I arrived at the Belly up two songs too late to the show. There was a big turnout for an opener. I got myself a Newcastle and focused my attention on the folk four-piece on stage. I first indulged myself in the front man’s harmonica sound which reminded me of early pleasant Bob Dylan before the song had finished. Johnny set down his acoustic and picked up the banjo. After he began his quick pace strum I recognized the song, “The Ballad of Scarlet Town.” The banjo’s tone is inspiration enough for someone to hitch a train for the Appalachians. The singer’s voice then began its squealing wail into the main verse, which is just as inspiring. The notes he hits are similar to those of the old folk song “Man of Constant Sorrow.” Not the boring Dylan version but the new George Clooney one with actual soul. The drummer leads the rest of the band into an all out inspiring folk jamboree. He keeps heavy steady pulse with his timing kept usually on his floor tom. Its deep tempo on it reminds me of my unhealthy and delayed heart beats. The bassist wasn’t playing as interesting of a riff on this one as their previous tune, but thick and solid. I didn’t know such groovy bass lines could be used for this kind of music but it fit like a cork in a jar of moonshine. They had begun their last song. Calmer and heavier then the previous one, the drummer pounded on. The keyboardist applied the eerie organ tone completing the song’s haunting mood. Johnny and the Moon had left the stage and myself wanting more Appalachian noise.