Water Tower

Water Tower began in Portland, Oregon, as the Water Tower Bucket Boys, a young string band that played on the street and in bars before relocating to Los Angeles and shortening its name. The move south pulled the group closer to the city's punk scene, and the band's sets now mix fiddle tunes and old-time standards with covers taken from punk records.

Multi-instrumentalist Kenny Feinstein, who plays fiddle and mandolin, has been a central figure in the band since the Portland years. The group keeps the standard bluegrass setup of acoustic strings and shared vocal harmonies, then plays it with the volume and attack of a punk show.