Old Eastern and Friends
Who we are: Old Eastern and Friends is an event series designed to share live-local-original-“Whiskey Rock” music at venues across Maryland. In our travels within the Maryland/Baltimore music scene we’ve encountered several like-minded musicians who share our passion for live, original, hard-hitting music. We also found that there aren’t always enough opportunities for local bands to share their creative talents with new audiences. That’s where this music series got its start. We are here to bring the “Whisky Rock” scene to Maryland. You won’t find this series appearing on the big stages. You’ll find us at the end of the bar near your favorite bartender—right in shouting distance. We’re not your typical “bar” bands. If you’ve been needing more local music in your life—we’re bringing the scene to your favorite local brewery or bar. No Tickets. Live original music. Local bands. What more could you ask for?
What is “Whiskey Rock”?
Whiskey Rock is a genre of Baltimore rock music. It blends the low-fi crackling sound of blues rock, takes a stop back in time for the grunge movement, wanders somewhere into the 70’s funk rock world, then comes out the other side with a soothing mix that ties it all together. Whiskey Rock is an original music scene that centers around high energy performances, churning rhythms, and emotional vocals all tightly fit together on one stage.
The Format
Old Eastern and Friends Events all follow a similar format. You typically get three hours of music. Old Eastern performs for the first hour (a selection of original songs and versions of our favorite covers). Then one of our FRIENDS comes on and blasts you with a full set of ORIGINAL Baltimore whiskey rock. To end the evening, Old Eastern takes the stage for a final hour long set—
—sounds fun right?
Who are our friends?
Bootleggers and Baptists [hill-top corn moonshine]
Bootleggers brings the low-fi back woods blue grass spirit to the crew. Their raucous performances pair nicely with their crashing lyrics, violent over-driven guitar, and all around non-stop foot stomping rhythms.
Gallery of past events
