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There are several bands with the name Driftwood. 1) From the Binghamton, New York, music scene, a band with a rock n’ roll soul and a folk art mind. Carving out a name for themselves with electrifying live performances, they bring one of the most unique, raw sounds to the Americana/roots music scene. Incorporating upright bass, banjo, acoustic guitar, and violin, the ghost of traditional American folk music lives in their palette. But the melodies, the harmonies and the lyrics are something else entirely. They have released three albums to date: "Rally Day" (2009), "A Rock & Roll Heart" (2011),...

James Corbitt Morris — better known as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood; was a prolific United States folk songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs The Battle of New Orleans and Tennessee Stud. Driftwood was born in Mountain View, Arkansas on 20 June 1907. Driftwood's father was folk singer Neil Morris. Driftwood learned to play guitar at a young age on his grandfather's homemade instrument. Driftwood used the unique guitar throughout his career and noted that its neck was made from a fence rail, its sides from an old ox yoke, and the head and bottom from the headboard...

In early 2007, songwriter Eddie Keenan, David Colohan (Agitated Radio Pilot, United Bible Studies) and fiddle player Neil Fitzgibbon began collaborating on songs that would eventually make up 'A Gathering', The Driftwood Manor's debut album. The newly-formed band experimented with different sounds and ideas, recording the results in two local studios and taking each track in a different direction as the song dictated. With the addition of Bean Dolan on double bass, Bryan Quinn on trumpet, Mike O'Dowd on drums (and desk duties) plus additional vocals from Anne Marie Hynes among others, The Driftwood Manor's sound on 'A Gathering' encompasses...