BRANDON — In 2018 Brandon Music welcomed for the first time the American duo, The Rough and Tumble, two young and talented singer/songwriters and musicians complete with a menagerie of instruments ranging from acoustic guitars to mailbox snares to a banjolele.  The Rough and Tumble delights audiences with their seamless harmonies, professional musicianship, their orchestra of unusual instruments and their great personalities, exuberance and engaging jokes and stories.  Mark your calendars because they return to Brandon Music on June 1.
Formerly from Nashville, The Rough and Tumble, Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler, now find themselves living full time on the road, in a 16-foot camper with an 85-pound puppy named Puddle and performing almost 150 shows a year.  If you ask either one of them how their lives ended up this way, they’ll likely respond, “with careful planning, spreadsheets and shoddy cell phone service.”
Since forming in 2011, The Rough and Tumble have released 5 EPs and two albums. Their albums are largely biographical rehearsing the trials and tribulations as well as the fun times of living on the road.  Their album “We Made Ourselves a Home When We Didn’t Know” (February 2018), retraces their mileage back to their footsteps and explores the struggle between going home and being home already when there’s no other home and everywhere is home.   Their upcoming album, written during a time of doggedly trying despite the odds and a self-proclaimed “year of honesty,” titled, “Howling Back at the Wounded Dog” will be released on Sept. 6, 2019.
The concert in Brandon on Saturday, June 1, begins at 7:30 p.m. Concert tickets are $20. A pre-concert dinner is available for an extra $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB.
Call (802) 247-4295, email [email protected] or visit brandon-music.net for reservations or more info.