Travelling Mercies

Empty hearts. Broken bottles. Guitars that won’t stay in tune. Music for ramblers. Travelling Mercies fell together in early 2009, and in the near decade to follow, drew in an unlikely ensemble of talented Omaha music all-stars. The Travelling Mercies feature songwriting in the tradition of Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Steve Earle, and Bruce Springsteen played with the abandon of the Replacements, with original songs that “dig shallow graves for unlucky travelers and restless homebodies, burying their strife with [the Reverend’s] matter-of-fact baritone and packing down their last breaths of God-fearing air with vaporous dark humor.” -Omaha City Weekly Internet-ordained holy man Rev. JD Holan tends a ragtag flock of salvation-seeking sinners (Derek Bird - drums, Jake Duncan - bass, Vern “Purdyboy“ Fergesen - keys, Colin Charles Duckworth III - guitar, George Prescott -banjo, Molly Welsh - backing vocals, and Edward “Willy Nilly“ Spencer on harp and hype duty.) on a pilgrimage through the underbelly of the American musical subconscious. The Mercies bring a traveling show that is equal parts revival meeting and rock & roll exorcism. Travelling Mercies released Ghosts in the Bloodline in 2011. Their 2014 follow-up, Motel, garnered Omaha Entertainment and Arts Award nominations for “Best Americana” and “Album of the Year.” Their latest album, Cheap Labor, is slated for release in Spring of 2018. Americana/Country/Rockabilly band from Omaha, Nebraska