Click here to see the photos. Hoots and Hellmouth played Gullifty’s on 08-15-2008 and was the second time in a week seeing them.  After seeing them open for Grace Potter, I knew that I would not miss there performances in the area again. These guys are incredible musicians and singers if you get the chance to see them, do it.  They do not have a full-time bass player so you will notice this is a different one than in the other set of photos. This time the show was in a small smokey basement under the Gullifty’s restaurant named the Gullity’s Underground.  Unfortunately for turn out sake, this was the night of one of Michael Phelps gold winning races at the Olympics so that might have kept some people at home.  But the people that were there enjoyed a full nights worth of ruckus great music and they ate it up. I am typically not the person at shows to call out songs but when a guitar string broke they were looking for suggestions to play.  Most songs yelled were 80’s metal ballads, they obliged playing their rendition of “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” and after seeing them a week prior and them not playing one of my favorites of theirs, “The Good I know You Know”, I asked them and they were grateful to play it for me. I met the band afterwards thanked them for playing great music as well as my song request.  They replied thanks for knowing our songs, a ply off “The Good I Know You Know”.  It’s The Good I Know You know about this band, now go out and see them!

Click here to see the photos Hoots and Hellmouth…. Wow, all I can say is I was pretty blown away, so much so that i decided to see them again a week later (photos to be posted soon). Do a search and listen to their music on myspace “What Good Are Plowshares” or “Want On Nothing” are a fine examples of how infectious this band is.  They opened up for Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at the Chameleon Club in Lancaster, PA and took the stage by storm…. Definitely one of the better received opening bands I have seen too, a lot of people were impressed.  Hoots and Hellmouth are from the Philly area and play a folk/rock/bluegrass on overdrive…  You can tell they have a blast plying their songs and it rubs off on the audeince.  Sort of like Hackensaw Boys but less bluegrass and more folk in exchange.  I would love to see those two bands play a show together. Hoots and Hellmouth are not only accomplished musicians but their vocals are also very impressive.  The range, pitch, and timing was perfectly executed.  There percussion is (as you can see from the photos) is supplied by them stomping on small plywood platforms which have tambourines attached to and oddly enough is more than adequate percussion.  When Hoots And Hellmouth play in the area, I will for now on make my best effort to go see them.  I missed them this past spring because I was sick at the time, and now I wish I had gone anyway…. Just another fine example of what a “local” band can deliver.