Drunken Prayer of Portland, Ore. was founded by two southern expatriates: Morgan Christopher Geer from Asheville, NC who sings and plays guitar and the lovely Miss Audra of Bristol, TN at the piano and organ (she also sings). The couple formed the group wood-shedding on a farm in Northern California.

  

   Morgan Christopher Geer In the year 2000 Bloodshot Records released a single by a country punk trio in gold leather suits, touring in a ’78 Cadillac hearse out of Asheville, NC. The Unholy Trio also featured current members of Freakwater and the Reigning Sound.

   Miss Audra is a classically trained concert pianist who began her music career when she was 3 in her father’s Southern Baptist church in Bristol, TN. Her vast musical background includes musical theater, southern gospel and experimental electronica, once opening for modern r&b divas TLC with her Atlanta, GA group Drums and Effects.

   Joel Meredith plays pedal steel guitar in the off-the-beaten-path tradition of Sneaky Pete Kleinow: aggressive, druggy, heartbreaking. Joel also plays with Blind Pilot.

   Lately they have been joined by percussionist Jose Medeles (The Breeders, Donavon Frankenreiter, Money Mark, Mike Watt).