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Al Scorch

Rank #26 Chicago, IL Country / Americana / Post Punk

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Label: HeWhoCorruptsINC/Plan-It-X-South

Bio: Grafting literate, character-driven song craft and Mid-American roots with a post-punk DIY attitude, Chicago-based songwriter, performer and instrumentalist Al Scorch charts a new musical topography with a five-string banjo.

In his new full-length CD release, Tired Ghostly Town, Scorch delive... See Full Bio

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“It's almost too easy to compare Chicago's Al Scorch to William Elliott Whitmore. He grew up playing the guitar and banjo, started opening up for punk rock bands, and eventually started touring the world's dirty and cramped DIY spaces. He has a warm on-stage persona and the songs that ooze out from these basements and clubs into the neighboring homes range from a sweet fiddle tune, to the stomping sing-along of a gypsy song of old.”

— Brooklyn Vegan

“Banjo spelled backwards is Ojnab, which sideways spells something like "Oh! Jam!" Which isn't to say this big bad trad banjo slab sounds anything like some DeadheadPhishReggae jam band mess, but rather that it's as sweet as fruit preserves!”

— Roctober

“These four tracks from Chicago’s Al Scorch And The Country Soul Ensemble are foot stamping and banjo shredding....”

— Razorcake

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Working Dream
Working Dream
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Giant Wars and Dinosaurs
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the Hearse Driver
the Hearse Driver
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Board Up the Windows
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Lonesome Low
Lonesome Low
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Chattanooga, TN, US | 8:00pm
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Chattanooga, TN, US
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Athens, GA, US | 8:00pm
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Athens, GA, US
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Greensboro, NC, US | 5:00pm
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Greensboro, NC, US
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Richmond, VA, US | 8:00pm
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Richmond, VA, US
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Richmond, VA, US | 8:00pm
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Richmond, VA, US
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