Devil in a Woodpile

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Devil in a Woodpile is a band from

Rick Sherry and Tom V. Ray first began playing together in the early 1990s as part of the Jake LaBotz Trio. After this unit broke up, the group began backing David "Honeyboy" Edwards, and performed as Devil in a Woodpile in between sets. The band first won acclaim locally in Chicago by playing frequent gigs at The Hideout. Signing with local folk/country label Bloodshot Records, the group released its first album in 1998 and a second in 2000. Soon after this they toured with Son Volt in the USA. Adding Madison, Wisconsin native Joel Paterson to the lineup in 2003, the group released its third record for Bloodshot in 2005. Gary Schepers (tuba) or Beau Sample (bass) often play with the band when Tom Ray is not available.

In the summer of 2007, the group opened for the folk legend Ramblin' Jack Elliott in Cleveland.

After more than ten years playing their weekly Tuesday slot at the Hideout, the group disbanded in 2009. That year, Rick Sherry joined with guitarist Eric Noden and bassist Beau Sample to form a new group, the

Current members

• Rick "Cookin" Sherry - vocals, harmonica, clarinet, washboard, other percussion
• Beau Sample -
  upright bass
• Joel Paterson - guitar, vocals (Joel also plays with The Western Elstons and under his own name with the Joel Paterson Trio)

Former members

• Paul Kaye - steel guitar
• upright bass
• Gary Schepers - tuba
• Mike Grenz - upright bass

Discography

• Devil in a Woodpile (Bloodshot, 1998)
• Division Street (Bloodshot, 2000)
• In Your Lonesome Town (Bloodshot, 2005)

Compilation contributions

• "Got Just What I Want" (Trad.) - For A Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records (Bloodshot, 2005)

References

• Devil in a Woodpile at
  Allmusic

Further reading

• Interview with Centerstage Chicago (July 2005)

External links

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• Devil in a Woodpile at Bloodshot Records
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