"Lost Girl", a traditional Appalachian tune played by the Hell for Certain String Band.  Dennis Ott (fiddle), Mike Costello (banjo), Isak Howell (guitar), Corey Bonasso (bass).  

Lost Girl

"The Cuckoo" - Traditional Appalachian tune by the Hell for Certain String Band.  Mike Costello (banjo & vocals), Dennis Ott (fiddle), Isak Howell (guitar), Corey Bonasso (bass). 

The Cuckoo

"Jimmy Johnson", a traditional Appalachian tune by the Hell for Certain String Band.  Dennis Ott (fiddle), Mike Costello (banjo), Isak Howell (guitar), Corey Bonasso (bass).  

Jimmy Johnson

"Wild Bill Jones" - by the Hell for Certain String Band.  Mike Costello (banjo & vocals), Dennis Ott (fiddle), Isak Howell (guitar), Corey Bonasso (bass).  

Wild Bill Jones

"Five Miles to Town" - Traditional Appalachian tune played by the Hell for Certain String Band.  Dennis Ott (fiddle), Mike Costello (banjo), Isak Howell (guitar), Corey Bonasso (bass). 

Five Miles to Town

"Cold Frosty Mornin'", a traditional tune, as played by West Virginia fiddler Melvin Wine.  Dennis Ott (fiddle), Mike Costello (banjo), Isak Howell (guitar), Corey Bonasso (bass).  

Cold Frosty Mornin'

Hell for Certain String Band is an old-time Appalachian string band based in West Virginia's stunning Greenbrier Valley.  The band takes its name from Hell for Certain Branch, a stream within the Monongahela National Forest's Cranberry Wilderness Area.  Many of Hell for Certain's tunes originated in the Monongahela region, and represent tough times for hard-working folks negotiating the rugged, high-elevation terrain.  

Hell for Certain blends Dennis Ott's fiddle playing and Mike Costello's banjo and vocals with Isak Howell's steady guitar picking and Corey Bonasso's thumping bass, for an energetic new approach to traditional mountain music.  With sounds ranging from haunting ballads to high-paced dance tunes, the members of Hell for Certain String Band aim to preserve Appalachia's rich musical traditions, as well as the spectacular landscape from which the band gets much of its inspiration and its name.       

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