twenty-six year old pokey lafarge learned to play his parlor guitar, guitjo (a guitar tuned six string banjo) and kazoo nine years ago. since then pokey lafarge & the south city three (pokey lafarge: vocals, guitar, guitjo, harmonica, and kazoo; adam "boss hoss" hoskins: guitar, vocals; joey glynn: upright bass, vocals; ryan "churchmouse" koenig: washboard, harmonica, vocals) have been creating folksy boxcar riding, bluegrass that robert johnson would have gladly claimed as his own.

pokey's lyrics are more than words strung together that form sentences.  “writing is the same as thinking, for me,” pokey said.  in fact, much of pokey’s truly american music incorporates regional history.  “my songs are mostly about me; i guess you could say i’m self-involved.”

pokey wrote on his website that his "influence is deeply rooted in the heroes and misfits of yesterday; the long lost troubadours of country, the kings of swamp-drenched ragtime, and all the legendary bluesmen of the cotton kingdom. the result is a boiling pot of american cultures; a wonderfully fresh and quirky kind of pop music that combines delta-meets-appalachia song-writing with a big, big beat."

"old-time acoustic music is part of what defines this country," pokey says.  "you can feel the people of america in it, there's an identity to the music.  it's connected to something real."

pokey lafarge & the south city three's third l.p., riverboat soul will surface in early 2010.