Doc Otis is a junkyard jalopy jazz, steamboat swing-slathered sax guitar (sometimes percussion) which has been distilled in the lead-laden foothills of the Missouri Ozarks & deep fat fried in a vat of the Big Easy.

Doc Otis’s sound is a combined result of the insanely high lead contaminates they was subjected to from very early ages, coupled with their experiences of sight and sound in New Orleans.   

Combining the dark insanity of junkyard jazz, an upbeat yet soot covered steamboat swing then, deep fat fried in a vat of the Big Easy, Doc Otis creates their very own unique and danceable soundscape.

we are literally a tribe of bird people disguised as humans. also we are a band in austin.

Last of the Dodo

Lexington, KY

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Andrew Ryan, is an American singer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer.

Ryan's work lives at the border of several neighborhoods: folk, garage rock and what we've come to call alt-country. 
Mixing media and metaphors, one resembles the painter who brings a fine touch to everything he or she does, emphasizing line and light, stressing symmetry. The other side runs quick and dirty after its muse, spilling paint onto canvas with physicality.
Andrew Ryan indulges his inner Jackson Pollock early and often on his new record, "Wild Terrain/You Cannot Delete Yourself!"

Life on the road isn’t the only source of inspiration. Ryan’s hometown in southeast Missouri also plays a role in his songwriting. An economically depressed area, the town and area’s history revolves around the lead mining industry, the only reason the place even exists. The blue-collar work ethic is relatable to Ryan, who has worked in factories, and also spent a decade traveling the country working at various oil refineries and power plants as a welder throughout the midwest. 

Centered firmly in heartland Americana, Ryan’s upcoming album, A Tiny Death, departs from his last record, Wild Terrain/You Cannot Delete Yourself!

It’s this return to his roots, whether through his hometown or a stop on the road, that makes Andrew Ryan innately authentic.

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