CURRENT BAND MEMBERS:
SD Ineson:Vocals, Acoustic Rhythm Guitar Lee Kirby:Hammond Organ, Piano, Harmonica Roberto Morales:Electric guitar/mandolin Smitty:Lap Steel Steve Samosky:Bass Rusty May:Drums/percussion
BAND HISTORY: SD Ineson (guitar, vocals), former member of English NYC-based band The Jack Rubies, (who released two albums on TVT records, and toured extensively in the U.S. with bands They Might Be Giants and Modern English) and Lee Kirby (hammond organ, harmonica, piano) met by chance encounter in NYC and soon found their various musical influences harmonizing into a roots-rock americana sound, influenced by Dylan, Neil Young. Gene Clark. The Band, The Dead. ( Joyce Bowden, singer and multi-instrumentalist,who had previously worked with members of Talking Heads, The Ramones and Arthur Russell, was also a founding member, and songwriter in the band until 2008. Bowden still contributes musically to Saints' recordings).
A move out of NYC to Raleigh NC, found the band submerged in the rootsy celebrations of the local scene, releasing their eponymous CD on local label, MoodFood (who released the original Whiskeytown debut) hitting the local music top ten on radio. Their 2nd CD "Midnight America" (2001) released on Moon Caravan Records, won them a slot in the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, Okemah OK, sharing the finale stage with all the performers, led by Arlo Guthrie in a mass version of "Goodnight Irene" "Sunday" (2003) gained even more interest for the band including radio play in Europe, became the theme song for WFIT's radio show 'Private Radio' and garnered comparisons to Fairport Convention and Rusted Root. "Let It Rain" (2006) had the break-out track "Jack Kerouac" and the band was invited to play in Lowell, Mass, (the authors's birthplace), in July 2007 on the occasion of the 50th year anniversary of his masterpiece 'On The Road', a show headlined by our musical heroes, 10,000 Maniacs. (2008) CD & VINYL LP RELEASE on Moon Caravan Records, "WARM SOUL SUNSHINE"! (2009) Limited Edition CD "Blue Halo Valentine" 'bootleg' of songs recorded in the basement of Moon Caravan Records HQ (2009) CD "SONGS ON THE LIVE WIRE" Live Album NEW album expected in Spring 2011