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About Us
Formed from a mutual love of coffee, original music and puns, Poor Rover is a mostly acoustic trio from Huntsville, AL that sounds like if your hip Great-Aunt Betty listened to Phoebe Bridgers and the Avett Brothers instead of cable news. They love the 60’s and 70‘s acoustic, 90’s alternative, and modern folk/americana aesthetics and try to make their own unique blend with just a sprinkle of jazz and country. They love finding ways to combine their influences in refreshing ways to craft dynamic, interesting, and rootsy music that you can still tap your toes to and sing along with.Poor Rover decided from the beginning they wanted to focus on writing and performing original music with an emphasis on story telling, unique chord progressions, and upbeat songs. Drawing inspiration from Nickel Creek, and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Frank Garcia, aka Winslow Davis (mandolin, violin, vocals) and Zeb Worlund (acoustic guitar, vocals) started working on originals in 2021 and quickly found songs that they felt needed to be played and given life. Ryan Ayers (bass guitar, electric guitar) was soon added to fill out their raw, roots music sound. Their music must have resonated with people, because soon they were playing in local festivals and to 100’s of people around Huntsville.In 2023, Poor Rover was selected as a featured artist by the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library music platform, Blast. Blast was created to showcases artists in the Tennessee Valley and to support local music.Their latest singles are a brief collection of a few of their favorite original songs that are a fine example of what you can expect at a Poor Rover performance. They are recording their next releases in Spring 2024 which will focus on more intricate arrangements and making the sounds they imagine come to life.
