About

The Saint Paul Mudsteppers play country blues inspired by the recorded works of the early 1900's in the Deep South, bands like the great Mississippi Sheiks, but the Mudsteppers do not try to be a carbon copy.  The band tries to present this old music in a new and energetic way.

Mississippi Sheiks

The Band-

Clawhammer Mike - Banjo















Mike has in hands in many musical pots including the Minnesota Fiddle Tunes Project.  He loves singing the songs of the Mississippi Sheiks, Bo Carter, Mississippi John Hurt.  He gives them an old-timey twist with his clawhammer banjo.


Matt Hafele - Resonator

Matt works in a horseradish factory and lives with his family in Wisconsin.  He is happiest when he is playing a Bo Carter lick note for note

Courtney Buck - Fiddle














Courtney is a grade school teacher in Minneapolis, so she can put up with the bands bad potty jokes.  She also plays fiddle in Broken Heartland String Band. 

Zach Benson- Upright Bass

Zach is a teacher and family man.  His other band, Bonnie Drunken Lad, plays Irish music.