The one big thing that is apparent when you are exposed to life in Appalachia, is how much young people here, are exposed to the music that was made in these mountains hundreds of years ago.
It is almost a birthright that is enacted on back porches all along the Crooked Road. The Empty Bottle String Band is a product of this inheritance and their new album, Travelin Man is a reflection of the spirit that lives only in the mountains of rural Appalachia..
If you close your eyes while listening to Ramblin Man, your mind can conjure up images of Dock Boggs, The Skillet Lickers, and The Carter Family. When you open your eyes and take a look at the kids that are performing these tunes, you can see why we continue to have this music available in 2014.
The Empty Bottle String band gives you thirteen toe-tapping cuts on their new album which includes fresh music you can dance to, as well as, ballads that will take your mind back to a battlefront during the Civil War.
From left to right in the picture, lets start with Tyler Hughes, who hails from right her in Big Stone Gap, Kristal Harman from the Ozark Mountains, Band Manager, Stephanie Jeter, and Ryan Nickerson from Chesapeake, Virginia.
All four are students of the East Tennesee State University, and all are part of the Old-Time Music program. Tyler plays Claw Hammer Banjo and Uke, Kristal guitar, Stephanie, autoharp, and bass with Ryan on fiddle, and mandolin.
Tyler, Kristal and Stephanie all provide various vocals on this album.
You can find out more information about The Empty Bottle String Band, their schedule on the groups FaceBook Page, While you are checking out the band, you can listen to some of the tracks on Ramblin Man.
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