Broadside Electric

Broadside Electric is a folk rock band in the Philadelphia area. Their influences include Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, and Child ballads. They describe their music as "folk music with teeth" and they say, ""This is the only record you'll hear that has a Croatian dance, an English music hall song and a Bob Dylan cover." You can listen to some of their songs on their myspace profile.

One reason I took an interest in them is because some of them went to Haverford College, as did I. They are younger than I am, but I do remember one of them, Tom Rhoads from college. I didn't know him well, but we knew some of the same people, and he seemed like a cool guy. Too bad I didn't get to know him better. But back then, I didn't even know I was going to turn out to be a folkie.