Trampled by Turtles

Trampled by Turtles is an American bluegrass-influenced folk band from Duluth, Minnesota. They have released ten full albums, three of which reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard bluegrass chart. Their fifth release, Palomino, stayed in the chart's Top 10 for 52 straight weeks. Their most recent album, Alpenglow, was released on October 28, 2022.

• Dave Simonett – guitar, lead vocals, harmonica (2003–present)
• Tim Saxhaug – bass, backing vocals (2003–present)
• Dave Carroll – banjo, backing vocals (2003–present)
• Erik Berry – mandolin, backing vocals (2003–present)
• Ryan Young – fiddle, backing vocals (2007–present)
• Eamonn McLain – cello, backing vocals (2014–present)

• Trampled by Turtles, live 2014
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  Dave Simonett
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  Erik Berry
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  Dave Carroll
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  Tim Saxhaug
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  Ryan Young

Trampled by Turtles' frontman, Dave Simonett, formed the band in 2003 as a side project.^[2] When Simonett's musical equipment was stolen in 2003, he was left with only an acoustic guitar.^[3] Simonett was restricted to genres such as bluegrass and folk—acoustic genres that did not rely on amplification. Simonett was a newcomer to the acoustic music scene, so he recruited other newcomers to the newly-formed band: fiddler Ryan Young (previously a drummer in a speed metal act),^[2] bassist Tim Saxhaug, mandolinist Erik Berry, and Dave Carroll on the banjo. They quickly adopted a distinctive sound, "fast, frenetic, that owed as much to rock & roll as bluegrass^[2]".

The band's name, "Trampled by Turtles", was suggested as a joke. Simonett explains in an interview that "'We all brought our lists of names to rehearsal one time, and we agreed to decide on the name that we hated the least, and that one stuck'".^[4] From the beginning, they've refused to limit themselves to a specific label or genre: "'I don't really know what to say when I'm asked that. I hesitate to say bluegrass because I'm familiar with that kind of music. I feel that is a genre that has set boundaries that, and anytime you stray out of that, you're not really considered a bluegrass band no matter what instruments you're playing on. I would say it's Americana with string instruments, but whatever anyone wants to call it, that's fine'".^[4]

Trampled by Turtles lanzó tres álbumes entre 2004 y 2007: Songs from a Ghost Town (2004), Blue Sky and the Devil (2005) y Trouble (2007). Sin embargo, su cuarto álbum, Duluth , lanzado en 2008, les valió el reconocimiento dentro de la comunidad bluegrass, alcanzando el puesto número 8 en la lista Billboard bluegrass. Tras este éxito, Trampled by Turtles participó en varios festivales de música. ^{[ 2 ]}

La banda se ha presentado en muchos festivales nacionales, incluyendo Coachella , Bonnaroo , Stagecoach , Hardly Strictly Bluegrass , Bumbershoot y Pickathon en Happy Valley, Oregon . En 2011, se presentaron en el Telluride Bluegrass Festival , el Newport Folk Festival , Floydfest , Pilgrimage y ROMP: Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival. Tocaron en el Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival de San Francisco , ^{[ 8 ]} el Sasquatch Festival , Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza , el Austin City Limits Music Festival , el Firefly Festival , Rock the Garden , el All Good Music Festival y el Newport Folk Festival en 2012.

Trampled by Turtles hizo su debut en la televisión nacional el 24 de abril de 2012 en Late Show with David Letterman . ^{[ 9 ]} Regresaron al programa el 16 de julio de 2014 para tocar canciones de su álbum Wild Animals .

El sencillo de la banda, "Are You Behind The Shining Star?", apareció en la lista de las 25 mejores canciones de 2014 de The Troubadour's Road . ^{[ 10 ]} Su música ha aparecido en programas de televisión como Deadliest Catch y Squidbillies .

"Alone", una de sus canciones, apareció al final de la película de 2013, The Way Way Back . Otra canción, "Codeine", apareció en el videojuego de 2018, Far Cry 5. Su canción "Ghosts" apareció en la serie de Showtime " Ray Donovan " en enero de 2019.

La banda ha sido homenajeada con una estrella en el mural exterior del club nocturno First Avenue de Minneapolis , ^{[ 11 ]} en reconocimiento a los artistas que han actuado con entradas agotadas o que han demostrado una contribución importante a la cultura de este emblemático lugar. ^{[ 12 ]} Recibir una estrella "podría ser el honor público más prestigioso que un artista puede recibir en Minneapolis", según el periodista Steve Marsh. ^{[ 13 ]}

• Sitio web oficial
• Pisoteado por tortugas en X
• Descargas de conciertos en directo de Trampled by Turtles archivadas por Internet Archive
• Festival de las Luciérnagas
• Museo Internacional de Música Bluegrass