Renegade roots band The Hooten Hallers serve up high-energy hillbilly rock ‘n’ roll laced with bluesy melodies and punk sensibilities that make for a guaranteed good time. Based in Columbia, Mo., the trio’s songwriting draws influence from the diverse cast of characters who roam the foothills of the Ozark Mountains with an eye for the strange and unexplained, injecting the narratives of their community into genre-bending jams that tread the space between pre-war blues, raucous cowpunk, and dark Americana.
Buck the Taxidermist: As far back as 2015, Kyle Ayres had been writing songs that never had a place. Either they were unfinished or didn’t fit the bands he played with. Fast forward to early 2017, he found a place for those in his home recorded demo/album ‘The Beginning’ and gave a name to this musical quest.