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Philville Willy featured the core duo of Brian “Looper” Lucas on harp and vocals and long time friend, Sven Gonstead on lap steel and Telecaster. Backing up these blues junkies were: Matt Sayles on rhythm guitar, Bob Guidebeck on Up-right bass, and Paul Neumann on drums. The band played their take on blues numbers in back-woods bars and smoky dives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 2003/2004, and continues on today minus Matt Sayles who now resides in Bend Oregon. Click on the Logo above to listen to a clip of the band live In Marquette, MI in March of 2004
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This was the band that gave birth to Frostbitten Grass in 1999/2000 featuring: Mike Fitzpatrick on vocals/Cajun fiddle, button accordion, mandolin and guitar, Matt Sayles on vocals, Guitar and banjo, and Ryan Olthouse on Guitar and vocals. The band took their name from an Arlo Guthrie tune involving Reuben Clamzo and large giant man-eating clams that once roamed the coastal waters of the Eastern Untited States
(Brian Hartman also joined the band briefly in 2000 on Banjo) |
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Contact: saylesmusic@yahoo.com for more information |
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Frostbitten Grass formed in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 1999 as a duet with Matt Sayles and Ryan Olthouse, and expanded to a quartet in 2000 with Brian Hartman, and Bob Guidebeck. The band changed shape in membership and styles over its five year run, and went on hiatus after two years of heavy touring throughout the Midwest. The 2003/2004 FBG line-up included former “carp” member Ken Thiemann, and Sven Gonstead, a talented luthier (Gonstead Guitars) as well as a multi-instrumentalist.
Click on the Frostbitten Grass Logo above for a full Bio on FBG as well as pics, and dirty laundry. |
