29 July 2009
Our string band from West Virginia...
Xander Hitzig, Justin Morris, Orion Hitzig and Matt Del Olmo are BrownChicken BrownCow StringBand
Charlie Hatcher is also an original member playing Bass and Singing. Charlie is currently not touring with the band and is the proud Father of he and his Wife's baby Girl; Ruby. Congrats Charlie -
BrownChicken BrownCow StringBand began performing in the Spring of 2008 in West Virginia. BrownChicken gelled as a group fast, effortlessly. During late evening jams at various back porches and campfires the band was born. The boys spent a lot of time together, really listening to each other, the results of which quickly began to show up in the music. In the Fall of 2008 BrownChicken BrownCow StringBand moved to Maui, Hawaii and released our first album: "Fruit Goggles". When they first arrived in Maui they began performing on the streets of Paia meeting folks and exploring.
While touring Hawaii the band wrote their second album: "Gallop on You". This album includes some of the first tour's favorite works: Gypsy Jig, Bees Making Honey, Put you in the Ground, and many more. Since then BrownChicken has toured the United States coast to coast non-stop. The Band turned three years old this past August, 2011 and released their Forth Album : "Live from Paia Tattoo Parlor" once in West Virginia and again a week later in Maui.
The BrownChicken Train is Currently rolling through Colorado and Utah with bearings towards Northern California before our Fall Trip across the United States completes it's loop back in West Virginia. Keep an Eye on the Schedule for constant Updates. Look for BCBCSB in San Francisco at the Plough and Stars for the Officially Unofficial After Party for Hardly Strickly Bluegrass; this will sell out so BrownChicken Heads get tickets in advance. Cheers!
Photo: Nicholas Vaughn
