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Jason Corbin: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric), Vocals | Arabella Harrison: Vocals | Matthew Strachota: Banjo, Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric), Keyboards | Matthew Parker: Guitar (electric), Mandolin | Jim Austin: Upright bass | Richard "T Bone" Larson: Drums

Genre: Alternative, Bluegrass & Roots, Country

Sound description: Johnny Cash after smoking ten joints.

RIYL: Poco, Shoestring Strap, Black Heart Procession

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• Bartenders Bible website

• "Black Cat Bar" · April 19, 2017

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Synoposis

Influences: Johnny Cash, Flying Burrito Brothers, Poco, Whiskey Tango, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Three Mile Pilot, Black Heart Procession, Shoestring Strap, the Coyote Problem, Nickel Creek

Background:

“When I came to San Diego in ’89, I played at the old Casbah with my punk band Big Tension,” says Matt Parker, who later played guitar in the five-piece Americana band Bartender’s Bible

An EP was released in 2004, and former Jejune singer Arabella Harrison and Pall Jenkins (Three Mile Pilot, Black Heart Procession) appear on the band's self-titled album released in 2007.

In 2010, Parker bought a neighborhood bar called Nancy’s Pub and renamed it the Black Cat Bar.

Discography