PAR (psych asphalt railroad)
confusing inbreed hillbilly lolita lovin' shite-stomping gospel-esqe snake handling euphoric music. Beware, we are lo-fi and sans shoes.
PAR is:
Jackson McGuire - mandolin, guitar, harp, spoons, drums, vocals
(Uncle) Than Heybly - guitar,drums,vocals
Scottalom Ferguson-banjo, guitar, keyboard, drums, vocals, eefin.
occasional guest bass by Matacra and Roae
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Founded in the late 1980's during Dana Carvey's administration as an attempt to bury the propaganda of Nancy Reagan's DARE program. Did a lot of sheriff dodging up and down US 460 in a Plymouth hatchback.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
When allowed. in the heart of Appalachia. North Carolina to Southwestern Pennsylvania. Formed pre-Oxycontin in Pike Co. KY.
Your musical influences
Curly Ray Cline, prescription cough syrup, thick sliced bologna, whiskey, wacky backy, outhouses, talcom powder, the Flynt brothers, homemade absinthe.
What equipment do you use?
We old school it with Casio keyboards after too much moonshine