Ouija Brothers

Inspired by tales of their distant cousin, the 9 fingered gypsy guitarist, Hasbro Ouija, and galvanized by a jam session where they conjured a blend of music that played itself, OUIJA BROTHERS pull 18 strings, and have 8 ears, 12 children, and over 113 combined years of experience playing live music for human beings. They are over 210 years old, altogether, and counting. CHIP BENNETT(Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Bass, Harp) was only 12 years old when he heard the Beatles’ "I Feel Fine" – he proceeded to play ukulele, a nylon-string Tempo brand guitar, live in his van, surf Hatteras and the Maldives, steep in Hendrix, Stones, Zeppelin, and Dylan, and get extremely familiar with a particular 1972 Martin D-18 guitar. Chip played lead guitar for local blues band, VuduBlu, starting in 2003, where he played beside DAVID MURPHY (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Bass) who survived an early exposure to the French horn, then found a Greco-brand classical guitar in the the attic, and later faked his way into the bass chair in the jazz band at SUNY-Cortland, by auditioning by ear while pretending to read a chart possibly written in Sanskrit. After his stint playing bass with VuduBlu led to musical combustion with Chip, David was then introduced to SCOTT RUSSELL (Acoustic Guitar, Electric and Slide Guitar) who was mesmerized by Jerry Garcia, Roy Buchanan and Jaco Pastorius in the 70's, and has been sneaking up on Chickenskin Music ever since. A co-founder of Tyrone Thighbone and the Nocturnal Emissions in the late ‘70's, Scott played lead guitar with two local bands, Trap Door (since 1991), and (more recently) Laughing Bones. Todd Hunn (drums) is our newest brother. His pulse remains 72 under any musical circumstance, and his entire extended family shines with the proper vibration. Just observe... Groovical String Band Dixieland for Mind and Body