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Dr Bluegrass and the Illbilly 8
Overview
- 5 piece foot stompin' bluegrass band
- Can expand to 8 for when there's just not enough stomp
- Smaller 3 piece option available on request
- Wide repertoire covering traditional bluegrass, gospel, country, Irish folk, through to rock, pop and dance music
- DJ option available
- Songs learnt on request - any song you want, bluegrass style!
The band is based in Brighton but is willing to travel anywhere in the UK or Europe.
Have a Listen
- You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
- Train on the Island - Traditional
- Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
- Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
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About this Act
Foot stompin', thigh slappin' bluegrass from the deep south (of England).
Formed in the winter of 2009, Dr Bluegrass and the Illbilly 8 draw inspiration from a wide range of unusual sources for their unique choice of songs. Everything from traditional bluegrass and gospel, to Irish folk, pop and rock ensures that there is something for all ages, played with an energy and virtuosity that belies their young age.
Available for hire for hoedowns, shindigs, hootenannys and barn dances.
Set List
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2020 repertoire:
Covers
Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
Clinch Mountain Backstep - Anon
Carrie Brown – Steve Earle
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Stonewall – Hack n Saw Boys
I’ll Fly Away – Anon
House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
Leaving of Liverpool – Anon
Tell it to Me – Old Crow Medicine Show
Brooklyn in the Rain – Dr Bluegrass
Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles
Oh Miss Ohio – Gillian Welch
It Ain’t Me Babe – Bob Dylan
Man You Don’t Meet Everyday – Anon
King of the Swingers – Disney’s Jungle Book
Duelling Banjos – Deliverance soundtrack
Bloodshot Eyes – Wynonie Harris
Money for Nothing – Dire Straits
Hey Mr Bartender – Hank Thompson
Hang Me – Anon
Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms – Bill Monroe
Blackberry Blossom – Anon
You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
I Wanna Sing that Rock and Roll – Gillian Welch
Jolene – Dolly Parton
Hava Nagila – Anon
In My Time of Dying – Anon
Foggy Mountain Breakdown – Flatt and Scruggs
Wild Rover – Anon
Crazy – Gnarls Berkley
Fat Bottom Girls – Queen
Chicken Song – Anon / Hotel Yorba – White Stripes
Mercedez Benz – Janis Joplin
Long Hair Country Boy – Charlie Daniels Band
Jayne – Firefly soundtrack
500 Miles – The Proclaimers
Tell Me Ma – Sham Rock
Water at the Station – Willie Mason
Bad Things – Jace Everett
Where I’m Heading – Dr Bluegrass
Whisky You’re the Devil – The Clancey Brothers
Paradise City – Guns n Roses
Highway to Hell – AC/DC
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd / Praise You – Fat Boy Slim
I Got Mine – Ry Cooder
Red Clay Halo – Gillian Welch
Down in Mexico – The Coasters
No One Knows – Queens of the Stone Age
Never Can Tell – Chuck Berry
Seven Nation Army – White Stripes
Walk the Line – Johnny Cash
Going Down the Country – Canned Heat
9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
Salty Dog Blues – Scruggs and Flatt
Corey Darlin – The Weavers
Lay me Down a Pallet – Anon
Train on the Island – Anon
Buckets Got a Hole in It – Hank Williams
Second Hand New – Fleetwood Mac
Abba - Mamma mia (G)
Greenday - Basket case (A)
Originals
Dr Bluegrass - Winter's coming around
Dr Bluegrass - Oh these
Dr Bluegrass - Where I'm heading
Dr Bluegrass - pass the bottle
Dr Bluegrass - some things you do
Dr Bluegrass - Chris' song
Dr Bluegrass - Brooklyn in the rain
Lineup
- 5 piece band consisting of guitar, banjo, double-bass, percussion, fiddle
3 piece up to 8 piece band
DJ option
Slide guitar, harmonica, accordion, mandolin and saxophone are optional extras.
This act's standard set times are as follows:
- 2 x 45 minute sets
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