When The Sun Goes Down In Harlem

When I Get Low I Get High

That's My Gal

These are selections from the album "Too Big World," released in July 2015.

02 Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down

Original by Jess Eliot Myhre, written for Aylan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea as his family was trying to flee.  His body washed up on a Turkish shore and the journalist Nilüfer Demir photographed the deeply sad image, prompting international response.

Over Your Head

Chris Ousley's original, inspired by the Bread and Roses strike

Technicolor Waltz

This is our take on a Hank William's tune

Ramblin' Man

I've Never Met A Stranger

Get On Up

I Sing The Body

Find It Say Amen

Many Paths (to the Top of the Mountain)

Dirt Road Blues

Jess Eliot Myhre original, released as a single May 2018

White Horse

Like an old-time barn dance in downtown New Orleans, the Bumper Jacksons pull together a vast array of early American traditions into a deliciously cohesive sound that strikes you right in the heart. Country swing, old-time blues, brassed-up bluegrass - these high-spirit wonders do and love it all. Powerhouse vocals are flanked by a dextrous pedal steel and a brassalicious horn section, all supported by dynamic drums and bass.  At the center of it all, is an invitation to join in – be it a rowdy dance, a moment of soulful intimacy, or a movement to make a better world.  
 
The Bumper Jacksons have a steadily rising list of honors: Washington Area Music Awards Artists of the Year (2016), Best Folk Album (2015-2106), Best Folk Group (2015-2017); Strathmore Artists-in-Residence for 2015-2016; Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Touring Artists for 2016-2017 and others.  They’ve also just signed with Opus 3 Artists (among greats such as Yo-Yo Ma, Roseanne Cash, Bela Fleck, & Wynton Marsalis) for their national representation.  This success blossomed from their simple beginnings in 2012 as a country-meets-city duet between Jess Eliot Myhre (clarinet, vocals, washboard) and Chris Ousley (acoustic & electric guitar, vocals, banjo) in the backyards, living rooms and front porches of DC and Baltimore.  They crafted a sound built from their time exploring the smoky jazz clubs of New Orleans and old-time fiddler’s festivals throughout the southern Appalachianss.  From the beginning they focused on honest deliveries and energetic performances.  

After Chris and Jess established the roots of the Bumper Jacksons’ sound, it quickly drew in the rest of the Bumper Jacksons members and matured into what you hear today.  Dave Hadley (pedal steel), Alex Lacquement (upright bass, vocals), Dan Samuels (drum kit), Brian Priebe (trombone) & Joe Brotherton (trumpet) who masterfully amplify and diversify the tone, rhythm and power that defines the band’s core sound.  The success of the band’s last three albums – I've Never Met a Stranger (2017), Too Big World (2015) and Sweet Mama, Sweet Daddy Come In (2014)– demonstrate the ongoing refinement of their scrappy-yet-elegant, familiar-yet-reaching sound that explores a full spectrum of human emotion in its goal for the caramel core of Americana.  
So whether it’s a packed house in a historic amphitheater or a fireside in the hills of the Appalachian mountains, the intimate ballads, growly blues, and fast paced two-steps will call you into another world that’s at once like home and the open road.  It’s a truly Americana sound that grabs at your soul and connects you with over 150 years of human passion.

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