"Long reknowned for his work with local folk-rock outfit, THE DYSFUNCTIONELLS, mildly unhinged singer-songwriter Vernon Tonges takes a well-earned sabbatical from the self-congratulatory world of contemporary rock to hone a bolder and more intimate vision for today's smaller venues. Picking through the detritus of overlooked 20th Century musical forms, he has jerry-rigged a fresh new style, inspired by delta blues, jug bands, ragtime, string band music, post-war jump bands and obscure rockabilly. These brisk and breezy ditties often take abrupt and scary turns into alarming landscapes of casual depravity. An all-out undeclared covert war on precious navel-gazing self-indulgence."

For booking info, or to purchase recordings, please call Vernon at: 773-342-0238, or you can e-mail him.