The people at our shows really drive us to the point that we consider them all to be a part of what’s going on. We wanna break away from the traditional roles of performer and audience — the exchange of music is a bond — a way to build community, an environment in which to share the experience of being human (ups, downs, all ways). We welcome you! We’re bringing what we know — music — to the party. What will you bring? We trumpet the arrival of our debut full-length record, as presented by MAD Dragon Records, in association with Drexel University whose kids’ parents sign all the checks. It’s a lovely arrangement.

That’s big for us, actually: having people be a part of this thing we’re all helping to create here. At our core, Hoots & Hellmouth consists of Sean, Andrew and Rob, frequently augmented by Aaron Blouin, Matthew Stein, Todd Erk or Tim Celfo on bass. Just folks playing music they love… naming names, we dig: otis redding, red house painters/mark kozelek, tom waits, roscoe holcomb, neutral milk hotel, woodpussy & whistlepig, antony & the johnsons, rev. gary davis, smog, joanna newsom, the black crowes, silver jews, ida, slayer, willie nelson, hank williams 1 & 3, merle haggard, sufjan stevens, john zorn, the beatles, doc watson family, jeff buckley, the smiths, marc ribot, nina simone, sigur ros, lambchop…we could go on, but those seem sufficiently relevant for our purposes here. —>Hoots & Hellmouth Web.

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