20 South Productions Inc.    Jackass Flats

 

Jackass Flats

Stephen Kuester ~Guitar, Vocals
Travis Rinehart ~Banjo, Vocals
Sweet Eddie Carlton ~Bass Fiddle
Joe Bird ~Dobro

Starting out in 2000 as a group of like minded musicians, Jackass Flats has taken their sound from their hometown of Richmond, VA, to the nation's premier venues and festival stages. Fueled by original songwriting, award winning musicianship, and exhilarating bluegrass instrumentation, Jackass Flats epitomizes the new generation of acoustic string bands who combine creativity and tradition to produce something all together unique.

Since taking home Virginia State Champion Bluegrass Band honors in 2002, the boys have been crowd favorites on the bluegrass, Americana, and world music scenes. In 2003 Jackass Flats took their local music scene by storm and were awarded Best Bluegrass/Country Band by internet magazine Richmond.com, who called the band "masters of backwoods symphonies". In 2004 the band was presented with a Virginia Music Award for The Best Americana Jamband. In the summer of 2005 alone, the band performed at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN and shared billing with groups as diverse as The Wailers, Del McCoury Band, Ani Difranco, Victor Wooten Band, Railroad Earth, Keller Williams, Sam Bush Band, Xavier Rudd, Tony Rice, Drive By Truckers, and J.D Crowe and the New South.

The typical show has Jackass Flats picking their way through original material, fresh arrangements of bluegrass standards, and non-traditional tunes from genres as varied as rock, reggae, and jazz. With the release of their second album Purgatory Mountain, the band have fulfilled one of their longtime dreams, to release an album of all original music that reflects their love of bluegrass tradition and their determination to create a sound that is all their own.

~Listen to these songs~

At The Mercy	Miracle
Freedom Song	Home Again
Purgatory Mountain	Train 2732
Story In A Song	Murder Ballad
Any Old Way	Carolina Girl
Quit Trying To Save Me	The Ride

 

Traditional bluegrass (artist best known for)	Newer Bluegrass/ Newgrass/ Classic Rock
I Know Your Rider (Traditional)	Midnight Moonlight (Rowan)
Pig-N- A Pen (Stanleys)	Mercenary Song (Earle)
On & On (Monroe)	Aero Plain (Hartford)
Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Monroe)	Up On Cripple Creek (The Band)
Rollin' In My Sweet Babies Arms (Flatt & Scruggs)	Mellow Mood (Marley)
Walls Of Time (Monroe)	On The Road Again (Nelson)
Roll On Buddy (Monroe)	Dead Flowers (Rolling Stones)
Freeborn Man (Jimmy Martin)	Honky Tonk Woman (Rolling Stones)
Lil' Maggie (Stanleys)	Wild Horses (Rolling Stones)
Workin' On A Buildong (Carter Family)	Don't Let Me Down (Beatles)
Lover Please Come Home (Monroe)	I Just Seen A Face (Beatles)
Memories Of Mother & Dad (Monroe)	Revolution (Beatles)
Think Of What You've Done (Stanleys)	Blue Days  Black Nights (Buddy Holly)
Old Home Place (Traditional)	Alabama Getaway (Dead)
Rocky Road Blues (Monroe)
Dark Hollow (Browing/Trad)	Jackass Flats Originals
Rain & Snow (Traditional)	Joliene (Kuester)
Sittn' On Top Of The World (Traditional)	Never Look My Mama In The Eye (Kuester)
High On A Mountain Top (Mccoury)	Devil Take Me Down (Kuester)
How Mountain Girls Can Love (Stanleys)	Leave Her Be (Rinehart)
Big Ball In .... (Mccoury)	Make It Thru The Rain (Rinehart)
Sweet Blue Eyed Darlin' (Monroe)	Sunshine Forever (Kuester)
Catfish Jon (Traditional)	At The Mercy (Rinehart/Kuester)
Livin' On A Mountain (Mccoury)	Freedom Song (Kuester)
Doin' My Time (Flatt & Scruggs)	Purgatory Mountain (Rinehart)
Nine Pound Hammer (Traditional)	Story In A Song (Rinehart)
Mama Tried (Merle Haggard)	Any Ole' Way (Kuester)
Coldcold Heart (Hank Williams)	Quit Tryn' To Save Me (Kuester/Rinehart)
My Bucket Has A Hole In It (Hank Williams)	Miracle(Kuester)
Uncle Pen (Monroe)	Home Again (Kuester)
Salty Dog (Flatt & Scruggs)	Train 2732 (Rinehart)
Home Is Where The Heart Is (Gately & Talley)	Murder Ballad (Kuester)
C & O Railroad Line (Traditional)	Carolina Girl (Kuester)
Little Georga Rose (Monroe)	The Ride (Kuester)
John Hardy (Carter Family)	Fly On A B String (Rinehart)
On My Way To The Old Home (Monroe)
Blue Ridge Cabin Home (Flatt & Scruggs)
Traditional Bluegrass Instrumentals
Banjo Signal (Scruggs)
Ground Speed (Scruggs)
Foggy Mountain Breakdown (Traditional)
Shenandoah Breakdown (Traditional)
Pike County Breakdown (Traditional)
Whiskey Before Breakfast (Traditional)
Dixie Hoedown (Traditional)
Home Sweet Home (Traditional)
Blackberry Blossom (Traditional)
Salt Creek (Traditional)
Shuckin' The Corn (Traditional)