The Shroom Pickers is a freshly sprouted patch of rootless dung-lovers specializing in off-kilter country-folk and bluegrass music for the bemushroomed yokel and cosmopolitan cowperson alike. Founded by guitarist/songwriter Miles Gannett of Baltimore's Fractal Cat, the quintet also features Fractal Cat's Sean Finn on fiddle and French horn, Ahren Buchheister on pedal steel and dobro, James “Doc Pine” Lenz on banjo, and Joe Martone on bass. The Pickers’ inspirations include Townes Van Zandt, the Seldom Scene, and the Incredible String Band, and their material ranges from Gannett's original songs to "shroomgrass" covers of the likes of Chuck Berry. Since their first tour in October 2017, the band has been making a name for themselves in Baltimore’s Charm City Bluegrass scene.
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“From the kickoff song "Be Careful What You Dream," a rocking slice of foot propellant, to the epic spaced-out "Streets Are Burning," the new album [The Tower] evokes both the old, like the Beatles and other British Invaders from the 1960s, and the new, like My Morning Jacket.”