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Dusty Green Bones Band

FORMED IN JANUARY 2014, DUSTY GREEN BONES BAND IS A FIVE PIECE ELECTRIC NEWGRASS GROUP BASED OUT OF CALIFORNIA'S BAY AREA.  LOOKING TO FORM A "JAMGRASS" STYLE BAND, THIS ROWDY BUNCH OF MUSICIANS MET IN THE HEART OF SAN FRANCISCO. AFTER TWO EP'S (DGBB SELF TITLED/MOONLIGHT ON THE MOUNTAIN VOL.1) AND A FULL LENGTH ALBUM (CONSTANT GARDNER) THE GROUP LINEUP HAS CHANGED AND NOW CONSISTS OF: FORREST ALLEN (ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC MANDOLIN, VOCALS), SCOTTY BROWN (ELECTRIC/STAND UP BASS,VOCALS),  ISAAC CANTOR (ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC BANJO,VOCALS), MARK IGNATIUS (ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC GUITAR,VOCALS),  JON RYAN (DRUMS, PERCUSSION, VOCALS). BY MIXING MUSICAL STYLES FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF GENRES WITH THE HIGH ENERGY OF HARD-DRIVING BLUEGRASS, THEY HAVE CREATED A PURELY ORGANIC SOUND. THEIR MUSIC AIMS TO EXPAND THE AUTHENTIC COMPLEXITY OF TRADITIONAL BLUEGRASS BY LAYERING ANCIENT TONES WITH IMPROVISATION AND ROCK N' ROLL. THE BAND HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH MULITPLE TOURING ACTS SUCH AS: BILLY STRINGS, VINCE HERMAN (OF LEFTOVER SALMON), HOT BUTTERED RUM, JASON HANN (OF STRING CHEESE INCIDENT), KITCHEN DWELLERS, TYLER GRANT, STU ALLEN, HORSE SHOES & HAND GERNADES, MELVIN SEALS (OF JERRY GARCIA BAND) AND MANY MORE. THESE AMBITIOUS MUSICIANS LIVE TO RAMBLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY PLAYING HAND-CRAFTED SHOWS WHILE CREATING AN UNDENIABLY MAGICAL EXPERIENCE FOR THEIR FANS. THEIR MUSIC IS PROGRESSIVE WITH AN INDISPUTABLE RAW AESTHETIC AS THE BAND DARES TO PUSH THE MUSICAL ENVELOPE, TENACIOUSLY DEFINING THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL STYLE. DGBB CONTINUES TO BUILD A FOLLOWING BY MAINTAINING A CONSISTENT TOUR SCHEDULE.  COME ENJOY A NIGHTCAP AND BOOGIE DOWN WITH THE DUSTY GREEN BONES BAND AT ANY ONE OF THEIR UPCOMING SHOWS.

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