6 String Drag is an American
alt country band from
Clemson, South Carolina.
6 String Drag was founded by
Kenny Roby
Kenny Roby is a North Carolina-based singer-songwriter. He's the former lead singer of 6 String Drag, which he formed with old friend bassist Rob Keller in the early 1990s and became one of the main bands of the era's so called Americana moveme ...
after leaving
punk rock band
The Lubricators in 1992. He initially founded a country
cover band, the Welfare Liners, with Rob Keller (bass) and Ed Campbell (guitar, mandolin, keyboards); once the group began making original music, they changed the name to 6 String Drag, by which time the group had expanded to a sextet with Glenn Cannon on guitar, David "Pops" Wright on keyboards and horns, and Ray Duffey on drums.
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The group released two albums in the mid-1990s and then disbanded in 1998; Roby began releasing under his own name and Keller began using the name Welfare Liners for his own
bluegrass project. The group reunited in 2014 and began recording and playing shows again.
[ Their latest release is ''Top of the World'', issued in 2018.Album review]
'' No Depression'', March 8, 2018.
Discography
*''6 String Drag'' (
Fundamental Records, 1996)
*''
High Hat'' (
E Squared, 1997)
*''The JAG Sessions - Rare & Unreleased 1996-1998'' (
Schoolkids Records
Schoolkids Records is a retail indie record store based in the "Triangle" region of Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Founded in 1974, Schoolkids is one of the longest-running music retail stores in the country and at one point had seven ...
, 2014)
*''Roots Rock 'N' Roll'' (Royal Potato Family, 2015)
*''Top of the World'' (
Second Motion Records, 2018)
References
American country music groups
Musical groups from South Carolina
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