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Pickled Okra Bluegrass Band from Seattle, WA

Will travel up to 100 miles

  • Avg 5.0 | 23 Reviews
  • 46 Verified Bookings
  • Member Since 2010
  • 2 Awards & Badges
  • Virtual Services Offered
  • Accepts Online Payment
  • Starting at $400 per event

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Meet PICKLED OKRA: old-fangled, new-fashioned music - If Pickled Okra's special brand of Americana music could be described, you might call it "old-school, porch-settin', singin' into a can-style bluegrass". If you ask them they'll tell you it's "ham and cheese grass". Either way this duo (and sometimes trio) is undeniably charming and entertaining - not to mention pretty darn talented. Yes they know their bluegrass licks and aren't afraid to show 'em off, but their music is full of ideas borrowed from old time fiddle tunes, jazzy delta blues, pop, rock, reggae and funk as well, for a sound that is timeless yet modern in it's own quirky way. It's kind of like stepping back in time, but with indoor plumbing. They have a special appeal, partly because they dole out "Pickled" versions of pop/rock tunes (by the likes of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Bob Marley, to name a few). It's also because of their playful antics, single mic choreography, dressing in early Appalachian finery, and being, as one fan put it, "like raw milk - no BHT". They've gained recognition in the Pacific Northwest and beyond for their performances, having appeared at such venues as The Northwest Folklife Festival, the Wild and Scenic Music Festival in Leavenworth, the George Wa. Bluegrass Festival, Ollala Bluegrass and Beyond, The Darrington Bluegrass festival (open mic), and Wintergrass. Always eager to play, they like to keep busy doing weddings, farm parties, corporate and city events, pubs, cafes, and farmer's markets. They love to perform, and no matter how small or big the venue, they always make folks feel like they're guests right there on the front porch of an old mountain cabin (with indoor plumbing). Please take a look and a listen, and we hope you'll acquire a taste for Pickled Okra! We love playing weddings and hate to say we have a favorite, because they're always really fun to be a part of - but yea our favorite wedding? Brandi Carlile and Catherine Shephard 2012 ---- here's what Brandi had to say about us ...... There's a really, really beautiful bluegrass band coming up in Washington state right now. They're called Pickled Okra and they're absolutely fantastic. They play bluegrass instruments beautifully; they hover around one microphone and have a sound that's virtually timeless. My favorite thing about their sound is they don't actually know how cool they are. There's something about that, the fact that they don't know that, that makes them really pure. Like, there are hipsters walking all over the streets of Portland right now trying to dress like these people, and they just wake up everyday and look like that. ... "Brandi Carlile" 9-2012

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Review by Jenn Matt D.

Wedding Reception•Reviewed on November 25, 2013•From Camano Island, WA

I cannot say enough good things about having Pickled Okra as our wedding band! They were very professional, learned a new song for our wedding (which they nailed by the way, acapella, even!), they were friendly, heartfelt and simply wonderful to have as part of our wedding! We cannot recommend them highly enough. Oh, on that note, they have a diverse range of songs they play from Led Zeppelin to Stand By Me - so don't worry about it being a bluegrass-only band for your wedding guests. And they can read the crowd perfectly. - Jennifer & Matt, Cama Beach State Park, November 2013

Review by Stephanie B.

Wedding Reception•Reviewed on April 16, 2014•From Snohomish, WA

We absolutely loved Pickeled Okra. They are such a group of professional and talented individuals. Our guests loved them as well, the music selection was varied and fun. Additionally they are incredibly flexible and easy going with day of wedding madness. Knowing I had a lot on my plate, Todd also kept in touch periodically to make my life easier. Not once did I have to track him down to figure out a plan. We will definitely be going to see them play elsewhere in the future and hopefully hire them again sometime!

Review by Jennifer F.

Birthday Party (Adult)•Reviewed on October 24, 2011•From Maple Valley, WA

You guys rocked the house with your personalities and music! Everyone is still talking about you guys and hope you will be back to play at the Red Dog again. Thank you for making the party a success! If anyone is looking for a band that will knock it out of the park hire Pickled Okra!!! Thanks again!!

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  • Acony Bell | Gillian Welch
  • Aint no grave | Olabelle Reed
  • Angel band | traditional
  • Another brick in the wall part 1 | Pink Floyd
  • Arkansas traveller | traditional
  • Attics of my life | Grateful Daed
  • Baba o' Riley | The Who
  • Bei mier bis du schein | Andrews Sisters
  • Big scioto | traditional
  • Bike | Sid Barrett
  • Billy in the low ground | traditional
  • Blackberry blossom | traditional
  • Blue night | Bill Monroe
  • Brown eye'd girl | Van Morrison
  • Caleb Meyer | Gillian Welch
  • Canon in D | Pachabel
  • Cherokee shuffle | traditional
  • Clinch mountain backstep | traditional
  • Close by | Bill Monroe
  • Cluck ol hen | traditional
  • Cripple creek | traditional
  • Cuckoo | traditional
  • Cuckoo's nest | traditional
  • Cumberland gap | traditional
  • Distant land to roam | Dry Branch Fire Squad
  • Drinkin dark whiskey | The Steeldrivers
  • Earth to grandma | The Ass Ponies
  • Fireball mail | Floyd Jenkins
  • Fist City | Loretta Lynne
  • Flowers in her hair | The Lumineers
  • Fly around my pretty little miss | traditional
  • Fly away mashup | trad/Lenny Kravitz
  • Folsom prison | Johhny Cash
  • Footprints in the snow | Bill Monroe
  • Friend of the devil | Grateful Dead
  • Give me your love | The Carter Family
  • Goin' to California | Led Zeppelin
  • Gonna live my life | Doyle Lawson
  • Hanging dog | Nancy Blake
  • High on the mountaintop | Olabelle Reed
  • Hob dye | Kenny Hall
  • Home on the island | Pickled Okra/traditional
  • I don't care if the sun don't shine | Elvis Presley
  • I made it | Pickled Okra
  • I only exist | The Stanley Brothers
  • I want you back | Jackson 5
  • I'm Blue | I'm lonesome
  • I'm the man who loves you | Jeff Tweedy
  • In spite of ourselves | John Prine
  • Jolene | Dolly Parton
  • keep your heart young | Brandi Carlisle
  • Keep your skillet good and greasy | traditional
  • Kentucky waltz | Bill Monroe
  • Lil maggie | traditional
  • Lil Sadie | traditional
  • Little birdie | Ralph Stanley
  • Live and let live | Bill Monroe
  • Long black veil | traditional
  • Love o love please come home | Bill Monroe
  • Maddie Hackett | Pickled Okra
  • Man of constant sorrow | Ralph Stanley
  • Marry me | Dolly Parton
  • Mary Jane | Pickled Okra
  • Molly and Tenbrooks | Bill Monroe
  • Montana coyote | Emmy Lou Harris
  • Mountain dew | Grandpa Jones
  • Muskrat | Doc Watson
  • No rest for the wicked | Pickled Okra
  • No woman no cry | Bob Marley
  • Oakie noodler | Flat Mountain Girls
  • Old home place | The Dillards
  • Peanut butter and jelly | Inside Out
  • Pretty bird | Hazel Dickens
  • Pretty fair maid in the garden | Tim O'Brien
  • Purdy daughter | The Bad Livers
  • Rabbit in a log | traditional
  • Rainbow dreams | Pickled Okra
  • Rocky Top | Osbourne Brothers
  • Roots music | Pickled Okra
  • Run like Hell | Pink Floyd
  • Same kinda crazy | Del McCourey
  • Stand by me | Ben E. King
  • Steam powered areoplane | John Hartford
  • Stringtime in the summer | Pickled Okra
  • Such great heights | Iron and Wine
  • Sunny side of the mountain | Jimmy Martin
  • Sweet thing | Stanley Brothers
  • Wagon wheel | Old Crow Medicine Show
  • Waitin' for a train | Pickled Okra
  • When George met Pennie | Pickled Okra
  • While roving on | traditional
  • Whiskey for breakfast | traditional
  • Wish you were here | Pink Floyd
  • Worn out shoes | Pickled Okra
  • You & me | Pickled Okra

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Past Events

August 9, 2020 • Concert
Sun • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM • Bainbridge Island, WA
August 3, 2019 • Community Event
Sat • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM • Manchester, WA
August 11, 2018 • Wedding
Sat • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM • Olalla, WA
May 5, 2018 • Kentucky Derby Party
Sat • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM • Redmond, WA
November 7, 2015 • Wedding
Sat • 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM • Snohomish, WA
September 26, 2015 • Wedding
Sat • 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM • Poulsbo, WA
September 19, 2015 • Wedding
Sat • 3:00 PM - 6:30 PM • Issaquah, WA
January 10, 2015 • Birthday Party (Adult)
Sat • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM • Snohomish, WA
October 4, 2014 • Wedding
Sat • 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM • Anacortes, WA
September 20, 2014 • Wedding
Sat • 3:00 PM - 10:00 PM • Union, WA
August 30, 2014 • Wedding Ceremony
Sat • 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM • Gold Bar, WA
August 23, 2014 • Wedding
Sat • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM • Lakebay, WA

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