Uncle Ben’s Remedy + Bovine

Uncle Ben’s Remedy

“These are story songs. Songs about the people we grew up with; grew together with and grew apart from. This music is medicine.”

Roots grow deep in fertile soil. The sound of Uncle Ben’s Remedy is rooted in the small towns of western New York, where community still matters and music is a part of every event. The boys learned to play and sing in this small town atmosphere, giving their music the honest, back porch feel of the country music they love. Uncle Ben’s Remedy is Ben Westlund, Harmony Griffin, Shawn Huestis, Brendan O’Connor and Josh Mullin, playing all sorts of traditional and rock n’ roll instruments and stomping the floors; all while singing their hearts out in service to the song.

Available on iTunes and Google Play and available for streaming on RDIO, Spotify and other outlets, the band released their debut EP “Yesterday’s Clothes” in 2015 and followed by releasing their full length album, “Not Far From the Tree” in April of 2016. Spurred on by local airplay of their single “Fire in the Field” on Buffalo’s Country, Classic Rock, and Alternative stations, UBR quickly sold the first 2500 copies of their record out of their converted school bus, playing every small town and honky-tonk they could find.

UBR won the Summer 2014 Battle of the Bands at the Canalside Concert Series in Buffalo before taking the 2015 Battle of Original Music (BOOM) competition, which landed them a slot at the sold out Kerfuffle on the Lake. In 2017 UBR piled in the bus and hit the festival circuit, including headlining the annual Sportsmen’s Americana Festival and the opening of the Great Blue Heron Music Festival. A finalist in the national Taste of Country Riser contest, UBR brought a huge crowd, filling the venue to capacity with chanting for the band that lasted long after the final notes of their raucous performance.  

Learn more about the band on their website

Bovine

If you're from Southeast Michigan (especially Chelsea) and you don't know who Bovine is, you might be living under a rock—or just not having enough fun!!!

Bovine brings together some of the region’s most seasoned players, each with deep roots in Michigan’s music scene. These are lifelong musicians and honky-tonk all-stars who’ve lit up stages across the state in bands like Whitey Morgan & The 78's, The Ben Daniels Band, Bull Halsey, The Pherotons, and more.

Front man Mark Neff (The Blue Rubies) leads the charge with his signature twang, rich vocals, and ever-present cowboy boots. Dave Osesterly (Bull Halsey) drives the rhythm section on drums and vocals, keeping the groove steady and the boots stomping. Ben Vermeylen (Bull Halsey & Whitey Morgan & The 78's) brings his pedigree from Whitey Morgan & The 78’s, delivering gritty, high-octane guitar leads. Wes Fritzmeier (The Pherotones, The Ben Daniels Band) adds texture and harmony on fiddle, and rounding out the sound is none other than pedal steel legend Michael Harrington.

Bovine

Mark Neff – Lead vocals & guitar

John Scott – Bass

Wes Fritzmeier – Fiddle & backing vocals

Ben Vermeylen – Lead guitar

Michael Harrington – Pedal steel guitar