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Indiana PA, United States (1988 – present)
IN THE LATE 1600s, restless settlers began pushing into the heavily wooded region west of the Allegheny Mountains. Loners by nature, they blazed idiosyncratic paths of destruction and built crude, rough-hewn shacks and poorly planned, unremarkable towns. Their rude and antisocial nature was fueled by cheap homemade whiskey, which also made them quarrelsome.
YEARS PASSED. Generations of rude and drunken Westsylvanians gave way to more refined, polite, and sober Westsylvanians, who birthed new generations of rebellious, godless drunkards, who somehow raised thoughtful, even-keeled, hard-working types (the drinking gene, it seems, tended to skip generations).
A MODERN GENERATION of Westsylvanians began making an unholy racket in Indiana, Pennsylvania in 1988. Though most now live in exile, irregular meetings continue to the present-day.
A thousand or more recordings are said to exist, and yet only two studio albums could be located as of this writing: Allegheny Front and Dusk Falleth, both released on the estimable Twolick Recordings.
WHILE ITS MEMBERS ARE LEGION, three Westsylvanians are keystone: Matt Calvetti lives in Pittsburgh, Westsylvania. Joel Huzinecz lives in Ohio. Jeremy Lloyd lives in Tennessee.
SO I SEZ TO HIM I SEZ… www.westsylvanians.com.
YEARS PASSED. Generations of rude and drunken Westsylvanians gave way to more refined, polite, and sober Westsylvanians, who birthed new generations of rebellious, godless drunkards, who somehow raised thoughtful, even-keeled, hard-working types (the drinking gene, it seems, tended to skip generations).
A MODERN GENERATION of Westsylvanians began making an unholy racket in Indiana, Pennsylvania in 1988. Though most now live in exile, irregular meetings continue to the present-day.
A thousand or more recordings are said to exist, and yet only two studio albums could be located as of this writing: Allegheny Front and Dusk Falleth, both released on the estimable Twolick Recordings.
WHILE ITS MEMBERS ARE LEGION, three Westsylvanians are keystone: Matt Calvetti lives in Pittsburgh, Westsylvania. Joel Huzinecz lives in Ohio. Jeremy Lloyd lives in Tennessee.
SO I SEZ TO HIM I SEZ… www.westsylvanians.com.
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| Aultman Fire Hall | 4:32 | |
| FULL TRACK Devil's Elbow | 2:31 | Free MP3 |
| Flowstone | 4:04 | |
| The Great Marcellus Shale | 3:03 | |
| Mortar and Pestle | 4:14 | |
| FULL TRACK Punched Out (edit) | 3:05 | Free MP3 |
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Allegheny Front
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Devil's Elbow / Jack in a Box
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Dusk Falleth
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Westsylvanians for free: "Devil's Elbow" & "Jack in a Box"
5 Jan 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/thewestsylvanians
As an offering unto the new year, the Westsylvanians have
posted two new tunes - a "digital single" if you will - over on
their site at Bandcamp.com."Devil's Elbow" and "Jack in a Box" are
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18 Oct 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/thewestsylvanians
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Recent Activity
- The Westsylvanians posted a news item ‘Westsylvanians on MeerRadio (Netherlands)’. May 2011
- The Westsylvanians posted a news item ‘"Dusk Falleth" goes Dutch’. May 2011
- The Westsylvanians posted a news item ‘Lloyd, Petersen & The Sun’. May 2011
- The Westsylvanians posted a news item ‘"Dusk Falleth" review (Americana UK)’. May 2011
- The Westsylvanians posted a news item ‘"Dusk Falleth" Drops (so to speak)’. May 2011
- The Westsylvanians posted a news item ‘The Westsylvanians on WOSU's "Columbus Neighborhoods" documentary’. May 2011
- The Westsylvanians posted a news item ‘Westsylvanians for free: "Devil's Elbow" & "Jack in a Box"’. May 2011
- The Westsylvanians posted a news item ‘"Allegheny Front" review (Columbus Alive)’. May 2011
- The Westsylvanians posted a news item ‘The Westsylvanians on Pat Radio (Columbus)’. May 2011
- The Westsylvanians posted a news item ‘Jeremy Lloyd Puts Bartram to Music’. May 2011
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