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Viper Central is featured on Outbound Radio |
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 VIPER CENTRAL is a six-piece acoustic string-band that takes that "high lonesome sound" to new places. All six band members contribute original songs, but won't hesitate to deliver up their take on an ages-old mournful waltz or bring the house down with a barn-burning bluegrass standard. The band came together through a love for the old timey sounds of such artists as Ralph Stanley, Bill Monroe, Hazel Dickens, and the New Lost City Ramblers along with the more contemporary styles of acoustic innovators David Grisman, Béla Fleck, and David Lindley. Everyone brings a colourful resume and a unique sense of creativity to this collaboration. While the members of the band play significant roles in many other roots music projects (The Mountain Bluebirds, The Fugitives, The Blue Island Trio, Whiskey Jar, Headwater, Redgrass, Badgentina, the Bogghoppers), the chemistry of the six members gives Viper Central a one-of-a-kind sound that sticks with audiences long after the show is over. In the summer of 2008, Viper Central released their debut album, The Devil Sure is Hard to Please. Blending instrumental prowess with innovative arrangements and creative vocal harmonies, the album showcases the diverse songwriting talents of every member in the band and is quickly earning them a reputation as an act to watch for in Canada's thriving roots music scene. The band was also featured on the Whiskey Hollow Bound compilation, which features six Vancouver bluegrass and old time bands and has been receiving rave reviews across the country since its release in 2007. Band highlights for 2008 include performances at the Brackendale Bluegrass Festival, the Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle, WA, Vancouver's In the House Festival, and of course the release of their first album The Devil Sure is Hard to Please, which is already garnering national radio play. |
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