This 5-piece from Denver, Colorado, fuse folk, indie-rock, R&B and soul, as guitar, bass and drums collide with harmonica, double bass, organ and piano. Rateliff's live shows put high energy back into acoustic music, much in the same way that people got excited over Mumford & Sons. His material delivers biting anthems on drink, women and the pleasures and pains of life, all delivered with a whiskey-soaked vocal. Listening to Rateliff is like spending a Friday night in Alabama drinking beer at a hoedown with authentic musicianship from a backing band who sound like they come from another time.

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