Hometown: Detroit, MI US

The Deadstring Brothers' heart beats with pure rock and roll. Simple and shor 'nuff. Built on a the unshakable foundations of blues, rock country and soul, DSB manages to create something at once totally fresh but totally recognizable. It's all ragtops and cold beer, seeds and stems, gatefold LPs and foxy girlfriends with tight, flared jeans. You can imagine them walking as a gang down Carnaby street in London in the late 60's, or tearing up the stage at Cobo Hall in De-troit Rock City in the 70's or sweating buckets at a Muscle Shoals recording session in the 70's.

If mainstream radio played music like the Deadstring Brothers, they wouldn't have to call it classic rock anymore, they'd just call it rock. It's still here, and it sounds as good as ever.

Fronted by guitarist/vocalist and studio magician Kurt Marschke, the Brothers pound out a sound that, in comparison to so much lo-fi indie rock, is full and rich and sounds GREAT blasting out your car window. Filling out the rest of the band is Masha, she of the blistering Tina Turner energy, and a band of Brits whose love of the Faces, classic Stones, Parsons, and the Band set the table for some top notch musicianship.

But, hey, don't take our word for it:

From SXSW '08: "Any band with a singer as hot and infernal as Masha ought to be famous or big enough to headline a show at, say, Grinders, or a big-tent show at Wakarusa. So the Deadstring Brothers' obscurity is baffling. They put on one of my favorite shows all weekend: all Detroit soul, Southern rock and Delta blues -- more Stones and Faces than the Black Crowes (and she's much more enrapturing than Chris Robinson). Kansas City Star

“The Deadstring Brothers’ whiskey-drenched blend of Exile-era Stones and ragged nods to Gram Parsons is one of the strongest offerings of twangy Americana in years.” Joshua Valocchi, Philadelphia Weekly

“The band has that ragged blues-meets-country-rock groove down cold, with plenty of slashing guitar work and a rhythm section that could pulverize concrete. They come charging out of the gate with attitude and energy to spare and a relentless mid-tempo thump that never lets up.” J. Poet, Harp Magazine

"If there ever was a band that completely embodied Parsons' idea of "Cosmic American Music" - that indefinable mix of rock and roll, country, blues, soul and gospel - it is Deadstring Brothers." The Crimson White

"With breathless urgency, the Brothers give the chilling impression that every note might well be their last, that at any second the car could veer off the edge of the road and explode on the rocks below." Nate Cavalieri, Metro Times

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