Junco Shakers
50’s Quartet
Junco Shakers are a 4 piece band formed in September 2015. Taking influences from 50’s rock n roll, skiffle, reggae, blues, and jazz artists such as big Joe turner, leadbelly,
Lonnie Donegan and Louis Prima. Sam La’penn and Gaz playing acoustic guitars, Mitch Ratcliffe on Double bass and Ben Gunn beating the washboard topped off with gospel vocal harmonies are making Junco shakers create their own music dubbed “skifllebilly”. Throwing music back to its routes whilst crafting contemporary songs.