Waitin
on a Train is at its heart a folk
band. The mandolin/guitar/bass trio channels old-timey
crooners like Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers,
country pioneers like Hank Williams and traveling
folk troubadours like Woody Guthrie, but the members’
shared affinity for The Clash and Mikey Dread keeps
its country-bluegrass mish-mash nice and rowdy……
In the three years since, the trio toured from New
York to West Virginia, shared the stage with bluegrass
legends like Del McCoury and, in early 2008, opened
for a rising star on the international political scene
that you might have heard of: Barack Obama. In September,
Waitin on a Train released an eponymous second album,
whose first single, “You’re Killin Me,”
has gotten spins on the Sirius/XM Bluegrass Show.
–Jeff Royer
Reviews:
"Yes Sir, that there is called 'You're Killin
Me', by a band called, Waitin On A Train, ........I
love it! It's loud! It means somethin' and they're
feelin' it when they're playin' it. And I just can't
get enough of that. On the weekends I do play that
several times around my home... when I'm gettin' all
kinds of fired up, I put that one on .............
" Wichita Rutherford, The Grand Old Time Machine,
Serius/XM Bluegrass Channel, after playing 'You're
Killin Me' 6-19-2009
“…I
am most impressed with the amount of energy put
into their performance. The instruments are played
hard and the vocals often reach a fevered pitch…..”
Walt Crider - President, Seven Mountains Bluegrass
Association
"
.... Waitin on a Train plays acoustic Appalachian
folk-and-bluegrass-inspired music with a modern
rock-and-punk-influenced rhythm and vocal delivery.
Their debut album, 2006's In the Path of Pain, featured
entirely original material, though they play with
an assured mastery of the idioms they're modernizing"
Richie Unterberger All Music Guide -- www.allmusicguide.com
"...fresh
sound that is both original yet firmly rooted in
the traditional music of the Appalachian mountains.
They reinvent the classic bluegrass harmony sound
their own way, a rough-hewn jumble of American music
served up with verve and spit. More like the Holy
Modal Rounders than the Nashville Bluegrass Band...."-Rick
Noll, Bona Fide Records- bonafide blog
"waiting
on a train put on the highest energy most intimate
set ever at the First Capital Dispensing Co and
shook the floor with the hootin hollerin and dancing.
fun times. fun sets. the fans would not let them
stop playing. (and bought all their cd's too) "
--pfr rockstop gallery
"Waitin'
On A Train is about as old school -- in a good way
-- as they come, and its members (Tony Staub, Paul
Wykowski and Adam Sullivan) draw on the influences
of Appalachian bluegrass/country music. Their sound
is fresh and original, though it's deeply rooted
in its predecessors."-ALEXIS DOW PENNLIVE HBG
PATRIOT NEWS
Despite embracing a style of music that is old by
any standards, Waitin on a Train have been carving
out a niche all their own in part by incorporating
a punk rock rebelliousness in their well-pedigreed
bluegrass. Staub’s mandolin-on-crack speed
churns some songs into breathless punk-rock fervor….
Since
congealing as a trio, Waitin on a Train have developed
a stage show that hisses like a live wire, regularly
drawing riled-up crowds full of people singing and
stomping along….. - Keith Wilson
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