The Tillers

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Tecumseh on the Battlefield 03:21 Tools
The Road Neverending 04:01 Tools
Old West Side 03:50 Tools
500 Miles 02:52 Tools
Willy Dear 04:58 Tools
I Gotta Move (feat. Jd Wilkes) 03:29 Tools
Shanty Boat 04:17 Tools
George Street Beat 03:54 Tools
Long Summer Day 03:00 Tools
Can't be True 04:02 Tools
Treehouse 02:51 Tools
Cardinal Train 50-51 03:36 Tools
Weary Soul 04:35 Tools
Down At the Bottom 02:24 Tools
Lantern Lullaby 03:33 Tools
The Weald and the Wild 02:59 Tools
Trouble In Mind 02:45 Tools
I'll Be Callin 03:00 Tools
Mountain Song 02:54 Tools
Lonesome Day 03:14 Tools
Take Me Down 02:59 Tools
Like a Hole in My Head 03:13 Tools
Bed On the Floor 02:06 Tools
Revolution Row 03:13 Tools
Blackout 04:03 Tools
Ezekiel Saw the Wheel 02:42 Tools
There Is Enough 03:37 Tools
Migrant's Lament 03:29 Tools
Ruben's Train 02:46 Tools
All You Fascists Bound to Lose 03:29 Tools
There Is A Road (Route 50) 03:13 Tools
Ludlow Street Rag 02:09 Tools
Another Postcard 04:35 Tools
Dear Mother 02:59 Tools
Sail Away Ladies (Live) 02:17 Tools
I Wish My Baby Was Born 05:20 Tools
Which Side Are You On? 02:44 Tools
The Old General Store is Burning Down 02:50 Tools
The Unpainted Picture 04:35 Tools
Stealin' 02:59 Tools
Who Broke the Lock 03:28 Tools
River of Jordan (Live) 02:52 Tools
Six Strings (Live) 04:27 Tools
John Henry 02:56 Tools
Rosie The Riveter 02:16 Tools
Riverboat Dishwashing Song 02:50 Tools
I Ain't Got No Home 03:31 Tools
New York Town 03:19 Tools
Frosty Mom (Live) 03:29 Tools
Darlin' Corey 03:22 Tools
Mona 04:19 Tools
Dance All Night With a Bottle in Your Hand 03:01 Tools
Groundhog 01:45 Tools
Cardinal Train 50-51 (Live) 03:54 Tools
East Virginia Blues (Live) 03:46 Tools
I'm Going Across the Sea 02:50 Tools
Hold the Woodpile Down (Live) 02:31 Tools
I'm Troubled (Live) 02:56 Tools
Old Lady and the Devil 04:41 Tools
Louis Collins (Live) 04:19 Tools
Johnson Boys (Live) 02:35 Tools
There Is a Road (Route 50) [Live] 02:53 Tools
Moonshiner 02:19 Tools
London Dungeon 02:48 Tools
Wild Hog in the Woods 03:42 Tools
Down At the Bottom (Live) 03:06 Tools
Say Darlin' Say 03:31 Tools
When the Train Come Along (Live) 04:00 Tools
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Live) 02:25 Tools
Sail Away, Ladies 03:45 Tools
Raleigh and Spencer 03:19 Tools
Train That Carried My Girl from Town (Live) 03:16 Tools
My Old Horse Died (Live) 02:35 Tools
The Unpainted Picture (Live) 07:22 Tools
Sugar Hill 03:22 Tools
Southbound 02:34 Tools
Rock the Cradle, Joe 02:08 Tools
Going Down the Lee Highway 02:48 Tools
William Riley 01:22 Tools
Blues in a Bottle (Live) 03:46 Tools
Bye Bye Blackbird 03:37 Tools
The Dodgin' Song 02:52 Tools
George Street Beat (Live) 05:52 Tools
Miner's Lifeguard 02:55 Tools
V8 Blues 02:26 Tools
There Is A Road-Route 50 (Pre-Tillers Version) 03:48 Tools
Tear Down the Grand Ole Opry (Live) 04:18 Tools
Kitty Cole 00:36 Tools
Omie Wise 04:56 Tools
I Aint Got No Home 03:31 Tools
I Gotta Move 03:29 Tools
Old Westside 03:51 Tools
I'll Be Callin' 03:00 Tools
Dear, Mother 03:00 Tools
Cardinal Train 03:00 Tools
Eetilyadee 03:00 Tools
My Red River Home 03:00 Tools
Willie Dear (Live @ Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2013) 03:00 Tools
The Old Westside (Live @ Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion) 03:00 Tools
I Gotta Move (Featuring Jd Wilkes) 03:29 Tools
500 Miles (Live @ Bristol Rhythm & Roots 2013) 03:29 Tools
Miles 03:29 Tools
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The Tillers got their start in August 2007 when they started thumping around with some banjos and guitars and a big wooden bass. Their earliest gigs were for coins and burritos on the city’s famous Ludlow Street in the district of Clifton. The songs they picked were mostly older than their grandparents. Some came from Woody Guthrie, some were southern blues laments, and many were anonymous relics of Appalachian woods, churches, riverboats, railroads, prairies, and coal mines. Their look didn’t fit the stereotype. They were clearly recovering punk rockers with roots in city’s west side punk rock and hardcore scene. The punk influence gave their sound a distinctive bite, setting them apart from most other folk acts- a hard-driving percussive strum and stomp that brought new pulse and vinegar to some very old songs. But their musical range soon proved itself as they floated from hard-tackle thumping to tender graceful melody, all the while topped by Oberst and Geil’s clear tenor harmonies. They began picking up weekly gigs around the city’s bar scene. It didn’t take long before their signature treatment of classic folk songs became the preferred versions of Cincinnati locals. Their audiences swelled, growing into an assortment of grey-haired mechanics, neo-hippies, farmers, punkers, professors, and random strays all stomping, clapping, singing, and belting outbursts of “John Henry!” “Darlin’ Corey!” Ever since, the band has come to each show with the same energy. They are magnetic showmen, mature musicians, and colorful storytellers. The Tillers have since won over Cincinnati’s bar and festival scene, and launching tours with tireless momentum. They were awarded CityBeat Magazine’s Cincinnati Entertainment Award for best Folk and Americana act in 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2014. Their relentless gigging has taken them throughout the East coast, the Midwest and West, the Appalachian south and to the UK and Ireland opening for the St.Louis crooner, Pokey LaFarge. In the summer of 2009, veteran NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw featured the Tillers on a documentary about US Route 50. Brokaw showcased the group’s song “There is Road (Route 50)” as a testimony to the highway’s role as a connective tissue of the nation. Musically, the band wears many hats. Their sound has proven to be an appropriate fit with a wide range of musical styles- traditional folk, bluegrass, jazz, punk rock and anything else they might run into. They have shared the stage with a broad swath of national touring acts, ranging from renowned folk legends such as Doc Watson, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Guy Clark, Country Joe McDonald, Jerry Douglas, Iris Dement, Pokey LaFarge and The Carolina Chocolate Drops to rambunctious rock daredevils like the Legendary Shack Shakers. Always moving, the Tillers continue to enter new territory. Their musical growth can be heard through the scape of their many releases, 2008′s debut record Ludlow Street Rag, 2010′s By The Signs, 2011′s Wild Hog in the Woods, 2012′s Live from the Historic Southgate House, 2013′s Hand On The Plow and many more bootleg releases. The band’s lineup has also taken new shape. In February 2010, long-time bassist Jason Soudrette fondly parted ways with the group, being replaced by Aaron Geil, brother of guitarist Sean. Recalibrating has not slowed their pace. They continue to plot their travels around the map, electrifying new places and making new friends wherever they go. From place to place, they carry with them more instruments, new songs, and funnier stories. They are Cincinnati’s traveling minstrels. Expect to hear from them soon. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.