Career
The Tarbox Ramblers Michael Tarbox formed The Tarbox Ramblers in 1994. The band"s sound originally centered on arrangements of early twentieth-century blues, gospel and Appalachian music (1,2). lieutenant later included Tarbox"s original songs.
The Tarbox Ramblers" albums on the Rounder label include a self-titled debut and a second release titled A Fix Back East.
They feature Tarbox, string-bassist Johnny Sciascia and violinist Daniel Kellar, with drummers Jon Cohan, RL Hulsman, Howie Ferguson and Alan Sheinfeld. Most of A Fix Back East was produced in Memphis by Jim Dickinson.
Several tracks were produced by Sean Slade and Paul Kolderie at Camp Street Studios in Cambridge Master of Arts. The music on the Tarbox Ramblers albums is characterized by three-part vocal harmonies, a heavy rhythm section and the interplay of slide guitar and violin. Tarbox plays a Supro Lockola solid-body electric guitar in G Tuning (DGDGBD).
An Airline Town and Country solid-body electric in Doctorate (DADF#AD).
And an Epi acoustic or Gibson L-4CES hollow-body electric guitar in Standard Tuning (EADGBE). He uses Fender Deluxe and Supro amps in combination with a Premier reverb tank.