Hot Buttered Rum

HOT BUTTERED RUM  and opener MEELS – BBQ on the LAWN

Hot Buttered Rum gets its hands dirty planting songs with roots in Appalachia and branches in California. Five-string banjo and five-alarm fiddle dovetail with doghouse bass to frame the voices of the sextet’s two busy songwriters. Twenty years in, with fresh mud under its fingernails, HBR’s driven, danceable music continues to find its way into the hearts of fans nationwide.

“Few things rejuvenate the soul like a warm fireside drink after an exhausting day in the snow. Hot Buttered Rum has that effect. Their original songs are instantly familiar and inviting.” –– San Francisco Chronicle“

As the band’s evolved, it has kept those [bluegrass] roots, but also incorporated the progressiveness of bands like Strength in Numbers and New Grass Revival, the looseness of a jam band like Phish, and the rock-and-roll edge of an acoustic band that opts to ad a drummer.” –– No Depression

“Stunning instrumental and vocal virtuosity.” –– Relix“

It’s that working man regimen that ensures their consistency from one offering to another. That’s the kind of quality that makes Hot Buttered Rum always seem to go down so smoothly.” –– Bluegrass Today

This a Rancho Debut for opener MEELS
For those who’ve had the pleasure of stumbling upon Meels, her unique artist voice – equal parts rustic charm and scathing introspection – is impossible to shake, and her swift ascendance to indie-folk stardom looks all but certain…