The Scatterlings - Gallows Road
On our Spotify playlist Best Indie Country 2018 you will find the song Gallows Road by The Scatterlings.
The Scatterlings are a four-piece acoustic/Americana band based in Asheville, North Carolina. The members share a fondness for songs about heartbreak, whiskey, killings, and hangings, although they promise they are actually all very peaceable people. Many of their songs are steeped deep in local history.
The band formed when vocalist and baritone ukulele player Elfy Kornfeld, guitarist Rick Russell, and upright bassist Terrell Jones met at The Berry Pickers, a weekly jam group. Later, Elfy met mandolin player, Josh Sill, in the grocery store, because in Asheville you are as likely to find a bluegrass picker as a green smoothie in your local grocery.
The Scatterlings however, sound neither bluegrassy (though there are undeniable mountain influences at play) nor green. There are folk stylings, astute songwriting, textural instrumentation, and the palpable chemistry of players who are happy to have found each other.
About the song The Scatterlings sais that this dark tale is a flip on the traditional old time theme of a man taking revenge on the woman who did him wrong. The keen of the mandolin is an eerie accompaniment to a haunted vocal. The song switches time signatures — an unforeseen twist that adds interest — slinking, jazzy and smirking, to its conclusion. Elfy Kornfeld, vocals; Rick Russell, guitar; Josh Sill, mandolin; Terrell Jones, bass. Have a look at the video of a live performance of the song.
The band formed when vocalist and baritone ukulele player Elfy Kornfeld, guitarist Rick Russell, and upright bassist Terrell Jones met at The Berry Pickers, a weekly jam group. Later, Elfy met mandolin player, Josh Sill, in the grocery store, because in Asheville you are as likely to find a bluegrass picker as a green smoothie in your local grocery.
The Scatterlings however, sound neither bluegrassy (though there are undeniable mountain influences at play) nor green. There are folk stylings, astute songwriting, textural instrumentation, and the palpable chemistry of players who are happy to have found each other.
About the song The Scatterlings sais that this dark tale is a flip on the traditional old time theme of a man taking revenge on the woman who did him wrong. The keen of the mandolin is an eerie accompaniment to a haunted vocal. The song switches time signatures — an unforeseen twist that adds interest — slinking, jazzy and smirking, to its conclusion. Elfy Kornfeld, vocals; Rick Russell, guitar; Josh Sill, mandolin; Terrell Jones, bass. Have a look at the video of a live performance of the song.
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