Crookneck Chandler

"Aside from having a band name straight out of "O Brother, Where Art Thou," it's Crookneck Chandler's self-coined musical genre of Appalachian swamp rock that gets our attention. When asked about his genre, Crookneck shared) ...it's a little bit of blues influence with sort of folky Appalachian country, and it's different from anything else that is going on around here. People don't quite know where to put us. They call us Americana, but I'd say we're probably too rocking for simple Americana." 

Cleveland.com

"Influenced by the likes of Bob Dylan, The Band, Tom Petty... sounds like an alcohol fueled jam session with Elvis Presley, George Jones and the Grateful Dead."
Ray Van Deusen - Monroe Journal

"Americana or... country fans will invariably find plenty of rousing moments."
John Benson - Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Crookneck Chandler... performed inside, and I think they win for having a... funky, twangy band... Also very good, also (had) a fair amount of the crowd."
BloggingOhio.com - Fryer Fest 

Appalachian Swamp Rock Is A Journey Through Time and Space...

it's music that originated from a real and particular place, Mississippi Hill Country - it's an area where the Delta starts to climb up into the foothills of Southern Appalachia, where Alabama,  Tennessee and Mississippi all start to come together, where the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers find one another. You may be wondering, "Well, what the hell kind of music comes out of a place like that?"  

Listen to any of our songs or better yet come out to experience one of our shows and you'll get it real quick. One minute you're down in the muddy bottoms bubbling up with the blues, the next you're dancing among the ancient rocks of the smoky foothills... and then you find yourself swaying beneath the pines on the banks of a lonesome creek in Coastal Carolina.