You can catch them around Frederick, Maryland. JB Dunn is his name and his band is the Secondhand Ramblers. We are trying to plan a possible short tour back home based around a music friend of ours’ wedding in October of 2016. WHEN CAN WE ALL EXPECT TO SEE YOU PERFORM IN MARYLAND AGAIN? SO OUR MEMBERS AND STAFF CAN COME OUT AND HEAR YOU LIVE! All in all we just want to create what we want and to build a lasting name for ourselves. Management and booking agencies would be nice as well. We would like to continue to write and record more music, grow as writers and performers, make a decent living and to bump up to the next level of venues and festivals. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR PRETTY GRITTY? WHERE CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE YOU IN FIVE YEARS – WHAT’S THE GOAL? I also miss lighting bugs, the sound of crickets and thunderstorms. I know it rains out here but I haven’t heard any thunder in about a year and a half. I love that Oregon stays pretty green most of the year, but nothing like back home fall colors.
We both miss the fall colors of Maryland. I still have family there and miss them very much. AS MARYLANDERS WHO ARE NOW TRAVELING AND TOURING OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST FROM YOUR DAYS SPENT IN THE OLD LINE STATE? I will always call Maryland home and represent the Old Line State… which is in the working title of a new song for the future.
I’ve lived not only in Maryland but even the same neighborhood for 32 years. It’s a mix between leaving home and leaving a girl I had dated in that time frame. I’ve never looked at it like a love letter but that is exactly what it is! Thanks for that, I’m gonna use it at the next show. YOUR SONG, “MARYLAND” HAS A LOT OF PASSION AND EMOTION – WHAT’S THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG? WOULD YOU CALL IT A LOVE LETTER TO MARYLAND? I agree with her and would add Ray Lamontagne, Chris Stapleton and Shovels and Rope. Sarah says Alison Krauss is her favorite singer and her favorite writers are Honey Honey. WHAT OR WHO WOULD YOU SAY WERE YOUR BIGGEST MUSICAL INSPIRATIONS? Learned a bunch of covers and then eventually started to write originals. Then we started to record a demo for a promo to get into bars. We learned it and our eyes lit up the second we harmonized! The rest is history. We played a few songs for a mutual friend who was moving away (including John Cougar Mellencamp’s “Wild Nights”…which has a male and female vocal). She told me I should come and check it out. She said she didn’t really play bass anymore and that she had been singing and playing at an open mic in VA. He suggested contacting Sarah and seeing if she would lay some bass down. We had both sold our rock-n-roll gear for acoustic guitars. I started singing and recording with my friend and lead guitarist of Skindeep, Derron Blakely. Both of our bands had broken up around the same time and we hadn’t really kept in touch. We were called Skindeep and were a mix of Sevendust and Deftones.įast forward a few years later. I played rhythm guitar and some occasional background screams. Think Zeppelin, Heart, Tool and Sabbath mixed together. Sarah was playing bass in a hard rock band named DBauchery. Sarah and I first met in DC at a bar called the Grog and Tankard. WHAT’S YOUR STORY, HOW DID ‘PRETTY GRITTY’ GET STARTED?
Their song, “Maryland” caught the attention of our Executive Director, Nick Redding, and after learning about their love for the Old Line State we thought it would be completely appropriate to introduce our members and followers to this history-loving duo. Preservation Maryland had the opportunity to sit down for a Q&A with Blaine Heinonen and Sarah Wolff, the Montgomery County, Maryland natives behind the band, Pretty Gritty, a folksy duo act that self describes as, “Americana, Country, and lots of Soul.” Maryland Music: An Interview with the band Pretty Gritty
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