Jason Bancroft and The Wealthy Beggars * Black Irish Texas * Dead to the World * Brumes

Rudyard’s presents Jason Bancroft and The Wealthy Beggars * Black Irish Texas * Dead to the World * Brumes.

Jason Bancroft and The Wealthy Beggars (pictured, 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.

Black Irish Texas (Austin, TX)
http://blackirishtexas.com/

Emerging from the local cut-throat and highly competitive music scene of Austin, comes Black Irish Texas. And out of the proclaimed live music capital of the world they have exploded on the scene like a whiskey drenched force to be reckoned with. They have shared the stage with such International acts as Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, Social Distortion, and the Street Dogs just to name a few, as well as local Austin legends such as the Dicks and the Flametrick Subs.

The band started in 2004 after a few lineup changes and many tribulations, they have managed to keep their anything-but-common spaghetti western/Americana/punk infused Irish American act together just long enough to finally release their debut album “To Hell with the King.”

With backing from Jameson Irish whiskey and support from legions of local and regional fans they released their first full length album and have been running all over the country throwing their no holds barred Irish American party gaining devout followers everywhere they play.

Black Irish boast members of Austin favorite’s such as Mr. Lewis and the Funeral Five, Flatcar Rattlers, Los Hispanos,UK, The Bulemics, and Hipsterectomy just to name a few. With members from each of those bands bringing to the table their own particular styles and influences, your current line-up of James Fitzsimmons on guitar and vocal duties, Mark Maughmer II on fiddle, James Sheeron on drums, Shannon McMillan on upright bass and Bil David Zarate on banjo, you are basically looking at a powder keg lit by a few shots of Jameson. And what a site it is.

Do not, I repeat, do NOT try and pigeonhole these guys as an Irish pub drinking band, regurgitating overheard covers of “danny boy” and “whiskey in the jar” . In high demand at every venue from Stubb’s and Emo’s Austin to the Abbey pub in Chicago, Black Irish Texas is a coming to a venue near you.

Dead to the World (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/deadtotheworldtx

“…though the real story is with Houston’s Dead To The World on the show as openers. Last year, these guys dropped an album called “Dead To The World” that echoed a mix of old school punk with the fast paced sound of modern punk music, minus the pop. Get there early, as these guys are definitely worth checking out.” -Free Press Houston

“The punk rock of Houston’s Dead To The World will be on hand to bring the punk element on board. They released an album this year called “Dead To The World” that harkens back to a mix of eighties and nineties punk, but without any of the pop crap that made it big. Like a mix of “Let’s Go” era Rancid mixed with the vocal style of Lee Ving.” -Free Press Houston

In 2007, the band Dead to the World began writing and playing shows in Houston. With a few line up changes over the years the band currently consist of Brandon Lyday on lead vocals, Floyd Willis on bass, Blake Lyday on drums, and Mohawk Steve on vocals and guitar. The guys have played many shows with many local bands/friends starting from Black Market Syndicate, Skeleton Dick, The Hates etc. to opening for Against Me, The Adicts, Street Dogs, Riverboat Gamblers, Youth Brigade, Misfits, Lower Class Brats, T.S.O.L. and others. With their self titled first album now released, they are determined to grow, impact the music scene and it’s fans. We are Dead to the World.

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thewealthybegga

Brumes (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/Brumesnotbrooms
Our songs are based on classic horror themes and turning our strange thought processes into music.