Michael Tarbox writes songs anchored in rock ‘n’ roll, backwater blues, and hillbilly music. The Chicago Readercalls his singing “ageless.” His gospel-tinged electric guitar playing, tough as Texas barbed-wire, brings it all together. 

“I write my own songs, and play them on guitars run though a tiny old amp. My inspirations are musicians from a world that’s vanished. They guide me, but my goal is to create something new.”

At the heart of Tarbox’s music is his guitar, as raw as it is charismatic. It creates an electricity that courses through every song." – Twangville

YouTube Playlist: https://shorturl.at/pGNU2

Press on his soup The Tarbox Ramblers:

All Things Considered: “Homemade rock ‘n’ roll with a dose of rattlesnake venom and gospel-drenched howling.”

The New Yorker: “Between the fiddle, string bass, drums and slide guitar, you won't know what hit you.”

The Washington Post: “The Ramblers put across a sound that is at once reminiscent of the past yet wholly original.”

Calgary Sun:  “Tarbox is the most evocative and distinctive blues-roots artist to come down the pike in ages.”

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The River Boat Gamblers gradually met through the 2010s at different corners of the Hudson valley after leaving behind a life of chaos, unattainable dreams of lofty expectations, half empty ballrooms, and high debt in gambling and car repairs. They have settled for something much more amusing & satisfying, playing music for fun. No longer in debt and free of credit collectors, they get together when they please in whatever four walls allows them to.

https://theriverboatgamblers.bandcamp.com/track/all-creation