Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Rock / Alternative

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Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Blues, Country / Western, Rock / Alternative

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Hecktor Pecktor

Hecktor Pecktor is an Americana band which is a blend of Country, Folk, Blues & Rock based in Boise, ID. The band features the original tunes and father/son harmonies of Karl and Brian Peck with Larry Miller playing lead guitar, Perry Ekker on pedal steel guitar, and Doug Grant on bass and percussion. Brian Peck (Son of Karl Peck): Born in Weiser, ID and played in the band Smooth Audio Flow (SAF) in the mid-90s. The band played primarily in Boise, ID at events such as Lollapotato, Alive After Five, and the Bite of Boise. Karl Peck: Born in Weiser, ID and played in the band The Rocky Mountain Express in the late 70s and early 80s. The band played regularly at the Copper Lounge in Weiser, ID and many other venues in the Snake River Valley and Weiser Upper Country. Karl is the son of Lloyd Jack Peck who was also a musician and played fiddle, banjo, ukulele, and harmonica. Larry Miller: Born in Boise, ID and grew up in the Twin Falls area. Larry was a member of the bands Brown Sugar and Hotfoot in the late 60s and early 70s. The band Hotfoot played regularly at the Ridgewood Supper Club in Fruitland, ID. Larry is the son of an accomplished steel guitar player. Perry Ekker: Grew up in a musical family in the Canyonlands region of Southern Utah and started playing music with his father at the age of 8. Perry has played with many bands over the years including The Night Riders in Southeastern Idaho. For his full bio, see www.ekkercabin.com. Doug Grant: Played bass with the bands Aresenal, Axiom, and Hard Time in Lubbock, TX in the late 70s and 80s.

Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Country / Western

High Desert Band

If you like toe-tapping acoustic music with an old-time flavor, you’ll love the High Desert Band from Idaho’s Treasure Valley. They play music ranging from songs that were heard on the American frontier to modern folk and bluegrass, along with a big helping of their own original songs. The group consists of lead singer Randy Helton who excels at flat-picking melodies on his guitar and tickling audiences with his comic songs and the occasional yodel. Randy is also a talented song writer who has won contests with his entertaining and humorous lyrics. Playing upright bass and singing lead and harmony for the High Desert Band is Cathy Bourner. Cathy’s background includes early influence by folk and western style music and in the mid 90’s began playing bass in a bluegrass band. She is a talented singer and is the heart and soul of the band providing a steady beat on her vintage 1939 Kay upright bass, with a signature cowboy boot foot on the bottom. High Desert’s founding member is Jerry Firth, singing harmony and playing mandolin. Jerry’s background includes almost twenty years of playing time in several bluegrass bands in Oregon and Idaho. He is an aspiring luthier, building the instruments he plays. He enjoys playing the variety of music that defines the High Desert Band. Rounding out the line up is the newest member, Kayleigh Jack, a rising young fiddler and singer-song writer from Boise, Idaho. Since childhood, Kayleigh has played classical violin, fiddle, guitar and sang for gospel groups, orchestras, and bands. Naturally gifted with a keen sense of music and memory, Kayleigh performs virtually every genre of music. The group formed in 2003 and stays busy playing at music and art festivals, local farmers markets, as well as many private gigs. The band has a standing weekly gig each Thursday evening at Whitewater Pizza and Pasta located in Meridian on the corner of Eagle Road and Fairview. To learn more about the band, see their performance schedule or book them for your own party or event, visit.

call Randy at 208-371-2747
Jerry at 208-362-4087

Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Blues, Country / Western, Other

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Hillfolk Noir

Filtered through a half-century of folk, country and rock ‘n’ roll, and fed by family history and an affinity for acoustic mountain music, medicine show culture and Depression-era string-band blues, Hillfolk Noir’s peculiar roots gumbo is, like the carnival midway, at once inviting and foreboding. Look no further than 2008’s ”Diggin’ Songs” — a concept album of toe-tapping songs about grave matters — for proof. Hillfolk Noir’s contribution to this century-old language has been described as a dark, country-tinged, swampy-swingin’, hillbilly-delta-blues-ragtime word machine. Acoustic death-folk works, too. Or Junkerdash, the band’s invented name for its singular sound.

Travis and Ali Ward, the husband-and-wife half of Hillfolk Noir’s touring quartet (also featuring Mike Waite (El Dopamine, Lowbelly) and Jared Goodpastor (Boise Rock School)), grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho, a panhandle county seat near the Canadian border where ghostly echoes of the region’s settlers reverberate off the walls of the valley. “We make the music for ourselves because we love it; we are having a great time and hopefully that is infectious,” Travis says. “Music, especially live music, can be such a powerful experience for all kinds of people. Live music is a shared experience – a series of moments that can really change a person’s day or outlook. That being said, our music seems to strike an emotional chord with many people – perhaps because to pull off this really acoustic old-time sound, we sing and play our guts out. Every song.”

Hillfolk Noir has recently (Dec, 2010) released two new records — both on-location field recordings ”Live at the Old Idaho Penitentiary” is a multi-track recording of an eight-piece band performing live in an old prison block at the historical Old Idaho Penitentiary. ”Skinny Mammy’s Revenge” is a series of recordings made in living rooms and cabins. All of the songs were recorded around a single microphone to analog tape. Other notable projects include the aforementioned ”Diggin’ Songs,” the score to a film (”Ibid”) by Frozen River director/Oscar nominee Heather Rae and Russell Friedenberg, and a monthly DVD video subscription project with the Trey McIntyre Project contemporary dance troupe. This project will be released as a combined CD/DVD by the end of 2011. Hillfolk Noir is also nearing completion of a new record, release details still to come. Hillfolk Noir has performed with James McMurtry, Built to Spill, Bonn ie “Prince” Billy, The Devil Makes Three, Yard Dog Road Show, The Caleb Klauder Band, Gerald Collier, Heroes and Villains, Train, Jesse Dayton, the Dusty 45s, Neva Dinova, Neko Case, Justin Townes Earle, Deer Tick, Gourds, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band and tons of other great acts that you may or may not have heard of.

Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Blues, Country / Western

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Hokum Hi-Flyers

Hokum Hi-Flyers play old-time mountain music and other forms of unplugged 1920s/30s American roots music on fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass, and harmonica. High-energy tunes get you on your feet and hollerin’ at the rafters. Come chase away recession-era blues at their monthly concerts and square dances at the Linen Building in downtown Boise (1402 W. Grove St.). Their CD “The Original Hokum Hi-Flyers” is available at any of their gigs and at The Record Exchange in Boise. They serve up hokum and they serve it hot.

Scott Knickerbocker: banjo, guitar, fiddle, vocals
Jonah Shue: fiddle, guitar, mandolin, vocals
Travis Ward: guitar, vocals
Gary Shue: guitar, mandolin
Patrick Harren: harmonica
Mike Waite: bass

Genre

Acoustic / Folk

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Idyltime

Idyltime is a Boise based acoustic folk band featuring sweet vocal harmonies backed by first-rate instrumentalists. The repertoire spans songs from the Carter family to Richard Thompson to originals, done in a traditional old-time and bluegrass setting. The band consists of Beth Mason (bass, vocals), Ava Honey (guitar, vocals), Tate Mason (banjo, dobro, vocals), and Dave Daley (fiddle, viola, mandolin, vocals).

Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Covers, Experimental, Other, Reggae / Funk, Rock / Alternative

Innocent Man

Since 2008, Innocent Man has played their unique brand of rock and roll throughout Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada to fans of all ages. As a six piece group, Innocent Man’s sound incorporates elements of rock, jazz, bluegrass, and funk highlighted by soulful vocal harmonies and raging guitar solos. With a deep catalog of original music, no two concerts are ever the same – something that keeps both the band and their fans on their toes.
A project born out of a desire to play fun music with good friends. Breaking the genre barriers, Innocent Man grooves on the blues, jazz, rock, country, funk, and blurs the line in between.

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Boise, ID 83705

Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Rock / Alternative

Interstate

Interstate is a pure product of the northwest’s music community. We are a collaboration of many different styles of music, in an effort to write and play the songs we have always wanted to hear

Combining a love for classic ideas and experimenting with new sounds, Interstate maintains a philosophy of staying musically fresh. Expect to hear the unexpectedly familiar.

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Boise ID 83703

Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Blues, Country / Western, Experimental, Other, Pop, Rock / Alternative

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J.P.Whipple

Basing himself out of places as diverse as Portland Oregon , Arizona and Oostende Belgium , J.P.Whipple lives the life of a post-modern barefoot gypsy taking his one man – eleven piece – “orchestra” with him wherever he travels. Having all the energy of a full band with twice the charisma incorporating styles as incongruous as rock, gypsy-cabaret, country, and swamp blues. Whipple integrates them all into a unique blend he dubs “vagabond roots”. As would be expected, his songs echoes his weary wanderings and are filled with scenes of debauchery, blue collar angst and a slight hint of mysticism that comes from a lifetime of seeking. He accompanies his tragicomedy tales with his “trash” drum kit and whatever lead instrument that seems to suit the song. It could be accordion, Dobro, lap steel guitar, or banjo. Though one man acts are almost prosaic these days, it is rare to find one so dedicated to entertaining today’s short attention span audience. His performances are like Missouri weather. If you don’t like what you hear, wait five minutes.

Genre

Acoustic / Folk, Blues, Jazz / Contemporary, Other, Rock / Alternative

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Jack Hale

Versatile and loaded with dexterity!
While I’m most popular for vintage jazz, the music of the Jazz Age, classic rock, modern jazz, bluegrass, world music, classical, so many styles.

Hailing from the Hollywood Studios and local club scene, ‘Anything Goes!”

Singer songwriters thinking of a picker that will add so much music to your songs, ‘on the fly’, on the gig, and without preparation, here you go!

Whether a seasoned local pro, beginning student, recent grad, whatever, sitting down with me for one session may change everything musical for you! The instrument, not important!