From Chapel Hill’s The Cave: Ellis Dyson & The Shambles

North Carolina native Ellis Dyson (of the band Ellis Dyson & The Shambles) joined Six Count just before a performance at The Cave in Chapel Hill. 

The show was the first gig on The Shambles’s short tour along the East Coast this October. The band is known for combining “old-time influences ranging from early New Orleans Jazz to Piedmont Murder Ballads.”

Now based in New Orleans, Ellis shares about the group’s origin story from 2015 as a banjo and saxophone duo in “The Southern Slice of Heaven,” the role of storytelling and theatrics in his music, and what’s next for the Shambles. 

Musicians: 

• Ellis Dyson (banjo, vocals)
• Hunter Burgamy (guitar)
• Norbert Farkas (upright bass)
• Danny Abrams (saxophones, clarinet)
• Zach Lange (trumpet)

Stream music by Ellis Dyson and The Shambles: 

• Spotify
• Apple Music
• Tidal
• YouTube

You can also follow them on Instagram and Facebook. 

Music credits

This season features the songs “Forged in Rhythm” and “Callous & Kind” by Keenan McKenzie & The Riffers (2017), used by Six Count with permission from the artist.

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