitars and the soaring, emotive vocals of lead singer Beth Walker harness an Appalachian blues to make the stories in their songs really sing.



The songs are highly original, revisionist takes on traditional American music themes. Genre send-ups, fiery political pieces, modern-day murder ballads, existential moodpieces or moonshine-drenched party songs, you'll hear it all in a Blind Corn Liquor Picker performance that will in turn make you laugh, think, dance and (of course) drink.



"Plenty of songs in the genre call the listener to imagine riding trains and buses or to think back to the old homestead, but nobody travels the lost highways or dreams of the log cabin on the hill the way the BCLP do, or with rhythms akin to theirs. It can get confusing, all right, but don't worry. It's the best kind of confusing -- all surprise and delight, with the kind of shock that engenders unexpected laughter."

-- Jerome Clark, Rambles.NET

"The songs are packed so tight you couldn't get a half a bar free to sip your beer in. It's music that sounds like it's been distilled and purified through three generations. Confident, effortless and irresistible, you would have to have a heart of coal and dancing shoes of lead not to fall in love with this stuff."

--Whisperin' & Hollerin'

"These tunes are up-beat, energetic and rousingly high-spirited, the lyrics fresh, witty, intelligent, and chock-full of good-natured mischief. If the Beatles were reincarnated as 21st Century punkabilly Kentuckians, they'd probably sound a whole lot like the Blind Corn Liquor Pickers."

-- Ed McClanahan, Novelist & Merry Prankster



THE PLAYERS ...



BETH WALKER (LEAD VOCALS)



The emotional center of the band, Beth Walker brings thunder to the mix with a bluesy intensity that recalls Janis Joplin recast as a Kentucky-bred mountain girl.



JOEL SERDENIS (MANDOLIN/GUITAR/VOCALS)



A veteran of the Kentucky music scene, Joel's broad musical creativity has led to his role as BCLP "composer". Whether starting from scratch, working with other's lyrics, or arranging pop songs into acoustic anthems, Joel has the chops, know-how and vision to compose great music.



TRAVIS YOUNG (BANJO/SLIDE WHISTLE)



Prior to joining the band, Travis spent his life working and backpacking throughout Europe, Asia and Central America. His road experiences and twisted sense of humor form the basis for many BCLP lyrics.



FRANK WARD (ACOUSTIC GUITAR / VOCALS)



Although Frank made his name manning the bass for Lexington groove-merchants The Phat Mavericks, we brought him in to rock the guit-box. Little did we know he had such a gritty country vocal.



BEN VOGELPOHL (DRUMS)



Who says bluegrass doesn't need drums? Ben's driving beats and accentual subtleties provide Blind Corn with tasteful simplicity or freight-train propulsion, as the situation may require. Free t-shirt to whoever can sight read his last name.



JEOFFREY TEAGUE (ELECTRIC GUITAR)



Whether he's scaling a rock face with a harness or harnessing a scale to rock your face, one thing's for sure: Jeoffrey's going to rock. Continuing the electrified guitar that has been entrenched in the BCLP sound, look no further for tasty licks, laid-back attitude, and maybe even a used textbook or two!



WILL RUSH (BASS)



The face man for the greatest bar in the history of man, Will's culinary expertise is rivaled only by his ability to conjure up delicious funky morsels. Manning the bass with great versatility, Will's deft touch is the roux in Blind Corn's ever-expanding repertoire.
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