DISTINGUISHED MUSICAL TASTE

We Got the Chops

Piggin' & Grinnin'

Well-steeped in the traditions of old-time music and animal husbandry tunes, the Nashville-based Ham String Band offers a level of cultural sophistication and musical taste seldom encountered in today’s modern era.

Featuring traditional Appalachian instrumentation and a stellar line-up of musicians, the Ham String Band specializes in providing live entertainment for barnyards, parking lots, hardware stores and other fine venues.

An evening with these porcine prodigies is sure to leave you bacon for more!

SWINE ARTISTS

Meat the Band

Ham Solo
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Jeff Taylor

Nashville studio music legend and Grand Ole Opry regular Jeff “Ham Solo” Taylor (The Time Jumpers, Riders in the Sky) leads the herd with the most spigtacular accordion playing this side of the galaxy.

Lil' Pig
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Buddy Greene

Harmonica icon, singer and songwriter Buddy “Lil’ Pig” Greene, co-author of the timeless Christmas classic, “Mary Did you Sow?” is sure to blow your house down with his stunning mouth-harp melodies and guitar pigin’.

Pig Mac
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Dennis Parker

Grammy-award winning singer and multi-instrumentalist Dennis “Pig Mac” Parker, long-standing band member of Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, roots the band along with the swinest old-time fiddling you’ve ever herd.

P-Chop
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Dr. Steve Barnes

Dr. Steve “P-chop” Barnes, renowned orthopigic surgeon and guitar luthier, brings home the bacon with his lean mandolin chops, udderly amazing solos and well-seasoned wit.

Piggles
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Kaiti Monroe

 The shoulder we all lean on, Kaiti “Piggles” Monroe, provides the soothing voice, gilted beauty, and steady hoghouse bass rhythm that keeps the whole herd together.

Einswine
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Dave Dillard

The scrambled brains behind the band, Dave “Einswine” Dillard provides plenty of blank stares and tail-curling old-time pickin’ on his hand-crafted banjos (Nashville Banjo Company).

BAND PIGTURES

Upcoming Shows

July 1, 2023:  Sutton General Store Ole Time Music Hour
Tennessee’s #1 Live Bluegrass Radio Show & Dinner, Saturday Nights at T. B. Sutton General Store in historic Granville, TN., Tennessee’s authentic “Mayberry” town.

January 4, 2024: The Station Inn
The Ham String Band hits the pig time in the New Year when they take to the stage at the world famous Station Inn in Nashville, Tennessee.  Come out and join  the fun Thursday evening, Jan 4th.  Doors open at 7pm.

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