The Hot Seats
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6 THINGS ABOUT US
1. We like to play music, stringband music. We call it stringband music because
it’s just too difficult to try and get into whether it’s old time, bluegrass,
ragtime, country, or general freakout music.
2. We have done so since 2002, mostly based out of Richmond, VA.
3. We’ve been lots of places, including all throughout the USA, the UK, Ireland,
and a little piece of Europe. Some of our festival highlights have
been: Tønder, The Richmond Folk Festival, Red Wing Roots, Celtic
Connections, The Shetland Folk Festival, The Orkney Folk Festival,
South By Southwest, Floyd Fest, Bristol Rhythm and Roots Festival, The
Watermelon Park Festival, The Northeast Kingdom Music Festival,
Didmarton Bluegrass Festival, Maverick Festival, HebCeltFest,
Speyfest, Leicester Summer Sundae and multiple occasions Edinburgh
Festival Fringe (including a Herald Angel Award in 2006).
4. We have recorded 13 albums of various lengths. Our newest is called The
Hot Seats Presents: Travis Randy – Smooth As Silk. You can listen to it here:
https://thehotseats.bandcamp.com/album/the-hot-seats-present-travis-randy-smooth- as-silk
5. We like to: play fast, be funny, spasm, herk and jerk, eat exotic and frightening
things, and ride in a van.
6. We are Jake, Josh, Rudy, JM, and Charles (most of the time).
“SENSATIONAL” – THE HERALD SCOTLAND.
“GREAT MUSICIANSHIP ASIDE, IT’S NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES THEM SO FANTABULOUS AS THE SHOW IS SO STUFFED FULL OF MULTI-FACETED DELICACIES” – MAVERICK MAGAZINE
“OLD-TIME MUSIC WITH ATTITUDE” THE WASHINGTON POST
“ASTOUNDING!”- ROCK ‘N’ REEL MAGAZINE
“THE HOT SEATS SPECIALIZES IN UNEARTHING AND INVENTING TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND TWISTING IT INTO NEW CONCOCTIONS. FULL OF VIRTUOSITY AND REVERENT IRREVERENCE, THEY ARE A SIGHT TO BEHOLD.” – RELIX MAGAZINE
‘BLUEGRASS, OLD-TIME, SKIFFLE, JUG BAND …STIR THEM UP VIGOROUSLY, THROWING IN ELEMENTS OF ZANY VAUDEVILLE, ADD SOME UNPREDICTABLE TICS, THEN STAND BACK AND WATCH THEM GO’ – THE SCOTSMAN
“AN ALMOST CAREFREE BLEND OF OLD TIME, BLUEGRASS AND JUG BAND MUSIC, PEPPERED WITH A PINCH OF OLD-STYLE VAUDEVILLIAN RAGTIME – A FUN BAND HAVING FUN” – ALLAN WILKINSON, NORTHERN SKY MUSIC MAGAZINE
“THE FOCUS AND POLISH IS AN INTERESTING COUNTERPOINT TO THE BAND’S SATIRIC APPROACH TO MUSIC-MAKING, THAT ABSURD AESTHETIC THAT NOW INCLUDES SHORT FILMS AND TUNE-FILLED PLAYS. ANYTHING BUT THE NORMAL STUFF.” – STYLE WEEKLY
“THE YOUNG FIVE MAN ACOUSTIC BAND PLAY WITH VERVE, VIGOUR AND A TRUE FEEL FOR THE ROOTSOF THEIR CHOSEN IDIOM. WHICH STILTED CRITIC-SPEAK COMPLETELY FAILS TO CONVEY THE SHEER FUN AND LAUGHTER OF THE SHOW. IF YOU LIKE THIS SORT OF MUSIC, YOU MUST GO. EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD GO AND THOSE WHO LEAVE WITHOUT HAVING HAD A GOOD TIME ARE JUST NOT THE SORT OF PEOPLE WHOM I WOULD WANT TO MEET.” – BROADWAYBABY.COM
“THEIR SHOWS ARE VERITABLE LITMUS TESTS FOR A CROWD’S SENSE OF HUMOR.” – HAYMAKER PRODUCTIONS
“SLIGHTLY DISTURBING DADA-ESQUE VA.-BASED STRING BAND THAT’S ONE PART BEEFHEART FREAKOUT AND TWO PARTS TRAD JUG-BAND.” – CONNECT SAVANNAH
“WHEN YOU SEE BETTER-KNOWN NAMES POINTING THEIR CELL PHONES TOWARDS THE STAGE AFTER CALLING FRIENDS AND TELL THEM ‘LISTEN TO THIS’ AS A BAND THEY’VE NEVER ENCOUNTERED BEFORE HOLDS A BIG AUDIENCE MADE UP MOSTLY OF OTHER FIRST-TIMERS SPELLBOUND, IT’S A SIGN THAT SOMETHING SPECIAL IS IN THE AIR.” – MAVERICK MAGAZINE