Grifters & Shills w/Little Outfit

Darwin's Pub, 33 Waugh Dr. , Houston, TX 77007

High lonesome heavy metal, Americana folk/rock, Texas drafts and Texas spirits.

LITTLE OUTFIT: From The dust of many bands that fit the moniker “More a legend than a band” such as The Front Porch Society (Friday residency at McGonigels Mucky Duck), Country Store Buffalo (with the like minded Matt Harlan and Brad Boyer), and Legendary Paraphernalia Band (Midnights at the Mucky Duck, came the rag tag elements that have become Little Outfit. Great songwriting is the bar that Little Outfit uses as the only measurement that matter when choosing a song and Little Outfit has a DEEP well. Upon the realization that Amie and Nathan were from the same ilk vocally it was a natural progression from the pedestrian attempt at fielding a five piece rocking Americana ensemble to honing it down to the formidable 3 piece that Little Outfit has become. Playing the slopes of the Rockies at legendary rooms like Steve’s Guitars in Carbondale (Aspen) to the far reaches of the 3rd Coast Little Outfit have been on the road and all over Texas for the better part of 5 years playing Red Dirt and Roots Rock venues, and festivals like Super Bowl Live to The Americana Festival in Conroe. Rooted in the modern folk movement, Little Outfit delivers crafted songwriting with open melodic arrangements and soulful harmonies. Americana/Folk-Rock with Texas swagger

GRIFTERS & SHILLS: Amplifyin' and testifyin' for your SOUL.

His was hard rock and heavy metal. Hers was the classic sound of the East Texas piney woods. Theirs was a fiery collision, bearing forth a sound that was at once novel and instantly familiar--nodding to roots seated deep in high lonesome harmonies and back porch blues, while peering out at a scorched path bound by modern assertions and contemporary commentary.

Behind Grifters & Shills is John and Rebecca Stoll, native Texans who met in a classic rock/blues jam band in 2008. Between them they discovered a magnetic chemistry that manifested not only in music, but in all aspects of their relationship. When they began playing as a two-piece band, they found a unique voice in the combination of Rebecca's East Texas vocal stylings and John's formidable guitar work. They immediately began writing their own songs, while testing the waters of vocal harmonies and adding an array of instrumentation to their arsenal. A typical show will feature a delightful range of electric instruments, including John's archtop guitar, Rebecca's bass, a driving stomp board, a couple of cigar box guitars, a handful of harmonicas, and an occasional kazoo.

They call it high lonesome heavy metal, and together, this two-person, dozen-instrument act provides a show full of sound a fury, punctuated with raw, quiet vulnerability, forging new trails and shining new light on familiar ground.

NEW ALL-ORIGINAL ALBUM COMING IN NOVEMBER 2019.