
DR. BACON is a 6 Piece touring Appalachian Funk, Grass and Rock & Roll band. Blending incredibly diverse instrumentation with broad, deep musical influences, allows the band to perform a plethora of widely accessible, danceable music.
The Dr. Bacon Live Experience is truly a spectacle to behold, bringing the audience on a musical journey that lulls and spikes in energy, caressing ears with lush beauty and whipping crowds into a tribal romp, shaking booties and shedding inhibitions. This manic versatility ensures that no matter what genre of music you identify with most, you will hear something that resonates. Dr. Bacon started playing together in 2012 on King Street in Boone as a 3 piece busking with acoustic bluegrass, folk, and 90s pop/rock/hip-hop influenced music. Several lineup changes over the years and a move to Asheville have refined and redirected the bands sound, incorporating funk, rock, soul, psychedelic and world music to Appalachian influences. The blending of several elements of these genres (often within the same song) along with unique instrumentation is the real Bacon flavor.
“These gents based in Asheville are here to twist your head up and smoke it with the bacon. Great players, great compositions, and a unique mix of sounds that works regardless of the genre they’re tapped into at the moment, Dr. Bacon have worked out a great formula for delivering their madness to the masses.” - Scott Hopkins
“I’ve been a fan of them since I first saw them in the Dance Tent at Shakori 4 years ago. They are a Shakori staple because every time they are on stage it is a party, guaranteed. If you haven’t seen them yet, you’re doing it wrong. I think St. Patrick’s Day may have solidified Dr. Bacon as my favorite NC band. They have a genre-defying sound, and I love that about them. One minute you will be doing a bouncy mountain jig, and the next minute you find yourself deep in a funk groove. The band consists of 7 guys, and I saw them playing at least 11 instruments throughout the night. On top of everything Bacon has to offer, they even brought their own light show with them. Great things happen when you pack that much sound and soul into the Pour House. If you’re wishin’ you hadn’t missed out or just want to keep the party going, both bands are going to be playing at Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival this spring, as well as Dr. Bacon’s very own Music festival, The Smokedown, taking place for the first time this September.”
“As the dance floor fills up, local genre-benders Dr. Bacon take the stage. Intense and unreserved, their music brings an edginess that offers the perfect complement and contrast to the love-struck hippies. Their sound is raw, vaguely reminiscent of swamps and gators and snakes. The patrons willingly give in to the journey they are being taken on. After what must be nearly 90 minutes of music from what you dare not call an opening act, Dr. Bacon brings their set to a frenzied ending, sending the crowd out into the cold evening air to scramble for cigarettes and anything else they may want to burn.” - Caleb Calhoun
“When I heard rumblings of Dr. Bacon last year it was a fairly continuous string of applause, ‘they're nuts’ they said… it was a non-stop flow of positive reviews that led me to delving deeper into this band once this Spring's lineup was released. Surely enough I was transfixed, Dr. Bacon sheds the expectations you'd have from a Boone-based band and serves up an amalgamation of funk, soul and bluegrass to make for a raucous live show.”
— The Bottom String
NOTABLE SHOWS
Red Hat Amphitheater, Raleigh (opening for Devil Makes 3 and Trampled by Turtles)
Last band Standing competition at the Lincoln Theatre 2016 (Won)
Castle McCulloch (With Unknown Hinson)
Warren Haynes Christmas Jam
Isis Music Hall, Asheville NC
Asheville Music Hall
Front Porch Fest, Stuart VA
Terra Fermata, Stuart Fl
Blue Canoe, Tupelo MS
Barrelhouse South, Savannah GA
New Mountain, Asheville NC
Calico Room, Wilmington NC
The Whisky, Wilmington NC
Grey Eagle, Asheville NC
Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill NC
Pour House, Raleigh NC
Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh NC
Motorco, Durham NC
Bourbon Beer and BBQ festival at Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary
Lafayette's, Memphis TN
Hometeam New Years Rally, FL
Camp Barefoot Music Festival, WV
Shakori Hills Music Festival, NC
Big What Festival, NC
Mantrabash, NC
Blind Tiger Greensboro NC
Greenwater Music Festival, VA
Blue Bear Mtn Festival, NC
Hidden in the Hollow Festival, NC
Double Door Inn, Charlotte NC
Southland Ballroom, Raleigh NC
Soulshine Festival, NC
Chop Shop, Charlotte (Grateful Dead Christmas Jam 2014)
Boone Saloon, Legends, Murphys, The Local, and Lost Province - Boone NC
NOTABLE MUSIC COLLABORATIONS
(SPLIT BILLS & SIT-INS)
Yarn
Devil Makes Three
Trampled By Turtles
The Mantras
Yo Mamas Big Fat Booty Band
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
Rebekah Todd and the Odyssey
Bryan Elijah Smith
The Madd Hatters
Electric Soul Pandemic
Unknown Hinson
Marvelous Funkshun
Psylo Joe
Big Something
Jonas Sees in Color
Funk Sandwich
The Jauntee
Empire Strikes Brass
Comeback Alice
The Hornitz
Megan Jean and the KFB
Acoustic Syndicate
Freeway Revival
Afterfunk
Arson Daily
The Mac and Juice Quartet
The Travers Brothership
The Southern Belles
The Screaming J’s
Groove Fetish