Dead End Strings live at Gotahold Brewing

Dead End Strings was originally formed as a two piece band with Matt Korte on Guitar and Jeff Barnett on the Doghouse Bass as a side project of another band Jeff has had for years called Barstool Revival (Still alive, Check us out).

 Meeting through music Matt and Jeff had hit it off with a common interest in musical style and orneriness. With Jeff and Kyle being friends and bandmates through other projects for years naturally Matt was introduced to Kyle and as partakers of Jam Culture and the Walnut Valley Festival and Jeff’s own OWL CREEK JAMBOREE they had all built a musical repertoire with each other. So Kyle Grigsby was naturally added to the mix. 

AND THE RESUUUULT.  A band rooted in brotherhood, jamming bluegrass(ish) music until the sun comes up, an unquenchable thirst to play music and a common background in metal and a hard knock life you get a REAL, Gritty, honky tonky, bluegrassy , Swingy, Punk, raw energy. 

We’re a working band as much as possible so catch us on the road or holer to book us! We’ll travel most anywhere.  We’ll be in the Studio this July so keep an eye out for the album drop in the Fall 2024.