About this Event
Concerts performed at In Your Ear Studios.
For 22 years, The Hot Seats have gained and burnished the reputation as the carriers of an important and overlooked tradition of American and international folk music - social commentator, satirist, and entertainer. Homer and Jethro, The Skillet Likkers, The Hoosier Hot Shots, Harry Reser, Woodie Guthrie, Gus Cannon, Phil Ochs, Tommy Jarrell, Arthur Smith, Uncle Dave Macon, Frank Zappa – these are pools in which The Hot Seats swim.
Formed in 2002 by a group of like-minded friends for a weekly bar gig, the band's live shows quickly became well known for on stage antics, one-act plays, and Dada-esque humor, underpinned by a foundation in hard-driving bluegrass, old time, ragtime, jug blues, and early country music. We refer to our sound under the catchall of "Stringband music" as we find it tedious to get into whether it's old time, bluegrass, ragtime, country, or general freakout music.
Since 2020, the band's original core of Ben Belcher (banjo, bass, fiddle), Josh Bearman (mandolin, banjo, guitar) and Jake Sellers (percussion bass) have been joined by Rudy Bee (fiddle, tuba, accordion, piano), JM Nobile (mandolin, guitar), and Charles Arthur (banjo, fiddle, resophonic guitar).
Doors 7pm
Show 7:30pm SHARP!
If you can't make it in person, you can watch live or later HERE!
Event venue & nearby stays
In Your Ear Studios, 1813 East Broad Street, Richmond, United States
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