2/3 Goat, Rusty Truck

2/3 Goat (pronounced: Two-Thirds Goat) is not your average New York City based farm band. On November 20th they released their sophomore album Stream of Conscience -- which was recorded entirely on vintage equipment -- along with a music video for the title track, taking a stance against mountaintop removal coal mining.

Fronted by lead singer Annalyse McCoy, the band's fusion of folk, blues, rock, and country summons the likes of Cash & Carter with a contemporary spin, and echoes their diverse roots; McCoy hailing from the hills and hollers of Kentucky, and Ryan Dunn (vocals, guitar) born and bred on the beaches of South Jersey.

McCoy, a seasoned performer, first hit the stage at the age of eight and never looked back. After performing in her home state at festivals and venues like Renfro Valley and the Mountain Arts Center, she took runner-up at the Jimmy Dean True Value Hardware competition. While a student at Northern Kentucky University, McCoy recorded a solo album, Movin' On and was asked to sing the female lead on "Darlin'," a track from Sunshine in a Shot Glass by 500 Miles to Memphis.

Dunn got his start at 15, singing 50's and 60's music with the Barnegat Bay Breeze Singers on the boardwalks and other venues in southern New Jersey. While attending Elon University, Dunn performed with the vocal jazz group Elan, and started Twisted Measure, the very first a capella group at the school. After learning guitar in college, he moved to New York City where he met McCoy. "She inspired me to keep writing, and our styles and content fit so well together," he said.

The two began performing together at small clubs and open mics in NYC and slowly built 2/3 Goat from there, later taking on Ryan Guerra (fiddle), Jon Cavendish (bass), and Andy Wilmoth (drums).

In 2009, 2/3 Goat won the MR King Productions singer-songwriter competition in midtown Manhattan. Soon after, they recorded their debut album Up The Mountain, produced by Pat Shaw at Tainted Blue Studios, a penthouse studio in Times Square.

Earlier this year, Stream of Conscience was recorded in Nashville at Welcome to 1979 Studios with producer Chris Mara (Gin Blossoms, Rounder Records) on a restored MCI 2' 24 track tape then mixed in pro-tools, giving the album an "old meets new Nashville" feel. The album features a 1947 crooner's microphone in the track "Lay It on the Line," and "Band of Gold" features prominent Nashville musician Russ Pahl on pedal steel. The console used to record Stream of Conscience is museum-worthy: a fully restored 1978 MCI JH428 originally owned by Country Music Hall of Famer Porter Wagoner (aka "Mr. Grand Ole Opry").

2/3 Goat has toured the east coast and the southeast, frequently performing in Music City. They plan to tour extensively in support of Stream of Conscience.


RT returns for it's residency on first Thursdays, always with special guests.

Rusty Truck is fronted by Mark Seliger. He was born in Amarillo, TX and now resides in New York City. Before Seliger???s musical career began, however, he established himself as a world-renowned photographer. Today Seliger owns a studio in New York City???s West Village and is currently under contract with Cond?? Nast Publications, shooting for Vanity Fair and GQ. Previously, he was the Chief Photographer for Rolling Stone from 1992 to 2002. It was during that period Seliger also began writing his own music. Jakob Dylan heard Seliger???s material and was impressed enough to invite him to his studio to record and write. It???s been quite the journey since Seliger wrote Never Going Back??? with Dylan, but the hard-earned collection of songs that comprise Luck???s Changing Lanes speaks for itself. Even Seliger is a little in awe of the accomplishment. Originally available as a limited release under the title Broken Promises, this debut album has been expanded and thoroughly re-imagined as Luck???s Changing Lanes, giving Mark Seliger???s songs and unique American imagery the presentation they deserve. The follow up album, Kicker Town.