OUIJA BROTHERS are a Jacksonville based jam band that can perform as a full band with drums and electric instruments or as an acoustic trio.
Quiet enough to talk over, propulsive enough to dance to, and covering material varied enough to please all ages – Miles Davis to Wilco to the Grateful Dead to The Band to the Allman Bros to Jimi Hendrix-
OUIJA BROTHERS are available to play at private parties, restaurants, clubs, bars, weddings, benefits, palm-readings and seances. They recycle, and use their blinkers.
Inspired by tales of their distant cousin, the 9 fingered gypsy guitarist, Hasbro Ouija, and galvanized by a jam session where they conjured a blend of music that played itself.
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Gig length: 30 - 240 minutes
Involuntary movement in conjuntion with the music, urges to sing along, and spontaneous inspiration
OUIJA BROTHERS pull 18 strings, and have 6 ears, 9 children, and 82 combined years of experience playing live music for human beings. They are 151 years old, altogether, and counting.
CHIP BENNETT (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Bass, Harp) was only 12 years old when he heard the Beatles "I Feel Fine" he proceeded to play ukulele, a nylon-string Tempo brand guitar, live in his van, surf Hatteras and the Maldives, steep in Hendrix, Stones, Zeppelin, and Dylan, and get extremely familiar with a particular 1972 Martin D-18 guitar. Chip played lead guitar for local blues band, VuduBlu, starting in 2003, where he played beside
DAVID MURPHY (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Bass) who survived an early exposure to the French horn, then found a Greco-brand classical guitar in the the attic, and later faked his way into the bass chair in the jazz band at SUNY-Cortland, by auditioning by ear while pretending to read a chart possibly written in Sanskrit. After his stint playing bass with VuduBlu led to musical combustion with Chip, David was then introduced to
SCOTT RUSSELL (Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar) who was mesmerized by Jerry Garcia, Roy Buchanan and Jaco Pastorius in the 70's, and has been sneaking up on Chickenskin Music ever since. A co-founder of Tyrone Thighbone and the Nocturnal Emissionsin the late 70's, Scott played lead guitar with two local bands, Trap Door (since 1991), and (more recently) Laughing Bones. Hi, Mom!
Todd Hunn (drums) is our newest brother. His pulse remains 72 under any musical circumstance, and his entire extended family shines with the proper vibration. Just observe...
We travel light. We have a small sound system that can fit in a small space
We currently cover songs from the following artists:
The Band
The Beatles
Jackson Browne
Allman Brothers
Miles Davis
Bob Dylan
Grateful Dead
Jimmy Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Little Feat
Mumford & Sons
Tom Petty
Rolling Stones
Rusted Root
Wilco
Neil Young
Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers, Wilco, The Band, Bob Dylan
We are flexible depending on the requirements of the event. We can play unplugged for intimate settings or we can provide an amplified stage show
Cover Band
