Backyard Tire Fire

Distinguished by a rare combination of workingman authenticity and indie-rock eccentricity Backyard Tire Fire is defiantly contemporary in the face of its deep Midwestern roots. Based out of Bloomington, Illinois, the band reveals it is deeply in love with the full American musical spectrum, pulling lustily from folk, country, blues and dyed-in-the-wool originals like Howlin' Wolf, Randy Newman, Alejandro Escovedo and The Band. They are musical lifers with a proverbial heart of gold, hammering this hard life into the kinds of notes and melodies that stick around for the long run.

Backyard Tire Fire will be playing exclusively in the Whole Hog Lounge.