Who is Ruby Dee and The Snake Handlers?
Well, we’re a 5-piece rockin’ Americana combo from Seattle, WA that plays country music like it’s meant to be played. No big hats, no pyrotechnics, no choreography. Just honest original tunes. Some call it alt-country, some honky-tonk, some traditional country… we certainly encompass all those styles and moods, from Bakersfield “hard country” to Memphis rockabilly, from Western Swing to Pacific Northwest insurgent country, from Southwest Tex-Mex to Northeast rock’n’roll — influenced by our heroes like Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Merle Travis, and The Blasters, just to name a few. The band came together in 2002 and the individual members have performed with Marc Olsen, Gerald Collier, Deadwood, DRAGSTRIP 77, The Ugly Americans, The Spitfires, The Ultramatics, The Scenic Wonders, and The Model Rockets, among others. The band is fronted by the lovely and talented Ruby Dee (singer/songwriter), accompanied on big flat-top acoustic guitar and harmony v
