:: Websites ::
Official Website
Online Shop
Mr Blotto MySpace

:: Biography ::
Mr. Blotto was born in Chicago as an off-night vehicle for musicians who loved each others playing but were in different bands at the time. The only rule was that they would only play what they absolutely loved to play. That philosophy continues to this day and has led Mr. Blotto into unique musical situations.

Mr. Blotto takes the Jam band asthetic into areas unfamiliar to the standard Jam Scene. They have been known to cover entire albums by Led Zepplin and the Who as well as perform entire shows of Country and Reggae. Artists as diverse as the Grateful Dead, the Flaming Lips, Willie Nelson and The Velvet Underground have seen their material interpreted by Mr. Blotto in the 2000+ shows the band has performed in the last 16 years.

Mr. Blotto draws from a 300+ songlist. It starts from the band's Original Material, which is drawn from 5 released and 2 as-yet unreleased CD's as well as a wealth of unrecorded songs. Mr. Blotto builds its sets on these 100 or so Original songs and peppers the rest of the sets with material from sources as varied as Dancehall, Reggae and Outlaw Country with some Chicago Blues thown in for good measure. Setlists vary depending on the setting, but rely primarily on the Original Material.

"Barlow Shanghai", the 5th and newest CD sees the band in collaboration with John Perry Barlow (lyricist to the Grateful Dead). This CD was released in 2006 and is available, along with Mr Blotto's previous CD's, from the from Mr Blotto's Online store at www.mrblotto.com.

:: Instrumentation ::
Paul Bolger - Lead Vocals & Acoustic Guitar
Mark Hague - Lead Guitar & Vocals
Mike Bolger - Bass & Vocals
Tony Dellumo - Drums
Steve Ball - Hammond B-3, Keyboards & Vocals.

:: Discography ::
Studio CD's -
Parking Karma
Bad Hair Day
Ancient Face
Cabbages & Kings
Barlow Shanghai
Live CD's -
Bootleg Series 1 & 2
Just Did It Series 1 & 2
Bad Hair Decade