DEEP FRIED PICKLE PROJECT
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The Deep Fried Pickles are a delectable musical treat. They pride themselves on making JUGaBilly HOKUM music. Founded in ’00 as a jug band, ‘DFPP’ now mixes other American roots forms into the breading batter as well. Bluegrass, Hokum, Folk, Rockabilly, Blues and Honky-Tonk tunes pepper their set lists.
Recent performance venues include Wakarusa, TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL, High Sierra and SUNSHINE DAYDREAMS in West Virginia, as well as picnics, bars, baptisms, theaters, bathtubs and festivals across North America.
The Pickles have appeared with Nickel Creek, Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Gov’t Mule, Umphrey’s McGee, BELA FLECK, Buckethead, String Cheese Incident, Yonder Mountain String Band, George Clinton, Derek Trucks Band and ANI DE FRANCO, among many others on their festival tours.
The band has been featured in SPIN, NO DEPRESSION and RELIX music magazines, as well as the online ‘zines such as Jambase and Glide. The DFPP has performed on national TV in their PBS kids debut.
What sets the Pickles apart as a band is the fact that they can play kids shows, adult shows and then host a “KinderMusic ” kids instrument building workshop all in the same day. Their flexibility and devotion to music education have made them a popular act to book for festival promoters and talent buyers.
The band was featured in an episode of ‘Postcards From Buster’, a spin-off of “Arthur” on PBS Kids, which has millions of viewers worldwide. The show aired on October 11th. The episode was entitled, ‘Meet Me at the Fair’. (..101) Check your local listings for re-broadcast airtimes.
The DFPP’s second album, ‘Attack of the Pickles’, was released in September of 2003. Its single, ‘Picklejuice’ won a John Lennon Songwriting Contest Finalist Award for 2003. The Pickles also make an appearance on new new Fred Eaglesmith tribute album, ’20 Odd Hollers II’. The latest DFPP album to surface is named ‘Live from the Trailer Trash Tour’, and was released in the Spring of 2005. The band is currently recording a new album, ‘Whitewood Creek’, which will be available just before their Summer 2006 U.S. tour. CD’s are available for sale on CDbaby.com.
MUSIC SAMPLES
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Pickle Juice
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Rubber Legged Jim
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Lemonade
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Pickle Juice – Rubber Legged Jim – Lemonade
BAND MEMBERS
Daniel Boone Daniel – Vocals, Washtub Bass, Harmonica, Kazoo, Trumpet, & Craftsman Saw
Alan Selvidge – Vocals, Guitar, Tenor Banjo, Mandolin, & Stumpf Fiddle
Jim McAllister – Washboard-Zilla & Drums
SONG LIST
Picklejuice – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Rubber Band Band – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Gold – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Hillbilly Stump – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Poor Me Express – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Rubber-Legged Jim – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Rosie’s Pie – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Someday – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Sgt. Safety – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Gettin’ Cheesay – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Max’s Song – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Enchilada – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Loop Song – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Angel in the Airstream – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Misguided Lovers’ Waltz – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Attack of the Pickles – Deep Fried Pickle Project
LIchtenstein – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Queen of the Trailer Court – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Brokedown Blues – Deep Fried Pickle Project
Singin’ in the Bathtub – R. Crumb
Dooley – The Dillards
We’re All Gonna Die – Kasey Chambers
Billy Jean – Michael Jackson
Fat Bottomed Girls / Baby Got Back – Queen / Sir Mix Alot
Flowers in the Dell – Fred Eaglesmith
Amazing Grace
No Woman No Cry – B. Marley
Yer Cheatin’ Heart – Hank Williams Sr.
Stealin’ – Memphis Jug Band
Folsom Prison Blues- Johnny Cash
Pffft You Were Gone – Hee Haw Show
Ball and Chain – Social Distortion
VENUES PLAYED
Acorn Theater Kids Show – Three Oaks, MI
Beat Kitchen – Chicago, IL
Black Rose – Grand Rapids, MI
Bottleneck Club – Lawrence, KS
Box Factory for the Arts – St. Joseph, MI
Casey’s – New Buffalo, MI
Chocalate Cafe – St. joseph, MI
Constant Spring – Goshen, IN
Corner Bar – Kalamazoo, MI
Czars – St. Joseph, MI
East Lansing Community Center – East Lansing, MI
Founders Brewing Company – Grand Rapids, MI
Harvey’s – Kalamazoo, MI
Iron Springs Pub – Fairfax, CA
Jukes – Grand Rapids, MI
Kraftbrau – Kalamazoo, MI
Lilly’s bar – Chicago, IL
Livery – Benton Harbor, MI
Off Broadway – St. Louis, MO
Old Hat Brewery With Rusty Thimbles – Lawton, MI
Papa Pete’s – Kalamazoo, MI
Pauly’s – Benton Harbor, MI
Riverfront Cafe – Niles, MI
Rocky’s – Grand Rapids, MI
Sarrett Nature Center – Benton Harbor, MI
Shoreline Brewery – Michigan City, IN
Shorts Brewing Co. – Bellaire, MI
State Theater (opened for Yonder Mountain String Band) – Kalamazoo, MI
Sullivan’s Michigan City, MI
The Foundry – South Haven, MI
The Nature Center – Chicago, IL
The Nature Museum – Chicago, IL
Thirsty Perch – South Haven, MI
Tin Roof Theater – Buchannan, MI
Ten Pound Fiddle – East Lansing, MI
Tonic Room – Chicago, IL
Unkle J’s – San Diego, CA
Ye Old Heil Homestead – Hagar Shores, MI
FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Bolton Wedding Reception – Los Angeles, CA
Cassopolis School Benefit Show – Cassopolis, MI
Church of Love and Music, Recipe Cookout Festival – Acme, PA
Delfest – Delfest, VA
Dells Harvest Festival – Wisconsin Dells, WI
Dowagiac Festival – Dowagiac, MI
Dunegrass Festival – Empire, MI
2008 Elkhart County 4H Fair – Goshen, IN
2009 Elkhart County 4H Fair – Goshen, IN
Heavenly Resort Jug Band Reunion – South Lake Tahoe, CA
High Sierra Music Festival – Quincy, CA
Lego Land Private Party – , MI
Maud Palenske Library – St. Joseph, MI
Mendel Center For the Arts – Capstone Center Childrens Projects Benefit – Benton Harbor, MI
Millennium Park Family Show – Chicago, IL
Niles Bluegrass Festival – Niles, MI
Northwest String Summit – North Plains, OR
Patowatomi Zoo – Elkhart, IN
PeaceJam Conference – Los Angeles, CA
Postcards From Buster TV Show – PBS Stations Worldwide
Preservation Hall Musicians’ Releif Drum Delivery – New Orleans, LA
Riverfront Amphitheater – Niles, MI
Sarrett Nature Center Barn Party Benefit – Benton Harbor, MI
Stop, Lunch and Listen at the Buchannan Amphitheater – Buchannan, MI
Sunshine Daydreams – Terra Alta, WV
Taste of Kalamazoo – Kalamazoo, MI
Telluride Bluegrass Festival – Telluride, CO
Wakarusa Festival – Wakarusa, KS
Washington School – Coloma, MI
WGRD Live Radio Performance – Grand Rapids, MI
WIDR Radio Studios Live Acoustic Performance – Kalamazoo, MI
WNIT Open Studio Program – Elkhart, IN
WRHC Radio – Three Oaks, MI
REVIEWS
“Daniel Daniel and Alan Selvidge’s music is like a snapshot from America’s Heartland.”
–South Bend Tribune
“We immediately fell in love with them. They’re fun, they’re funky, they represent an interpretation of American culture where you can throw a bunch of cool things together and make music out of it.”
–Natacha Estebanez, Producer PBS Kids
“Parents and kids alike should be ‘pickled pink’ by the new CD from those purveyors of hillbilly Americana-jug-band music, The Deep Fried Pickle Project”
–Kalamazoo Gazette
“3 stars! — Kids will find ‘Attack of the Pickles’ outright hilarious, while their parents will find it surprisingly intriguing. The band does a rap song ‘Gettin’ Cheesay,’ that’s more down than most rap songs on children’s albums.”
–M-live
“Campfire music for adults!”
–Art Enthusiast
“…Deep Fried Pickles give you the same feeling when you listen to their music- full and satisfied.”
–SPIN Magazine
“They play hick-a-billy jamgrass like nobody’s business.”
–Telluride Bluegrass Festival Program
“The best No-Name Band I’ve ever seen!”
–Music Lover, Lansing, MI
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