Burdened with the sharp vinegar of truth, The Viper and His Famous Orchestra deliver a powerful blend of street-corner jazz, front-porch country, and meeting-hall agitprop.
Their DIY uke-and-suitcase sound frames The Viper’s well-crafted songs about love, theft, buildings, bus routes, life in the key of Bb, and the work of skiffle in an age of mechanical reproduction.
CONTACT
E-mail: yes.this.is.the.viper@gmail.com | Phone: Ryan Jerving @ 414.302.9228
MUSIC Link to our recorded output at our Get the Music page, stream our live EP “A Song for All Seasons” and view video of live performance our front page, and listen to this Feb. 11, 2014 profile/performance on WMSE (91.7 in Milwaukee) at this link or streaming below.
PHOTOS
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The Viper and Riley Broach with The Viper and His Famous Orchestra, Kneel to Neil (Young) benefit for The Bridge School and WMSE, Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photograph by Sue Peacock.
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Millennium Park, Chicago, Great Performers of Illinois Festival with The Viper and His Famous Orchestra
The Famous Orchestra performs an allegory of life under Das Kapital at The Hideout, Chicago, Illinois
Rob Henn and Edward Burch with The Viper & His Famous Orchestra, Kneel to Neil (Young) benefit for The Bridge School and WMSE, Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photograph by Sue Peacock.
The Viper and His Second String, Italian Workmen’s Club, Madison, Wisconsin. Playing for the Alliance of Graduate Employee Locals (AGEL).
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Jay Bennett mixes Everything for Everyone while The Viper and His Famous Orchestra look on.
Riley Broach and John Peacock with The Viper & His Famous Orchestra, Kneel to Neil (Young) benefit for The Bridge School and WMSE, Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photograph by Sue Peacock.
Peforming “What’s Opera Doc?” at The Great-Cover Up, The Highdive, Champaign, Illinois.
Front cover art for A Song for All Seasons, five-song EP by The Viper & His Famous Orchestra. Designed by Edward Burch.
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The Viper and His Famous Orchestra. Photo by Rachel Liebowitz.
Victor Cortez rocks the 88’s… er… 9’s. The Viper & His Famous Orchestra at the Hotel SnS, Chicago, Illinois.
Pensive Famous Orchstra trombonist, Rob Henn, prepares to play at the Great Performers of Illinois Festival in Millennium Park, Chicago.
The Viper and His Famous Orchestra root for folk, Folk and Roots Festival, The Iron Post, Urbana, Illinois.
The life of the party.
the kind of music your great-great-great-grandparents warned your great-great-grandparents about
The Viper & His Famous Orchestra 