8:30PM show – “Pay What You Want”! 

“These cats play everything AND the kitchen sink!”- Art Observer

In 2002 a mysterious green iceberg was discovered by a band of unemployed pirates in Lake Michigan . Frozen inside were the Pickle Boys, cold solid in a chunk of sour brine. The DFPP were hoisted aboard, chiseled free and re-animated by the ships crude pirate scientist chef using a combination of spirits and pickle juice. As the DFPP awoke from their icy slumber they started singing and have never stopped. Where the Pickles came from and where they are going remains a mystery

From outhouse to henhouse to waffle house to public house both hither and yon the Pickles have caused a rafter-shaking ruckus wherever they roll, dreaming a hobo’s knapsack of stories and songs along the way.

These Pickle fellers have wobbled their magical musical gypsy medicine wagon from one end of this here country to t’other, with stops including LOLLAPALOOZA, WAKARUSA and TELLURIDE along the way.

What fanciful fuel powers this bubbling band of minstrels you say? Why, it is Pickle Power- the power to fabricate mutant musical instruments and sea shanties. The power to shatter a bar full of whisky glasses with sonic ferocity one night, then serenade a giggling group of itty bitty kids the next morning. From the great Depression to the Great Recession, the Pickles run the gamut of old timey styles, even grabbing an occasional 80’s pop tune and turning it into a flap happy chicken scratchy 78 RPM tune.

Armed with a Frankenststonian array of homemade monster instruments, their musical recipe is flavored with Jug Band, Hokum and Honkeytonk spices. You’ll relish the Pickles!  Band members include:

– Daniel Daniel on vocals, jug, washtub bass, swambone, flamingophone, saw, kazoo, Valisa, duck and kitchen sink

– Alan Selvidge on vocals, canjo, cigar box ukulele, suitcase bass, and medicine show guitar

– Charlie King (formerly of Asylum Street Spankers and Stephen Lynch) on vocals, dobro, hamBoLin, jug, slide whistle, song sandwich, pig and banjo

DFPP’s bag ‘o tricks also includes:

– Eco friendly Instrument building workshops (for more on this, see the bottom of our biography below)
– Musical Kids Parades
– Instrument Petting Zoo
– Trivia Contests with prizes
-“How to Build a Jug Band” Playshops for adults
– Short “Tweener” Sets between Acts
– Festival Pre-Parties

The Pickles have collaborated and jammed with the Del McCoury Band, Umphrey’s McGee, Chris Thile, Everyone Orchestra, ALO, Zach Gill (Jack Johnson), the Gourds and many more talented artists. From festivals to fairgrounds, from playshops to workshops, from PBS to the Bravo Network the Deep Fried Pickle Project dares you to TAKE A BITE.

To View a Pickle Video, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7W_FrmCU30