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Lickety Split, an American roots band from Central Oregon

Lickety Split

If the shoe fits, it's Lickety Split: A toe-tappin', jaw-flappin' American roots act founded by Papa Jo Lewis and Gut-string Gabrielle. Lickety Split has spent more than a decade performing on street corners, in saloons, and on stages across America. Their shared love of 1920s and '30s jug band music, vaudeville performance art, pre-war jazz, and old-time string bands comes together in a show that churns with hokum charm and ragtime bounce, weaving forgotten gems alongside original songs spun from the same spirit. 

Lickety Split brings the sounds of another era to a variety of venues, events, and celebrations, offering a spirited good time.

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Lickety Split

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Nine Lickety Split classics, recorded around one microphone, in one night and in one take, inside the 1907 Lazy Z Ranch Bunkhouse in Sisters, Oregon. Homespun music no slicing, no dicing, just a straight-to-the-SOURCE live documentation of SPIRIT.
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    SHINE 2:20
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    CHERRY PIE 3:16
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    HIGHWAY 109 2:44
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    MALHUER COUNTY BLUES 3:14
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    VIPER MAD 2:55
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    CATCH & RELEASE 2:52
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    ALABAMA BUM 3:45
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    HEY LORD! 3:47
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    OUT OF THIS TOWN 3:59
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Logistics

  • Flexible performance formats as a duo, trio, or larger ensemble, depending on the event.
  • Performance centers around a single condenser microphone, with additional microphones as needed depending on the formation.
  • Self-contained sound available, featuring vintage Keltone speakers for an authentic period sound and experience.

 

Want Lickety Split to join your event?

Follow link below or email licketysplit.booking@gmail.com