“The Greg Denton Probable Cause Auditor’s Report” started in 2013 as an acoustic trio (The Greg Denton Probable Cause Acoustic Trio) with their toes dipped in the headwaters of the fringe folk repertoire of such early Greenwich Village acts like the Holy Moly Rounders, Michael Hurley, and The Fugs. Since then, both membership and repertoire have swelled and flooded their banks into an improbable assortment of genre-bouncing plugged and unplugged musicians.
Though the instrumentation has vague remnants of “traditional stringband” (centred around acoustic guitar, banjo, and upright bass – these are close shouldered, maybe overwhelmed, with electric piano and electric guitar). The repertoire roams from folk, bluegrass, and classic country to r’n’b, dystopic rock, bubble-gum punk, soul, hokum jazz, and back again. There’s even a smidgen of hand-wrought Greg Denton confabulations lurking in a typical set-list. We don’t know what to call it. Maybe you do? But it’s fun!
Current members include Greg Denton (vocals, guitar); Jen Rafter (vocals, gargles, yodels); Ben Alles (banjo, hollers); Jamey Rosen (piano); Harri Palm (electric guitar); Cam Werner (upright bass).
A further coterie of musicians have either been members in the past, or are known to sub in here and there for a gig or two. These include, Jesse Turton; Claire Taylor, Scott Fitzpatrick; Minnie Heart (Ever-Lovin’ Jug Band); Jeff Bird (Cowboy Junkies); Steve Vickery; Vanessa Tignanelli, Gordon Shawcross (The House Plants), Andy Hank (Guh, The Break Even Boys), among others.
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