YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Scranton bluegrass folk band The Dishonest Fiddlers
City: Scranton
Genre(s): Folk, bluegrass, Americana, country
Years active: 2012-present
Sounds like: If you enjoy drinking a cool beverage (or maybe some homemade moonshine) on a hot summer day on your back porch with friends or family, this is the kind of music you’re going to want to unwind to as you enjoy the simpler pleasures in life. With a classic bluegrass sound that’s easy to listen and tap your toes to, you won’t even mind that these gentlemen have been dishonest about the fiddles (there are none) because you’re too busy singing along by the second refrain. While best experienced live, even listening to their recordings can turn any environment into good ol’ fashioned coal country.
For fans of: Doc Watson, David Bromberg, Levon Helm, Pete Seeger, Old Crow Medicine Show, Railroad Earth, Still Hand String Band, Cabinet, Coal Town Rounders, and Hickory Project
Number of albums/EPs released: One (debut full-length album “The Whistle Missed the Train”)
Latest album/EP: “The Whistle Missed the Train,” released March 10, 2016
Fun fact: The band recorded their first album completely live in one day at Flux Studios in New York City. They recorded 16 songs and put 11 on the finished album.
Online: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and ReverbNation
Upcoming shows:
Aug. 13: 2nd annual Never Forgotten Ride (in memory of John Wilding) at the Parker House Tavern (12 E. Parker St., Scranton), music at 3 p.m.
Aug. 18: Backyard Ale House (523 Linden St, Scranton), 9 p.m.
Aug. 20: Upper Hudson Bluegrass Festival at Ski Bowl Park (Ski Bowl Rd., North Creek, NY) with Hickory Project, The Blind Owl Band, and more
Aug. 21: Bluegrass & Blues Festival at Mountain Sky (63 Stillmeadow Lane, Jermyn) with Still Hand String Band, Clarence Spady Band, and more
Aug. 25: North Slope Brewing Company (33 Tunkhannock Hwy., Dallas), 8 p.m.
Aug. 26-28: Creative Being Music and Arts Festival at Toye Recreation (7 Babtown Rd., Sussex, NJ) with Still Hand String Band, Serene Green, Bluegrass Bastards, Rivers, Mystery Fyre, The Mantras, Dangermuffin, Dr. Slothclaw, and more
Sept. 2-4: Cornstock Folk Festival at Lazy Brook Park (55 Overlook Dr., Tunkhannock) with Roy Williams and The Human Hands, Hickory Project, Launch Pad, The Brummy Brothers, Coal Town Rounders, Professor Louie & The Crowmatix, and more
See photos of The Dishonest Fiddlers performing at Arts on the Square in Scranton last month here.
Photo by Sam Watson
