Album Notes

In a medium somewhere between songcraft, energized theatrics, blazing solos, heart-wrenching harmonies and a plain ole’ good time, the Mayhem String Band has a reputation like few other bands. Their brand of countrified outlaw bluegrass conjures up the ghosts of Hank and Waylon by creating chaos and taming it in the same performance. These men play string music, raw and aggressive, with the simple hope that people will listen up, catch the buzz and get to dancing.
The Mayhem String Band started out in the winter of 2004 when Ben Johnson (bass), Chris Steiner (guitar), and J.T. Lack (banjo) started getting together and picking bluegrass tunes, quickly snatching up local gigs. In January of 2005 fiddle and mandolin player Jamison Hollister came aboard. After numerous shows inthe hills of Northern Mississippi momentum was picking up and the idea of “Mayhem” was hatched. One only needs to witness a live act to understand the definition of the word. In February of 2006 Kevin Larkin, creator of the Spaghetti Western bluegrass band "Pineross," moved from Colorado to join the band as the mandolin and harmonica player. Each member of the band writes songs, injecting familiar traditional sounds with the madness that defines the world today. They deliver this concoction in an all-out assault of music on whomever may be listening.
These 5 players have been taking their brand of Mississippi bluegrass all over country, playing over 150 shows a year.
Check the website for tour dates, album info, booking:
www.mayhemstringband.com