The Hackensaw Boys

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The Hackensaw Boys
Origin Charlottesville, Virginia
Genre(s) Americana
Years active 1999-present
Label(s) Nettwerk
Members
Ward "Cousin Spits" Harrison
Jesse "Baby J." Fiske
Justin "Salvage" Neauhardt
Rob "Mahlon" Bullington
Ferd "Four" Moyse
Former members
David "Shiner" Sickman (hiatus)
Jimmy "The Kooky-Eyed Fox" Stelling
Tom "Pee Paw" Peloso
Charlie "C. B." Bell
Robbie "Uncle Blind Bobby" St. Ours
Big Roy
Saw-Saw

The Hackensaw Boys are an Americana band from Charlottesville, Virginia inspired by punk, bluegrass, and old-time music. They formed as a quartet consisting of Tom Peloso, David Sickmen, Rob Bullington, and Robbie St. Ours in the fall of 1999. Since settling on a six member line up they've toured with Cake and Modest Mouse. They signed with the music label Nettwerk for the 2005 release of their album "Love What You Do".

In the words of Robert "Mahlon" Bullington the band derived their name from a combination of "hack" and "saw", describing the hacking motion used when playing the mandolin and the sawing motion used when drawing the bow across the fiddle.

[edit] Discography

  • Get Some (2000)
  • Keep It Simple (2002)
  • Give It Back (2004) - live
  • Love What You Do (2005)
  • Look Out (2007)

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The Hackensaw Boys busking at the Saturday Market in Portland, Oregon.  pictured left to right: Mahlon, Salvage, Baby J., Pee Paw, Shiner, C.B., The Kooky-Eyed Fox
The Hackensaw Boys busking at the Saturday Market in Portland, Oregon. pictured left to right: Mahlon, Salvage, Baby J., Pee Paw, Shiner, C.B., The Kooky-Eyed Fox