Clear Share All Channels

Show Queue

ReverbNation Channels

Select a Music Channel to Get Started

Global Chart Toppers Local Chart Toppers Trending Artists Alt/Rock/Indie Electro/Pop/Dance HipHop/Rap/R&B Featured Artists My Favorites Custom Channel

Show Queue

12:123

Not listening to anything?

Try one of the ReverbNation Channels

Wat Rabbit Hole Go deeper
What's This?

klondike5

Rank #3 Tulsa, OK Bluegrass / Old Time / Hillbilly

All Photos

About

Members: Matthew Skelton - Guitar, Carmen Skelton - Fiddle, Eric Fransen - Banjo, El Gaucho Loco - Bass Fiddle, Ted Ward - Washboard/Drums

Sounds Like: Reeltime Travelers, Bad Livers, Sweet Sunny South, Doc Watson

Bio: Guaranteed to bring out your inner-hillbilly, Tulsa-based Klondike5 String Band plays foot-stompin', yee-hawin', old-timey music! These fine young folks seem to have been born several decades too late as they whip out the bluegrassy-sounds from yesteryear on their classic instruments. Matt Skelto... See Full Bio

More Info

Press

“Klondike 5 String Band was the entertainment. As always, they put on a really good show. They were lyrical, melodious, bread fight-starting, musicians extraordinaire!”

— TrueFoodieSoundBites, blogger.com

"...this talented and fun band. Everyone was tapping their feet, or clapping their hands, or drumming their fork in rhythm with the lively music. Most of all, everyone was smiling and laughing. Klondike 5 has a way of engaging the audience with their humor, carefree attitude, and smiles...."

— Shelley Stutchman, examiner.com

“Tonight (Dec. 23) Klondike 5 String Band and Good Sir help celebrate Christmas Eve Eve with a hootenanny of a good time at Soundpony (409 N. Main). There is a dearth of events tonight – or at least ones that do not involve reliving the four most painful years of your life (read: high school). Lose the reunion party and head to where the sweet sounds of mountain madness induced by Eric Fanzen’s homemade, whiskey-still, banjo playing makes you hallucinate you’re in the Adirondacks with Cleetus and Daryl. Seriously, great night of music with a band that knows not to turn their amps up to 11 in Soundpony’s bouncy-wall cavern.”

— Andy Wheeler, TulsaPeople.com

“Tulsa's hottest bluegrass band”

— Sam Bratton, Tulsa Jams -- FB

“Victor Wandres (right), the bassist for the band klondike5, talks with Billie Tosh and Joe Labossiere after Wandres' set Friday at Fassler Hall during FreeTulsa in the Blue Dome District. Tosh and Labossiere said they have followed klondike5 around and go to almost all their local shows.”

— JEFF LAUTENBERGER, Tulsa World

“They are very good.”

— TOM D. COUCH, i94bar.com

“worth checking out”

— Bonus Tracks, Urban Tulsa Weekly

"folk-bluegrass-psychobilly hoedown"

— JENNIFER CHANCELLOR, tulsaworld.com

“... Klondike 5 String Band stomps around the Soundpony Lounge (409 N. Main) tonight as well. They have become a bluegrass institution around these parts. And it won’t make your ears bleed like some bands that need to play loud to cover up the fact they don’t know what they are doing. ...”

— Andy Wheeler, Tulsa People

“Allow me to specify, local bands that aren’t terrible.... Klondike 5 is one of the only shows in town if you like bluegrass AND beer..."”

— Andy Wheeler, tulsapeople.com

All Press

Status

: Looking forward to playing Tulsa International Mayfest tonight at 7pm! We'll be at the Bartlett "Square" (it's... http://t.co/w6XALF6Qa6

Recent Blogs

Fall '12
Sep 18, 2012
k5 is getting ready for the cold. We will play out till our fingers cant stand ... [more]

All Blogs

Songs

Play All | Queue All | Share All

Play "Muddy Water"

Muddy Water

Share Buy
Play "Darlin' In The Snow"

Darlin' In The Snow

Share
Play "Angelina Baker"

Angelina Baker

Share
Play "Walking in my Sleep"

Walking in my Sleep

Share
Play "Picked up a Hammer"

Picked up a Hammer

Share

All Songs

Videos

All Videos

Shows

Full-Screen View »

Sat
May 18

Tulsa Mayfest
Tulsa, OK, US | 7:15pm
Tulsa Mayfest
Tulsa, OK, US
Sat May 18 7:15pm
- Show Details
- Tickets
Details

Bartlett Square Stage
Fri
Jun 7

Soundpony Lounge
Tulsa, OK, US | 10:02pm
Soundpony Lounge
Tulsa, OK, US
Fri Jun 07 10:02pm
Details

T.U.L.S.A. T.O.U.G.H......... One heck of a party! FRIDAY-SATURDAY-SUNDAY... Cyclists from all over racing for glory. Ya gotta check this out. All over downtown and then......The Hill. Who are we?! ......
Fri
Jun 21

The Colony Pub
Tulsa, OK, US | 10:00pm
The Colony Pub
Tulsa, OK, US
Fri Jun 21 10:00pm
Details

Cozy place to relax and let your brain slip away....somewhere fun
Sat
Jun 22

Fassler Hall
Tulsa, OK, US | 10:00pm
Fassler Hall
Tulsa, OK, US
Sat Jun 22 10:00pm
Details

Great venue for fun and debauchery.

All Shows

Store

All Store Items

k5 gear - men's shirt
$15.99

Comments

Add Comment

Lace Tomus
Enjoying Your Music
Hank Grant
Enjoying Your Music, Im A Fan
Rod Ballou
Sounding great enjoying your music,
Jersey Johnny Flora
Greeetings from the Jersey Shore, Lovin' that Mud.....JJF
klondike5
'I loooooooooove it! You guys are the real deal when it comes to hillbilly!' Gina Gallina, Camptown Ladies, Eureka Springs, AR
Blue Mountain Mule
Great sound Klondike5. This is the real deal bluegrass sound. Love the claw hammer and all the musicianship. Great vocal deliveries. Very cool. russ