Looking for Fiddle, Slide Guitar, Lapsteel, or Pedal Steel

Medford MA

Description

Coywolf Johnson is looking for another band member to replace our fiddle player who is moving on. We play blues, spirituals and protest songs; about half originals and half classics. We are looking for a band member who will rehearse to develop our sound. We currently rehearse on Sunday mornings. There is a strong leftist slant to the lyrics in the protest songs and there's quite a few Old Testament spirituals as well. We have about 75 minutes of material currently and need to double that to play a wider range of shows. We have a unusual sound. It's gritty, dark, sparse. We're a comfortable playing really slow tempos with a lot of space in the texture. I am doing the vocals and electric bass guitar, played both with traditional finger style and strumming. We have blues harp and paired down drums with a 50's/60's blues sound. We can play quiet. We need an instrument that can play sustained notes to harmonize with the harmonica and more percussive double-stops or chords to support the singing. A fiddle could work and slide guitar, lapsteel or pedal steel could work too. We want someone pretty gritty sounding that is comfortable leaving space in the music. We have a couple live videos up on YouTube that you can check out. We are in our 40's-50's, two women and a man. Personality compatibility is most important to us. Then musical compatibility, then chops. We'd like to hear a recording of your playing and talk on the phone or Zoom before meeting up in person.