Jonathan Moody
- Denver, CO
- Singing Guitarist
- 44 Verified Bookings
Laura H. said “They were on time, they took many requests, and their music was fantastic. We will hire Jonathan and his band again!”
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Gideon's Rifle is a rocking string band from the great state of Kentucky. Steeped in American Roots and Traditional music but with modern Rock and Indie sensibilities, Gideon's Rifle is sure to have you dancing to their bourbon fueled, party bluegrass. From wedding ceremonies to barn burners, Gideon's Rifle is the perfect band for any occasion.
Willing to travel!!
I want to get the word out about this awesome unit of musical awesomeness. I had the chance to work with them and see their set for the Moonshiner's Ball in 2014. Great songs, picking and singing. We're having them back in 2015, come on out for a treat!
Price Range: $500 - $2500
Gig Length: 30 - 240 minutes
Languages: American Sign Language, English, Spanish
We will be a four or a five piece string band. Guitar, Bass, Banjo, Mandolin, and Fiddle. We have several hours of original music that you can listen to on Spotify or Itunes. We also have several hours of cover music and traditional old time music.
You can even request a song or two and we'll learn it for you!
It was an icy winter in the Rocky Mountains and two Kentucky gentleman armed with little more than a banjo, a guitar, and an encyclopedic knowledge of bourbon, found themselves a novelty item in the high dollar ski resort of which they were employed. It wasn’t long before they hatched a plan, loaded a car, and began writing their way across the United (link hidden)ey came back to Kentucky armed with inspiration for the band Gideon’s Rifle.
Predominantly influenced by traditional American roots music and Kentucky bluegrass, Gideon’s Rifle has a strong focus on vocal harmonies and arrangement. The combination of self taught folk musicians and well versed music school graduates has Gideon’s Rifle irreverently sliding in and out of Americana, folk, indie, and bluegrass.
In little over one year’s time, Gideon’s Rifle has been selected for several illustrious festivals across the country, including MidPointMusicFest, Hillbilly Days, Culturefest, STTP fest, Terrapin Hill Fest, John Hartford Memorial Fest, Moonshiner’s Ball and many others. The band’s latest work is writing the anthem song for the group “Kentucky for Kentucky” a bluegrass state revival program out of Lexington that has become world renowned. The ‘core four’ of the band is Shannon Vetter (guitar, vocals) Alex Coltharp, (banjo, vocals) Kimberly McDaniel (mandolin, vocals) Jake Siener (bass, producation)
Josh Coffey of Bawn in the Mash, and Justin Doss from Red Ember are commonly featured.
In 2014 Gideon’s Rifle won their local NPR’s WKMS’s Battle of the Bands released our first full length album, “Drawn to the Light” The winter and spring of 2015 currently finds Gideon’s Rifle recording demos and touring regionally. You can see them most frequently in Paducah, Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville, Lexington, Murray, St. Louis, Maysville, and Carbondale.
We can bring our own sound and lighting or use yours or use none at all and play acoustic for you! We'll adapt to any situation.
All of our instruments are acoustic but have electric pick ups.
Traditionals like:
Blackberry Blossom, Beaumont Rag, Shady Grove, Piney Mountains, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Jerusalem Ridge, Cornbread & Butterbeans
Covers like:
Fat Bottom Girls - Queen
Subterranean Homesick Alien - Radiohead
Get By With a Little Help From My Friends -Beatles
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Good News Blues - Todd Snyder
To Be Young is to Be Sad - Ryan Adams
Rocket Man - Elton John
Under the Sink - Punch Brothers
Avett Brothers, Beatles, Beck, Bill Monroe, Cake, Doors, Drive by Truckers, Elliott Smith, Everybodyfields, Iron and Wine, Modest Mouse, Phish, Punch Brothers, Yonder Mt. String Band, String Cheese Incident,
Audience
Laura H. said “They were on time, they took many requests, and their music was fantastic. We will hire Jonathan and his band again!”
Jonathan D. said “The Sam Gyllenhaal Band was amazing!!! I reserved them for my 40th birthday small group event. Sam, Alex, and Alaina were friendly, professional, and…”
Jonathan D. G. said “Cody provided just the right music for my Mom's 90th birthday celebration. He took the time to learn some of her old favorites. He had great background…”
Deborah P. said “Arrived on time and got set up with no issues. Everyone loved the music and even gave her requests, which she was happy to perform. Would absolutely have…”