The Pine Hill Haints

The Pine Hill Haints
File:PineHillHaints.jpg The Pine Hill Haints performing at Fred's in Loachapoka, Alabama. (Pictured from left: Kat Barrier, Ben Rhyne, Jamie Barrier, Matt Bakula)
Background information
Origin	Auburn, Alabama, United States
Genres	Folk
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Lelp, Sunburst, K
Associated acts	The Wednesdays, Rise Up Howlin' Werewolf, The Quadrajets, The Dirt Daubers
Website	https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=889441294439638
Members	Jamie Barrier Katie “Kat” Barrier Matt Bakula Ben Rhyne Sarah Nelson
Past members	Travis Hightower Roger Holcombe Rymodee Bradley Williams Jeremy Dale Henderson Matt Comer

The Pine Hill Haints https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=889441294439638 are an American traditional bluegrass/folk/honky tonk/country band from Alabama, though the band members themselves describe their unique southern roots music as “Alabama Ghost Music.”

The Haints are composed of Jamie Barrier on guitar and vocals, wife Katie “Kat” Barrier on mandolin, singing saw, and washboard, Matt Bakula on washtub bass and tenor banjo, Sarah Nelson on accordion and Ben Rhyne on snare drum.

Current line-up

• Jamie Barrier - vocals, guitars, fiddle
• Katie “Kat” Barrier – washboard, mandolin, saw
• Matt Bakula - washtub, tenor banjo
• Ben Rhyne – snare
• Joey Barrier - banjo
• Sarah Nelson - accordion

Former members

• Travis Hightower - washtub
• Roger Holcombe - snare
• Rymodee - saw
• Bradley Williams - washtub
• Jeremy Dale Henderson- snare
• Matt Comer- snare
• Mike Posey - accordion

Jon Lucious - accordion

Musical style

The Pine Hill Haints https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=889441294439638perform music they consider to be “dead” in the modern world, hence their self-proclaimed “Ghost Music.” Some examples of the genres they perform include (but are not limited to) gospel, rockabilly, rock and roll, celtic music, blues music, and bluegrass. While their catalog of songs comprises mainly original material, the band has also been known to cover traditional gospel (Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies, Where The Roses Never Fade), cowboy (I Ride An Old Paint, Back In The Saddle Again), and folk (Goodnight Irene, Oh! Suzanna/Camptown Races) songs.

In addition to their live instruments, the band also utilizes a number of traditional American folk music instruments (such as a fiddle, harmonica, tenor banjo, mandolin, saw, and accordion) on their recordings. Occasionally, members of the Haints will swap instruments or abandon his or her primary instrument altogether, instead performing on one of the aforementioned instruments for a song or two. The band has several former members, and depending on how many happen to be present at a performance, surprise guest performers may accompany the Haints onstage. Such impromptu reunion performances are not completely unexpected at their shows.

Discography

Year	Title	Label	Format	Other information
2000	God, the Devil and the Two by the Gate	Arkam Records	12" LP
2002	The Cold, Cold Hand	Arkam Records	CD	Split album with The Natchez Shakers (“The Devil’s Backbone”).
2002	Tales From The Front Porch	Arkam Records	12" LP	Split album with The Crypt Kickers and The Plain Clothes Creep String Trio.
2002	Alabama Ghost Country Music	Nation of Kids	7" EP
2003	Trains Have No Names	Arkam Records	CD
2003	Split	Arkam Records	7" EP	Split with David Dondero, 500 copies pressed on black vinyl.
2004	Those Who Wander	Arkam Records	CD
2004	You Bury Your Hate In A Shallow Grave	Lelp Recordings	CD
2005	The Pine Hill Haints Meet Clampitt, Gaddis & Buck	Lelp Recordings	CD	Split album with Clampitt Gaddis & Buck.
2005	Jack of Diamonds	Arkam Records	7" EP	500 copies pressed on black vinyl.
2007	Darktime Came to the Hills	Sunburst Records	7" EP	500 copies pressed on black vinyl with hand-screened covers
2007	Ghost Dance	K Records	12" LP / CD
2009	To Win or To Lose	K Records	12" LP / CD
2009	Riding the Long Southern Train Blues	Arkam Records	7" EP	Included with Spidder #14 zine.
2010	Black Casket	Razorcake / 45RPM Records	7" EP	110 copies pressed on translucent red vinyl, the rest on black vinyl.
2010	Split	Let's Pretend Records	7" EP	Split EP with the Trainwreck Riders. 110 copies pressed on clear vinyl, 440 copies pressed on black vinyl.
2011	The Evening Star	Arkam Records / 45RPM Records/Burger Records	12" LP / CD / Cassette	Compilation album featuring songs from various Haints 7" EPs and previously unreleased tracks. LP and CD released on Arkam Records, cassette jointly released by 45RPM Records and Burger Records. Cassette edition limited to 250 hand-numbered copies.
2011	Welcome to the Midnight Opry	K Records	12" LP / CD
2011	Split	Ya Dig? Records	10" EP / CD-R	Split EP with Serious Sam Barrett. Packaged together with CD-R of the Split.
2011	Tales of Crime	K Records	7" EP	Release #138 in K Records' International Pop Underground 7" series
2014	Rabbit in the Pea Patch	Arkam Records	7" EP	Hand-screened cover art available in three colors: red, green, and blue.
2014	Moon Pie	Arkam Records	CD	Contains songs from the Rabbit in the Pea Patch 7", and the Fadeaways split 7".
2014	Split	Snuffy Smiles / Arkam Records	7" EP	Split EP with The Fadeaways
2014	The Magik Sounds of the Pine Hill Haints	K Records	12" LP / CD / Cassette

See also

This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb

External links

• The Official Pine Hill Haints Myspace
• Razorcake Issue 32
• The Pine Hill Haints at AllMusic