Meet Our Newest Member -- Click here to see Sam!
...was born more than 25 years ago, when Joe Dobbs was walking through an arts and crafts fair in Huntington, W.Va., heard Dave Peyton and Charlie Bowen playing their music and said to himself:
"These boys could use some help!"
Since then, the band has had many configurations -- dozens of area musicians have counted themselves among its members at one time or another -- but always at the heart of The Flood have been Joe, Dave and Charlie. And now the guys have happily been joined by three more veteran musicians, including bassist Doug Chaffin of Ashland, Ky., tenor banjo player Chuck Romine and harmonica hombre Sam St. Clair, both of Huntington.
The 1937 Flood is nothing if not eclectic. On any given evening, The Flood is likely to play Irish and Appalachian fiddle tunes backed by crazy jugband music of the 1920s. Folk classics by Dylan, Lightfoot and Prine might be sandwiched between the band's own unique versions of standards like "Ain't Misbehavin'" "Stormy Weather" and "Sweet Georgia Brown," or maybe a blues by Mississippi John Hurt, or perhaps some three-part harmony on a West Virginia anthem by Hazel Dickens. Most of the time, even they don't know what they'll be playing next.
What we have here is a cyberspace outpost where you can keep tabs on The Flood, meet the players, learn the story of their peculiar name, find out where you can hear the band play in real time and keep abreast of the guys' ongoing CD project. You can even use this site to book the band and bring The Flood to your town!
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