About
Triple Chicken Foot is a Los Angeles based Old Time stringband. Having played together for more than five years, The Foot has honed their chops and focused in on playing Old Time music rooted in tradition. Spending time with veteran players around Los Angeles and the country, they have soaked up knowledge and techniques handed down through the years. The Foot finds their voice through their repertoire of tunes and songs, be it gospel songs, archaic banjo tunes, or crooked fiddle tunes. Most recently they have become a powerful new dance band on the Square Dance & Contra scene by teaming up with caller Cory Marie Podielski, who has been learning square dance calling from Susan Michaels, as well as joining forces with fiddler, Joe Wack and banjo player, Steve Lewis as the Brownbaggers. They have also recently finished recording their second full length CD titled Tar Rivers, available here.
BOOKING INFO: kelly [at] triplechickenfoot.com
The three feet are:
Ben Guzmán (Guzmonster), fiddle/mandolin
Ben began playing Old-Time 2005 ago with the band Old Jitters. When fiddler Barb Hansen left L.A. for the NW, there was only one choice: LEARN THE FIDDLE. Since 2007 he has been addicted to the fiddle month after month, day to day, hour to hour. Working under Tom Sauber as an apprentice from 2008 – 2010, Ben has learned the magic of the bow and sucking up tunes Tom has learned from his years of playing with Earl Collins and countless others. Ben has won awards for his singing with fiddle as well as a capella.
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Mike Heinle (Musty Carl), banjo
Mike began playing music on upright bass. He was a member of the Mel-Bays as well as the Track and Field All-Stars. He’s also been a hired gun for Kern Richards and Shane Gooding. Mike came upon Old-Time while working with Jordan Ruyle (Mercury Dimes) in the Melbays. During the first year of the Foot, Mike joined up with the trio and began playing Bass. With the departure of Scott McDougal and the guitjo, Mike took up claw-hammer banjo and the current Foot was born. Mike is completely addicted to the recording of Wade Ward & Frank Proffett. Mike won 1st place on a fretless banjo at Goleta 2009.
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Kelly Marie Martin (K. Boogie), guitar
Kelly started playing old time music on the upright bass in Old Jitters. She’d been playing punk/indie/folk rock since the riot grrrl/grunge days of Olympia and into SF cohorting with David Jones in a long line of bands that has now evolved into visual art and performance. It took a night of jamming with Foghorn at Barb and Walters and a trip to Weiser to seal the old time deal. A self-taught guitar player, it was only natural that she put down the goldtop les paul and pick up the parlour for six string duties in Triple Chicken Foot. She hopes to one day play as good as Joe Wack, unwinding the mysteries of Five Miles from Town and the carter scratch which can be hard for a girl who likes to hustle the rhythmn along.
Remember: Old time is a Good time!
