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It may be a surprise to hear the country rock sounds of Detroits Deadstring Brothers coming from a city better known for loud rock and roll, but disillusionment can take many channels. Desolation, frustration and regret have always been present where great country music was played, and from its bombed-out inner city to its sterile suburbs, Detroit has its share.

Deadstring Brothers began in fall 2003. Since then, the band has worked to develop their own take on the American Sound, drawing influences from a variety of sources. Its all in there somehow, declares Kurt, but blues and country music just feel the most natural.

Not unlike Exile-era Stones, Deadstring Brothers deliver a menacing sound that draws equally on the melancholy of country ballads and the abandon of rock and blues. The bands music is deeply rooted in the storytelling and instrumental traditions of Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, and the American Outlaw Movement, but is also informed by the song structure and understated aggression commonly associated with Detroit bands. Their haunting melodies reveal the influence of early 70s rock icons like The Band and Gram Parsons and The Faces. Deadstring Brothers live performances have the energy of guitar rock, but sophisticated arrangements, Hammond Organ and a focus on traditional American music separate them from many of their Detroit contemporaries.
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  • David4realz

    Anything new planned? Would love to hear some new shit!!

    March 2012

  • monty09

    Woo yeah they're awesome!!

    June 2010

  • Fischante

    @DFWtheBold Stones meets the Allman Brothers,if you ask me. Seriously, they had me fooled there for a second, I thought I was listening to a long lost Stones recording or something!

    February 2010

  • dluuu

    good rockin boys!!!!

    February 2010

  • abutterflyloves

    I heard them today for the first time on Sons of Anarchy with "Can't Make It Through the Night". I fell in love instantly. I felt I was listening to Good, OLD, 1968 Rolling Stones, but with a fresh guitar and energy that wasn't there on the crackly albums! I am in LOVE.

    November 2009

  • paulista

    I was wondering about the last album title. They already came to play in Brazil?

    September 2009

  • Fipaj

    great band, country and blues influenced rock and roll is what I need today :)

    May 2009

  • chrishopp

    One word: Phenomenal. Absolutely the best rock and roll that I've heard in the last ten years or so (and there are quite a few good ones around, if you haven't noticed). Start with a sound anchored in Beggar's Banquet through Exile on Main Street era Rolling Stones and build it from there with classic Americana.

    May 2009
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31 Mar 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/deadstringbrothers

Hosted By:Deadstring BrothersWhen:Thursday, April 08, 2010Where:The Basement1604 8th Ave SouthNashville37203Description:'Sao Paulo' Record Release Show Doors at 8pm Deadstring Brothers on at 11pm...

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