The Pine Hill Haints

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Name = The Pine Hill Haints


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Origin = Auburn, Alabama, United States
Genre = Folk
Years_active = 2002?–present
Label = Lelp, Sunburst, K
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Current_members = Jamie Barrier
Katie “Kat” Barrier
Matt Bakula
Ben Rhyne
Past_members = Travis Hightower
Roger Holcombe
Rymodee
Bradley Williams
Jeremy Dale Henderson
Matt Comer

The Pine Hill Haints are a traditional bluegrass/folk/honky tonk/country band from Alabama, though the band members themselves describe their unique southern roots music as “Alabama Ghost Music.” [www.bdcdistribution.com/LELP1986-onesheet.pdf]

The Haints comprise Jamie Barrier on guitar and vocals, wife Katie “Kat” Barrier on washboard and mandolin, Matt Bakula on washtub bass, and Ben on snare drum.

Current lineup

* Jamie Barrier - vocals, guitars, fiddle
* Katie “Kat” Barrier – washboard, mandolin, saw
* Matt Bakula - washtub
* Ben Rhyne – snare
* Joey Barrier - banjo

Former members

* Travis Hightower - washtub
* Roger Holcombe - snare
* Rymodee - saw
* Bradley Williams - washtub
* Jeremy Dale Henderson- snare
* Matt Comer- snare

Origin of name

The Pine Hill Haints name is derived from the Pine Hill Cemetery in Auburn, AL, [ [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JSE/is_290/ai_n8689741 Pine Hill Haints | Thrasher Magazine | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ] where the members used to practice.

Musical style

The Pine Hill Haints perform music they consider to be “dead” in the modern world, [ [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JSE/is_290/ai_n8689741 Pine Hill Haints | Thrasher Magazine | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ] hence their self-proclaimed “Ghost Music.” Some examples of the genres they perform include (but are not limited to) gospel, rockabilly, rock and roll, celtic music, blues music, and bluegrass. While their catalog of songs comprises mainly original material, the band has also been known to cover traditional gospel (Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies), cowboy (I Ride An Old Paint), and folk (Goodnight Irene) songs.

In addition to their live instruments, the band also utilizes a number of traditional American folk music instruments (such as a fiddle, harmonica, tenor banjo, mandolin, saw, and accordion) on their recordings. Occasionally, members of the Haints will swap instruments or abandon his or her primary instrument altogether, instead performing on one of the aforementioned instruments for a song or two. The band has several former members, and depending on how many happen to be present at a performance, surprise guest performers may accompany the Haints onstage. Such impromptu reunion performances are not completely unexpected at their shows.

Discography

ee also

This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/pinehillhaints/ The Official Pine Hill Haints Myspace]
* [http://www.razorcake.org/site/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7250 Razorcake Issue 32]