A string band that turned street-corner folk into a modern sound, anchored by songs like 'Wagon Wheel.'
For their spirit, start with 'Wagon Wheel.' For their range, try 'I Hear Them All' or 'Methamphetamine.'
They took a Bob Dylan fragment and turned it into 'Wagon Wheel,' a song that feels like it's always been around. That knack for making old styles feel immediate runs through their catalog, from the stomp of 'Take 'em Away' to the darker edges of 'Methamphetamine.' It's folk music that doesn't sound like a museum piece.
They started playing on street corners in Harrisonburg in 1998. After their debut 'O.C.M.S.' in 2004, 'Wagon Wheel' became their breakout, and they've kept releasing albums like 'Remedy' and 'Live at the Ryman' while the lineup shifted around Ketch Secor.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
Sign in to post the first listener note. Reporting stays open to everyone.