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Originally Posted by KC Fish

Split Lip Rayfield - Should Have Seen It Coming (2004)

Split Lip Rayfield play a souped-up blend of bluegrass, old-time, and cow punk, and they flat tear it up. Their motto is speed and more speed, a goal that demands a measure of dexterity from this east Kansas trio on banjo, acoustic guitar, and "Stitchgiver" (a jimmy-rigged pickup gas tank with Weedwhacker string).

SLR, with their banjo, acoustic guitar, and stand-up bass attack have been wowing the folks around the Wichita and Lawrence area for years. This 3-piece acoustic outfit somehow manages to sound like an earthquake, with its lightning quick playing (but quality is NOT substituted for speed) and romps about cars, trucks, pinball, girls, and coffee."

--David Cantwell

I reviewed an album by these guys for our college radio station when I was in grad school. They're definitely cool and remind me of the band Big Smith that I mentioned earlier in the thread. Big Smith are like the good old hillbillies that rn a still, but show up in church on Sunday. Split Lip is their hell-raising cousin that moved out of the mountains and into the trailer park.