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“The Willard House was the center of early American clockmaking and home to the multigenerational Willard family.” says Executive Director and Curator, Robert C. Cheney. “We celebrate the museum and those who lived there, gathered, and celebrated via music.  Grain Thief reinforces the enjoyment of wonderful music beautifully played.” 

About Grain Thief

Grain Thief is a 5-piece string band from Boston MA, featuring Patrick Mulroy (guitar, vocals), Zach Meyer (mandolin, vocals), Michael Harmon (bass, vocals), Tom Farrell (lead guitar), and Alex Barstow (fiddle).

Formed in 2015, the group released their debut EP Animal, which showcases their roots in folk, bluegrass, and old-time music. They spent their formative years playing shows and residencies around New England before heading back into the studio to record their first full-length release, Stardust Lodge, in 2018.

The band spent much of 2018 and 2019 touring the material in the Northeast, Southwest, and Southeastern US, with performances at music festivals like Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival and Ossipee Valley Music Festival and opening for artists like Tim O’Brien and Town Mountain.  

The record saw success on radio stations nationwide charting weeks in nationally-reporting music charts. In August 2020, the band released Gasoline, their latest full length. The new material, recorded mostly live-in-the-studio around a few microphones, shows the band returning to their true live sound as a roots string band.

Website: http://www.grainthief.com

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Instagram: @GrainThief