THE BAND___
Two Dollar Bash are an acoustic folk/country/blues band, originally from Scotland, Ireland and France, consisting of singer-songwriters who back up each other's compositions with an intuitive feel that can only come from many years of playing together. _________
With great original songs, fine musicianship and impressive harmonies, the band blends influences from North American folk, blues and country with Celtic and European styles.__________________
ORIGINS__
The four original members,Mark Mulholland, Tony Rose, Matt de Harp and Joe Armstrong met as street performers in Prague in the early 90s and have since then played in different combinations throughout Europe, with a variety of bands and musical styles including punk, rock, psychedelic and swing as well as the folkier formations, and also simply travelling around, picking up gigs and busking, swapping songs and stories with other musicians along the way._______
As well as honing their own songwriting and playing skills, this means that the band's repertoire includes many songs from friends, who in turn are singing Two Dollar Bash songs throughout Europe and North America.___________ TOURING & TRAVEL TIME___Since the formation of this incarnation of the band in 2002, Two Dollar Bash has been touring
constantly throughout Europe, and has also completed two extensive tours of America._____
---- In September 2005 they won the "Rising Legend" award at the 30th Old-time Country and
Traditional Music Festival, in Missouri Valley, Iowa.
---- In 2006 Two Dollar Bash played at the Latitude Festival in England, and were one of 4 bands from around the world selected to perform at the International Country Night showcase at the Popkomm music industry conference in Berlin.
----- 2007 brought tours of Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic and another tour of the US and Canada which included showcase performances at the prestigious South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas and the Canadian Music Week in Toronto, and a major UK tour to coincide with the release of their albums there (Proper Distribution).
---- the Band kept touring through 2008 and 2009 then went through a change of line-up in 2010. With Mark moving to Haiti and Tony becoming a father and settling with his family in Czech Republic, Matt and Joe recruited their old friend Dalton Stansbury III to join them on their shows, bringing a new wealth of songs to the repertoire as well as his very special take on the 5-strings banjo's clawhammer picking style.________
ALBUMS__
Their first two albums, "Two Dollar Bash" and "On the Road", are released on Berlin label Cannery Row Records, who have also released the third album, "Lost River", recorded in the summer of 2007 in a farmhouse in the Czech Republic by engineer Dugald Jayes (Hugo Race and the True Spirit) and producer Craig Ward (The Frames, deUs, The Love Substitutes).
____The three albums are also available through all major download platforms.______
