Joe Fletcher, Johnny Rioux, Jason Bancroft and The Wealthy Beggars * Son of Bitch

Rudyard’s presents Joe Fletcher, Johnny Rioux, Jason Bancroft and The Wealthy Beggars * Son of Bitch.

Joe Fletcher (pictured, Nashville, TN)
http://joefletchermusic.com/

Joe Fletcher is a midwestern born, New England raised singer-songwriter living in East Nashville, TN.

He released his third independent record, You’ve Got the Wrong Man, in October of 2014. This intimate solo album is a departure from his previous efforts with his band The Wrong Reasons (White Lighter and Bury Your Problems).

Made up of his gritty original songs as well as covers by his peers Brown Bird and Toy Soldiers, it was recorded live over a few months on a mobile recording unit in Rhode Island, Georgia, and Tennessee in the spirit of some of Joe’s favorite records by Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Jimmie Rodgers, Bruce Springsteen, among others.

Now a three year veteran of the Newport Folk Festival, Joe has toured with The Devil Makes Three, Band of Heathens, Deer Tick and has opened for the likes Jason Isbell, Lucero, Robert Ellis, John Doe, The Low Anthem, and many more. Joe spends most of his time touring in what has truly been a grass roots operation thus far.

Johnny Rioux (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/johnnyriouxcowboi

Jason Bancroft and The Wealthy Beggars (Houston, TX)
http://www.wealthybeggars.com/

“Americana meets folky wanderer that has that Chuck Ragan kind of vibe, and they’re known to put on a pretty great live show” David Garrick, Free Press Houston

“Top 10 Songwriter/Americana List of 2014” PaddyRock.com/GrinningBeggar

“Gritty yet soulful, Jason Bancroft and the Wealthy Beggars offer up working class epics that are a bit punk, a bit folk and 100% awe-inspiring” JT Habersaat, Altercation Press

Drawing inspiration from the likes of Joe Strummer, Woody Guthrie and Billy Bragg – Jason Bancroft and the Wealthy Beggars are stuck somewhere between the folk, Americana and punk genres while creating their own modern folk sound. They have shared the stage with folk, punk, country, rock, reggae bands and even comedy acts playing the SXSW Music Festival, the Houston Beer Festival, the Midland Celtic/Permian Basin Festival, well known venues such as the Anderson Fair, McGonigel’s Mucky Duck and Continental Club as well as pubs, clubs, coffee houses and street corners throughout the US.?

* ’The New American Folk Ep’ was released in 2012
* Their debut album ‘This Machine’ was released April 15, 2014
* Summer 2014 album support tour CA, OR, WA, UT, CO, KS, OK and TX
* Jason Bancroft and the Wealthy Beggars contributed a version of ‘The Man Comes Around’ to The Black Project: a Johnny Cash Tribute album.
* Their sophomore album is scheduled for release in 2015

Son of Bitch (Pittsburgh, Pa/ Houston, TX)
http://sonofbitch.bandcamp.com/

Since 2012, Son of Bitch has been creating, covering, and performing live music in back alleys, dive bars, hipster restaurants, and living rooms. Oh and big fancy venues, too. With an appetite for booze and fast tunes, what’s not to love about Son of Bitch?