Horseshoes & Hand Grenades at the Codfish Hollow Barn -- September 14.

Saturday, September 14, 8 p.m.

Codfish Hollow Barn, 5013 288th Avenue, Maquoketa IA

With their most recent album For Old Times Sake lauded by Bluegrass Unlimited as "delivered with an explosive spark and an unbridled joy," the Stephens Point, Wisconsin natives of Horseshoes & Hand Grenades headline a September 14 concert event at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, the bluegrass and roots musicians also praised by Americana-UK for delivering "a youthful energy, an engaging honesty, and a loose sense of fun."

As stated at their HHGMusic.com Web site: "After 10 years, five albums, innumerable sold-out shows, and countless libations, Americana mavericks Horseshoes & Hand Grenades appropriately consider themselves a 'family' on a wild, wonderful, and often whacky roller coaster. The bond between the quintet – Adam Greuel [guitar, vocals], David C. Lynch [harmonica, accordion, vocals], Collin Mettelka [fiddle, vocals], Russell Pedersen [banjo, vocals], and Samual Odin [bass, vocals] – fuels their creativity and chemistry on stage and in the studio. 'Sometimes, it feels like we’re modern-day cowboys on some kind of strange journey,' Adam affirms with a laugh. 'We’re five friends who set out to do something we enjoy doing, meet interesting people, see old friends, and make some new buddies along the way. Because of that sense of friendship, everything seems to happen organically.'

"That’s been the case since these five musicians first met in Stevens Point, Wisconsin at college, joined forces, and hit the road harder post-graduation in roughly 2013. They have ignited stages alongside everyone from Greensky Bluegrass, Yonder Mountain String Band, The Infamous Stringdusters, and Trampled By Turtles to Railroad Earth, Merle Haggard, and Marty Stuart in addition to appearances at festivals such as Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Delfest, High Sierra Music Festival, Blue Ox Music Festival, Northwest String Summit, John Hartford Memorial Festival, and many more. Their five albums (prior to For Old Times Sake) – Another Round (2012), This Old Town (2013), Middle Western (2015), The Ode (2018), and Miles in Blue (2020) – take the listener through a wide range of musical and emotional landscapes, something surely provoked by the five different members all sharing songwriting duties.

"The Horseshoes & Hand Grenades family grows stronger by the day. 'The best part of this has been building a community, Adam leaves off. 'In this day and age, it’s wise to look for things that bring people together rather than separate them. We’re creating an extended family to get through these times together. That’s the ‘Horseshoe Crew.’ Everything happens because of that bond between the band and the folks there fueling the fire.'”

Horseshoes & Hand Grenades headline their September 14 Maquoketa engagement with an additional set by Flash in a Pam, admission to the 8 p.m. concert is $35, and more information and tickets are available by visiting CodfishHollowBarnstormers.com.

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