Backwoods Hucksters
Cort Armstrong (guitar & lead vocals) and Sean Divine (harmonica & lead vocals) met at the crossroads of country blues and bluegrass in Seattle, WA, circa 1994, and have been honing their sound ever since… a sound they call mountain blues. Port Angeles bassist Paul Stehr-Green completes the trio at the core of the Hucksters, while drums, fiddle and occasionally mandolin add to the trio for the occasional dance event. But the trio puts on display what is at the heart of this mountain blues music collaboration… soulful singing, time polished vocal harmonies and intricate instrumental interplay.
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Led by the thirty year musical partnership of Cort Armstrong and Sean Divine, the Backwoods Hucksters draw inspiration from the country blues, bluegrass and old-time stringboard music of the Appalachian Mountains. They weave in some more contemporary influences, including Armstrong’s original songs, the Grateful Dead and the songs of more modern blues and rock luminaries. The band’s tight harmony vocals bring a distinctiveness to their interpretations of old classics, but it is the interplay of their improvisational instrumental work that puts the twinkle in the band’s eye.
Their sound is on display in the audio and video below…
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