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32287020 | Play | Tecumseh on the Battlefield | 03:21 Tools | |
32287017 | Play | The Road Neverending | 04:01 Tools | |
32287010 | Play | Old West Side | 03:50 Tools | |
32287019 | Play | 500 Miles | 02:52 Tools | |
32287018 | Play | Willy Dear | 04:58 Tools | |
32287028 | Play | I Gotta Move (feat. Jd Wilkes) | 03:29 Tools | |
32287016 | Play | Shanty Boat | 04:17 Tools | |
32287007 | Play | George Street Beat | 03:54 Tools | |
32287025 | Play | Long Summer Day | 03:00 Tools | |
32287026 | Play | Can't be True | 04:02 Tools | |
32287024 | Play | Treehouse | 02:51 Tools | |
32287009 | Play | Cardinal Train 50-51 | 03:36 Tools | |
32287022 | Play | Weary Soul | 04:35 Tools | |
32287008 | Play | Down At the Bottom | 02:24 Tools | |
32287015 | Play | Lantern Lullaby | 03:33 Tools | |
88055628 | Play | The Weald and the Wild | 02:59 Tools | |
32287012 | Play | Trouble In Mind | 02:45 Tools | |
32287011 | Play | I'll Be Callin | 03:00 Tools | |
32287014 | Play | Mountain Song | 02:54 Tools | |
32287013 | Play | Lonesome Day | 03:14 Tools | |
32287021 | Play | Take Me Down | 02:59 Tools | |
88055630 | Play | Like a Hole in My Head | 03:13 Tools | |
32287023 | Play | Bed On the Floor | 02:06 Tools | |
88055629 | Play | Revolution Row | 03:13 Tools | |
32287035 | Play | Blackout | 04:03 Tools | |
32287027 | Play | Ezekiel Saw the Wheel | 02:42 Tools | |
32287030 | Play | There Is Enough | 03:37 Tools | |
71492703 | Play | Migrant's Lament | 03:29 Tools | |
32287029 | Play | Ruben's Train | 02:46 Tools | |
88055633 | Play | All You Fascists Bound to Lose | 03:29 Tools | |
32287031 | Play | There Is A Road (Route 50) | 03:13 Tools | |
32287037 | Play | Ludlow Street Rag | 02:09 Tools | |
88055632 | Play | Another Postcard | 04:35 Tools | |
88055631 | Play | Dear Mother | 02:59 Tools | |
32287034 | Play | Sail Away Ladies (Live) | 02:17 Tools | |
32287036 | Play | I Wish My Baby Was Born | 05:20 Tools | |
32287042 | Play | Which Side Are You On? | 02:44 Tools | |
88055635 | Play | The Old General Store is Burning Down | 02:50 Tools | |
32287041 | Play | The Unpainted Picture | 04:35 Tools | |
32287040 | Play | Stealin' | 02:59 Tools | |
32287050 | Play | Who Broke the Lock | 03:28 Tools | |
32287032 | Play | River of Jordan (Live) | 02:52 Tools | |
32287043 | Play | Six Strings (Live) | 04:27 Tools | |
32287044 | Play | John Henry | 02:56 Tools | |
32287048 | Play | Rosie The Riveter | 02:16 Tools | |
88055634 | Play | Riverboat Dishwashing Song | 02:50 Tools | |
32287033 | Play | I Ain't Got No Home | 03:31 Tools | |
32287070 | Play | New York Town | 03:19 Tools | |
32287075 | Play | Frosty Mom (Live) | 03:29 Tools | |
32287053 | Play | Darlin' Corey | 03:22 Tools | |
88055636 | Play | Mona | 04:19 Tools | |
32287064 | Play | Dance All Night With a Bottle in Your Hand | 03:01 Tools | |
32287049 | Play | Groundhog | 01:45 Tools | |
32287071 | Play | Cardinal Train 50-51 (Live) | 03:54 Tools | |
32287076 | Play | East Virginia Blues (Live) | 03:46 Tools | |
32287057 | Play | I'm Going Across the Sea | 02:50 Tools | |
32287079 | Play | Hold the Woodpile Down (Live) | 02:31 Tools | |
32287061 | Play | I'm Troubled (Live) | 02:56 Tools | |
32287069 | Play | Old Lady and the Devil | 04:41 Tools | |
32287083 | Play | Louis Collins (Live) | 04:19 Tools | |
32287085 | Play | Johnson Boys (Live) | 02:35 Tools | |
32287056 | Play | There Is a Road (Route 50) [Live] | 02:53 Tools | |
32287051 | Play | Moonshiner | 02:19 Tools | |
32287059 | Play | London Dungeon | 02:48 Tools | |
32287060 | Play | Wild Hog in the Woods | 03:42 Tools | |
32287067 | Play | Down At the Bottom (Live) | 03:06 Tools | |
32287045 | Play | Say Darlin' Say | 03:31 Tools | |
32287084 | Play | When the Train Come Along (Live) | 04:00 Tools | |
32287055 | Play | Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Live) | 02:25 Tools | |
32287052 | Play | Sail Away, Ladies | 03:45 Tools | |
32287046 | Play | Raleigh and Spencer | 03:19 Tools | |
32287077 | Play | Train That Carried My Girl from Town (Live) | 03:16 Tools | |
32287080 | Play | My Old Horse Died (Live) | 02:35 Tools | |
32287072 | Play | The Unpainted Picture (Live) | 07:22 Tools | |
32287054 | Play | Sugar Hill | 03:22 Tools | |
32287068 | Play | Southbound | 02:34 Tools | |
32287078 | Play | Rock the Cradle, Joe | 02:08 Tools | |
32287047 | Play | Going Down the Lee Highway | 02:48 Tools | |
32287073 | Play | William Riley | 01:22 Tools | |
32287082 | Play | Blues in a Bottle (Live) | 03:46 Tools | |
32287074 | Play | Bye Bye Blackbird | 03:37 Tools | |
32287066 | Play | The Dodgin' Song | 02:52 Tools | |
32287099 | Play | George Street Beat (Live) | 05:52 Tools | |
32287062 | Play | Miner's Lifeguard | 02:55 Tools | |
32287063 | Play | V8 Blues | 02:26 Tools | |
32287065 | Play | There Is A Road-Route 50 (Pre-Tillers Version) | 03:48 Tools | |
32287098 | Play | Tear Down the Grand Ole Opry (Live) | 04:18 Tools | |
32287081 | Play | Kitty Cole | 00:36 Tools | |
32287058 | Play | Omie Wise | 04:56 Tools | |
32287094 | Play | I Aint Got No Home | 03:31 Tools | |
32287039 | Play | I Gotta Move | 03:29 Tools | |
32287038 | Play | Old Westside | 03:51 Tools | |
32287095 | Play | I'll Be Callin' | 03:00 Tools | |
89825236 | Play | Dear, Mother | 03:00 Tools | |
71492700 | Play | Cardinal Train | 03:00 Tools | |
71492702 | Play | Eetilyadee | 03:00 Tools | |
71492701 | Play | My Red River Home | 03:00 Tools | |
88055638 | Play | Willie Dear (Live @ Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2013) | 03:00 Tools | |
88055637 | Play | The Old Westside (Live @ Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion) | 03:00 Tools | |
32287092 | Play | I Gotta Move (Featuring Jd Wilkes) | 03:29 Tools | |
88055639 | Play | 500 Miles (Live @ Bristol Rhythm & Roots 2013) | 03:29 Tools | |
89825237 | Play | Miles | 03:29 Tools |
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.