Hot Rock Pilgrims

Steeped in American roots music tradition, deeply groovy and a huge amount of fun! Fiddle, banjo, guitar, stand-up bass and dobro - wickedly fast and high! They'll have everyone on their feet! (Maverick Magazine)Hot Rock Pilgrims are an old-time/bluegrass super-group featuring some of the most exciting young pickers in the South East of England. And when a bands biography declares that they defy genre, then it's often because they haven't taken the time to master any of them! Hot Rock Pilgrims on the other hand count among their number, bluegrass purists, the BEST Old Time fiddler outside the USA, and in Hubert Murray an Irish bluesman who's also a damn fine flat-picking guitarist!Hot Rock Pilgrims pack dance floors wherever they go, and following a rip-roaring festival season, are ready to unleash their debut album Squirrel Hunting on the world. A charming set of re-imagined traditional songs and melodies, the energy is infectious, the vibe raucous yet intricate!These boys promise to take you on a high-energy pilgrimage of Appalachian music and its descendants.! For those about to bluegrass.we salute you!Quite how the roof managed to stay put on the Barn stage at Maverick Festival, I still don't know.! (FATEA Magazine)More information at: www.squarerootspromotions.co.uk