The Mission

MO FREE STOMPIN’ the first Thursday of the Month – and The Kay Brothers will be featuring Jake Allen on Percussion!

The Kay Brothers are a stompgrass band of the Ozark persuasion. Pat & Bryan Kay grew up in California, MO and are also members of several other area bands; The Hipnecks, The Hatrick, Made in Waves, and J.P.Kay & Some Army. Often joined by ‘the gals,’ Lauren Douglas and Molly Healey, the outfit boasts 4-part vocals, upright bass, guitar, banjo, washboard, fiddle, harmonica, kazoo, cello, and an array of percussion despite a disproportionately smaller number of members. The music doesn’t subscribe to the traditional rules of bluegrass, nor has it ever aspired to. The songwriting might perhaps be just as indicative of blues and old country, such as the Ozark region sits, oddly, in between the blue grass of Kentucky, southern swamps, and the wild west.

Genre: Bonifide Hootin’ n’ Hollerin’ Hillbillyin’ Ozark Stompgrass and What Not Armed with Upright Bass, Guitar, Harmonicas, bass drum, washboard, and sibling harmonies, they make a lot of noise… if you ride on the jangle-stomp time machine, be careful not to crack a heel. MO STOMPIN’! Donations in the tip J kindly accepted fer gasolines and such!

Members: Pat Kay – Bryan Kay – Phil

Sounds Like: The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Split Lip Rayfield, The Ben Miller B