Groanbox Boys – Groanbox at Hutton Rudby Village Hall
1st May 2010
Groanbox Boys – Groanbox
Sat 1st May 7.30pm Hutton Rudby Village Hall 01642 701466
Groanbox, the North American trio of Michael Ward-Bergeman, Cory Seznec and Paul
Clifford, are a musical hybrid of ideas and ideals. At first glance a roots band steeped in the
traditions of American music, they play with all the guts of rock and roll and all the soul of the
wandering troubadour. But somewhere along the way, that troubadour turned off the road
and, setting sail from the melting pot of New Orleans, began a journey that would take their
sound to new, unchartered territories with influences from around the world.
...it was percussionist Paul Clifford who held ones attention. With a calabash (gourd shell), an
old piece of a yew tree and various implements he unleashed a torrent of sounds.
Hammering, stroking, hitting, whistling and eventually grabbing their Freedom boot (a six foot
pole garnished with 420 bottle caps, a boot and symbols) he was at times shamanistic. -Paul
Kerr, Americana UK, April 2009.
Website: www.groanbox.com
