Back Forty
Back Forty has a truly original sound. Throw a Funk/Soul bassist in with a hard grooving/experimental drummer, mix in two superb singer/song writing guitarists that have been collaborating together for over 7 years, top it off with a virtuoso fiddle player that has more effect pedals than musician's friend and you have Back Forty.
This eclectic group of musicians and their backgrounds is also portrayed in the music. One live set may contain Funk, Bluegrass, Rock, Folk, Reggae, Irish, Jazz, Experimentation, Blues, and Swing elements. With a repertoire of over 70 songs and a fondness for improvisation Back Forty thrives on the live stage.
SOME GROUPS BACK FORTY HAS PERFORMED WITH:
Keller Williams
David Grisman
Peter Rowan
Railroad Earth
Yonder Mountain String Band
The Wailers
Dark Star Orchestra
ekoostik hookah
Rusted Root
Martin Sexton
Covert Operations
The Macpodz
Greensky Bluegrass
The Mammals
Rev Peytons Big Damn Band
Jam Samich
The Werks
UV Hippo
One Under
Railroad Earth
Hot Buttered Rum
Cornmeal
Oakhurst
Great Divide
The family Band
Strange Arrangement
Hullabaloo
The Ragbirds
Rootstand
Todd Snider
Great American Taxi
SOME PLACES BACK FORTY HAS PERFORMED:
Hookahville-Thornville,OH
Hiawatha Music Festival- Marquette, MI
Dunegrass- Empire, MI
Harvest Moon Fest- Thornville, OH
Beaver Island Music Festival-Beaver Island, MI
Rock and Reggae Festival-Oil City, MI
The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
Founders Grand Rapids, MI
The Magic Bag- Ferndale, MI
The Magic Stick- Detroit, MI
The Blind Pig- Ann Arbor, MI
Tc's Speakeasy Ypsilanti, MI
Scarlet and Greys-Columbus, OH
Oldfields On High-Columbus, OH
Purple Moon Nightclub-Flint, MI
Rubbles- Mt. Pleasant, MI
Arts Beats and Eats- Pontiac, MI
The Store-Chicago, IL
Detroit Winter Blast- Detroit, MI
The Ark-Ann Arbor, MI
Bell's-Kalamazoo, MI
Rendezvous- Lansing, MI
Mac's Bar-Lansing, MI
Canal Street Tavern- Dayton, OH
The Village Idiot-Maumee, OH
Whiskey Lounge- Grand Rapids, MI
Camp Rage- Caro, MI
The Red Dock-Saugatuck, MI
Bubba O'Malleys- Flint, MI
Outriggers- Whitmore Lake, MI
Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
Billy's Lounge- Grand Rapids, MI
Walli's- Flint, MI
Shamrock- Beaver Island, MI
Golden Beaver Bash, Beaver Island, MI
Smalls- Hamtramck, MI
Tap Room Annex- Ypsilanti, MI
Sawmill Saloon- Big Rapids, MI
White's Bar- Saginaw, MI
Czars- St. Jospeh, MI
Heidelberg- Ann Arbor, MI
Cj's- Commerce, MI
Jamins- Flint, MI
Skullys- Columbus, OH
The Emerald Theater- Mt. Clemens, MI