Meet The Artists: Scalehound

SCALEHOUND will be appearing Thursday, August 24th at 6PM at the Kenlake Hot August Blues Festival. They'll be appearing at the annual opening FREE concert on the lawn of the Kenlake State Park Lodge!

SCALEHOUND is the musical creation of brothers Jonathan and Robert Sirls.

Growing up in rural Western Kentucky with musician parents, the Sirls brothers were exposed to live musical performances at an early age. After a few years of honing their skills in their teens, writing original music became the focus. So the brothers packed up and headed to Nashville, TN to further the cause.

Since moving to Nashville many moons ago, the brothers have released six albums independently (w/Scalehound and also Big Jim Slade) and have performed hundreds of shows locally, regionally, and nationally. Some notable experiences include a 4 year residency at popular Nashville venue Mercy Lounge as backing band for the “Everybody’s A Rockstar” Show, multiple appearances at Bonnaroo, and direct support for national acts such as Blind Melon, King’s X, Drive-By Truckers, Blackberry Smoke, Raging Slab, Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise, Kevin Kinney, OkGo, Centromatic, etc.

In 2011, SCALEHOUND released their self-titled debut album, recorded at The Switchyard in Nashville, TN, with only an acoustic, a resonator, and a stomp board. The album contains 11 songs that run the gamut, from swampy opener “The End If We Want It” to heavy closer “Movin On”.

SCALEHOUND was also a featured artist in THE DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL (now PIVOT) series “Liner Notes” during the documentary "John Lee Hooker: That's My Story".

In addition to SCALEHOUND, the brothers are also members of Abandon Jalopy, the solo project from Brad Smith of Grammy Nominated/Multi-Platinum act Blind Melon.

SCALEHOUND is currently working on songs for a sophomore release, and recently added Chris Belt to the fold on drums for full band shows.