Brothers Andy and Michael Futreal

Whenever we can get together — Andy lives in the UK and I live in the US — we record original music for stringed instruments. Once upon a time, back when we lived in NC, we called ourselves The Offramps, but we're just us these days.

Our music gets around the map: it's Primitive American. African-influenced. Avant American. Sometimes it's post-blues. It's acoustic. Sometimes it's electric. Mostly, it's improvisational.

Check out our CD, Bukka's Bad Trip to get some.

You can also download some older freebies, most notably our 2002 cd, Dirt Roads of Nations.

Some Improvisation Captured on Video...

Here's an improvisational tune that I called "Story from the Journey" after the fact: