SIDESHOW STEPHEN: vocals, harp, slideguitar, acoustic and electric guitars
PROFESSOR RAY GUNN: drums and percussion
Influences
Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams I + III, Ry Cooder, Hawaii-Johnny from Thun, Jimmie Rodgers, Sol Hoopi, Gram Parsons, Johnny Cash + Paycheck, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show and a host of others
About The Turpentine Treacle Traveling Medicine Show
Sideshow Stephen has been around. Hes been playing allover the place in pubs and clubs, on blockparties, county fairs, cattle auctions and whatnot, participating in all kinds of shindiggery, jamborezation and hootenannery imaginable. On one of those fairs (or was it a cattle market?) He met Professor Freewheelin Ray Gunn for the first time.
"It was down in the swamps. This guy just turned up outta the fog, murmured something along the lines that he was a drummer, and that he would be able to give Sideshow Stephens songs that rhythm, whats able to heal"
So forces were joined to form the Turpentine Treacle Traveling Medicine Show, aiming to deliver solid entertainment to their audiences, with the convenient side effect of healing all ailments known to man and beast alike.
Those guys medicine is a strange mix of howling blues, wailing country tunes and merry folksongs, accompanied by Sideshow Stephens slide guitar, mouth organ or mandolin, with a voice on top that will make you believe what you hear, the whole thing driven by the healing rhythms of Professor Ray G. from the marshland. Original Tunes by Sideshow Stephen are combined with cover songs, which were of some notoriety for the last time in the first half of the 20th century, although even then they would have been considered somewhat obscure.
Their repertoire is of a timelessness that stands in relieving contrast to the overkill of trendieness and zeitgeist so dominant in other modern day acts.
The Turpentine Treacle Traveling Medicine Show do not aim to rock the house, but to heal what ails ya.
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Hey Jungs, dieser Abend in Hamburg im Mobile Blues Club hat großen Spaß gemacht und die Fotosession heute war aufregend. Hoffen wir, dass ihr in der Hasenschaukel heute und auch morgen in Berlin wieder so richtig Dampf ablassen könnt, damit es ebenso treibende Sessions werden. Wir sehen uns hoffentlich bald wieder, vielleicht im Silbersack oder in Bern. Cheers, LB
Hey! How are you ? Hope everything is ok and you enjoy the summer…
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Got some Funky news for you and a perfect summer :
there is a brand new PROMO MIX for including the Covers ! 79 Minutes of hard ass shaking FUNK BREAKz!!! Every track is specially PulpFusion Pimped, so don’t miss it. You will find it in my Blog.
Then i made a Cover (Front and Back) for m y brand new FULL ALBUM „Record Shop“ witch is DOWNLOADABLE on any important shops like: itunes, napster, fnac, amazone, junodownload, virginmusic, etc. Try the Shop you always do… ;-)) So the Covers are also in my Blog.
Danke fuers ADD, vielleicht kennts du ja jemanden der sich mit seinen „Kuensten“ bei uns praesentieren moechte. Oder vielleicht findest du bei uns auch Events die dich Interessieren! See You Liebe Gruesse Frank
Hallo, danke für die Freundschaft. Bin auch sehr froh, die tollen Songs hören zu können und werde auf jeden Fall die Termine in Hamburg vormerken. Das lasse ich mir nicht entgehen. Ich wusste doch, dass es in der Schweiz noch eine andere Medizin als Ricola geben muss, die viel wirksamer ist. Nun habe ich sie gefunden.
