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DH Lawrence & The Vaudeville Skiffle Show
'DH Lawrence & The Vaudeville Skiffle Show' are a Skiffle-Folk/Americana band from Bagthorpe in Nottinghamshire, UK. They draw their name from the author DH Lawrence who was influenced heavily by the landscape and industry of the area in which they live. The bands songs incorporate elements of Lawrence's work (Sons & Lovers). Their music is decribed as 'Alt-Folk/Americana' but skiffle music is implicit in their name, style and instrumentation (washboards, kazoos, assorted percussion).

Bandmembers
The band is comprised of Misk Hills Mountain Rambler III (guitar, banjolele, vocals Washboard), Minin Bill Kerry (guitar, vocals,banjitar), Reverend Daniel Wright (guitar, vocals,banjo) Stevie Leigh-Goodison (vocals, mandolin Washboard), and Wailin Nick Morland (fiddle,mandolin, backing vocals)

Background
The band were formed following a 'Arboreal Chainswaw Massacre'event in 2011. Core members, Misk Hills and Minin' Bill, were previously known under the moniker 'Paranoid Anxiety Troubadour Conspiracy' and released songs for download only (Quiet Songs For Hotel Rooms).

In 2012 Misk Hills and Wright played an impromptu gig in a cow shed at Ashover in Derbyshire and joined with Kerry to form the current incarnation. The debut EP 'Escape This Wicked Life' (2013) was critically acclaimed in the music press where their music was described as a "breath of fresh air in a crowded musical marketplace ...a subtle mix of traditional British Folk Music and Bluegrass, and emphasis on witty Americana-flavoured lyrics" No Depression

Discography
Quiet Songs for Hotel Rooms (2010) Self released. Escape This Wicked Life (2013)CD Baby Self released. Sons and Lovers (Single) Self released.