The Pine Hill Haints
Appearance
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The Pine Hill Haints | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Auburn, Alabama |
Genres | Folk |
Years active | 1998–present |
Labels | Arkam Records, Lelp, Sunburst, K |
Members | Jamie Barrier Katie "Kat" Barrier Stevie LaBlanc Brian "Zero" Borden Justin Ward |
Past members | Travis Hightower Matt Bakula Ben Rhyne Sarah Nelson Roger Holcombe Rymodee Bradley Williams Jeremy Dale Henderson Matt Comer |
Website | http://www.thepinehillhaints.com/ |
The Pine Hill Haints are an American traditional
honky tonk/country band from Alabama, though the band members themselves describe their unique southern roots music as "Alabama Ghost Music."[1]
The Haints are composed of Jamie Barrier on
singing saw, and washboard, Stevie LaBlanc on washtub bass, Justin Ward on accordion and trombone, and Brian "Zero" Borden on snare drum
.
Current line-up
- Jamie Barrier - vocals, guitar, fiddle, harmonica
- Katie "Kat" Barrier – washboard, mandolin, saw
- Matt Bakula - vocals, washtub, tenor banjo
- Stevie LaBlanc - washtub, banjo, harmonica
- Brian "Zero" Borden - snare
- Justin Ward - accordion, trombone
Former members
- Travis Hightower - washtub
- Matt Bakula - washtub, tenor banjo
- Ben Rhyne – snare
- Joey Barrier - banjo
- Sarah Nelson - accordion
- Roger Holcombe - snare
- Rymodee - saw
- Bradley Williams - washtub
- Jeremy Dale Henderson- snare
- Matt Comer- snare
- Mike Posey - accordion
- Jon Lucius - accordion
- J.R. Collins - snare
Musical style
The Pine Hill Haints perform music they consider to be "dead" in the modern world, hence their self-proclaimed "Ghost Music." Some examples of the genres they perform include (but are not limited to)
Oh! Suzanna/Camptown Races
) songs.
In addition to their live instruments, the band also utilizes a number of traditional American
) on their recordings. Occasionally, members of the Haints will swap instruments or abandon his or her primary instrument altogether, instead performing on one of the aforementioned instruments for a song or two. The band has several former members, and depending on how many happen to be present at a performance, surprise guest performers may accompany the Haints onstage. Such impromptu reunion performances are not completely unexpected at their shows.Discography
Year | Title | Label | Format | Other information |
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2000 | God, the Devil and the Two by the Gate | Arkam Records | 12-inch LP | |
2002 | The Cold, Cold Hand | Arkam Records | CD
|
Split album with The Natchez Shakers ("The Devil's Backbone"). |
2002 | Tales From The Front Porch | Arkam Records | 12-inch LP | Split album with The Crypt Kickers and The Plain Clothes Creep String Trio. |
2002 | Alabama Ghost Country Music | Nation of Kids | 7-inch EP
| |
2003 | Trains Have No Names | Arkam Records | CD | |
2003 | Split | Arkam Records | 7-inch EP | Split with David Dondero, 500 copies pressed on black vinyl. |
2004 | Those Who Wander | Arkam Records | CD | |
2004 | You Bury Your Hate In A Shallow Grave | Lelp Recordings | CD | |
2005 | The Pine Hill Haints Meet Clampitt, Gaddis & Buck | Lelp Recordings | CD | Split album with Clampitt Gaddis & Buck. |
2005 | Jack of Diamonds | Arkam Records | 7-inch EP | 500 copies pressed on black vinyl. |
2007 | Darktime Came to the Hills | Sunburst Records | 7-inch EP | 500 copies pressed on black vinyl with hand-screened covers |
2007 | Ghost Dance | K Records | 12-inch LP / CD | |
2009 | To Win or To Lose
|
K Records | 12-inch LP / CD | |
2009 | Riding the Long Southern Train Blues | Arkam Records | 7-inch EP | Included with Spidder #14 zine. |
2010 | Black Casket | Razorcake / 45RPM Records | 7-inch EP | 110 copies pressed on translucent red vinyl, the rest on black vinyl. |
2010 | Split | Let's Pretend Records | 7-inch EP | Split EP with the Trainwreck Riders. 110 copies pressed on clear vinyl, 440 copies pressed on black vinyl. |
2011 | The Evening Star | Arkam Records / 45RPM Records/Burger Records | 12-inch LP / CD / Cassette | Compilation album featuring songs from various Haints 7-inch EPs and previously unreleased tracks. LP and CD released on Arkam Records, cassette jointly released by 45RPM Records and Burger Records. Cassette edition limited to 250 hand-numbered copies. |
2011 | Welcome to the Midnight Opry | K Records | 12-inch LP / CD | |
2011 | Split | Ya Dig? Records | 10-inch EP / CD-R | Split EP with Serious Sam Barrett. Packaged together with CD-R of the Split. |
2011 | Tales of Crime | K Records | 7-inch EP | Release #138 in K Records' International Pop Underground 7-inch series |
2014 | Rabbit in the Pea Patch | Arkam Records | 7-inch EP | Hand-screened cover art available in three colors: red, green, and blue. |
2014 | Moon Pie | Arkam Records | CD | Contains songs from the Rabbit in the Pea Patch 7-inch, and the Fadeaways split 7-inch. |
2014 | Split | Snuffy Smiles / Arkam Records | 7-inch EP | Split EP with The Fadeaways |
2014 | The Magik Sounds of the Pine Hill Haints | K Records | 12-inch LP / CD / Cassette | |
2016 | The Cold, Cold Hand/The Devil's Backbone | Arkam Records | ||
2017 | Smoke | Arkam Records | 12-inch LP / CD | |
2020 | 13 | Arkam Records | 12-inch LP | |
2021 | The Song Companion of a Lonestar Cowboy | Single Lock Records |
See also
J.D. Wilkes
References
- ^ Whitelock, Ed. "The Pine Hill Haints: The Magik Sounds of the Pine Hill Haints". popmatters.com. PopMatters. Retrieved 11 November 2014.