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Teamwork makes the dream work for the Charleston, South Carolina, twosome, who trade off multi-instrumental duties throughout their sets.

Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst have been making music as Shovels & Rope since 2008. The husband-and-wife duo from South Carolina specialize in rootsy, bluesy rock, Americana, and alt-country, but they don’t confine themselves to traditional two-piece arrangements. They switch off on vocal, guitar, percussion, and synth duty throughout their shows, orchestrating a full-band ruckus with all available limbs.

Their seventh full-length, Something Is Working Up Above My Head, released in September last year, and while touring in support of it, they stopped at Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl in late February. PG’s John Bohlinger caught up with Trent before the gig to see what tools he and Hearst use to maintain their musical juggling act.

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Fender Blues Junior - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/7aOq73

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Walrus Canvas Passive Re-Amp - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9LzDPe

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Mesa/Boogie Stowaway Compact Input Buffer - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/jey03n

Korg microKORG Synthesizer - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/kOME3M

Electro-Harmonix Bass9 Bass Machine Pedal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/e1EXMg

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0:00 - Molly Tuttle & D'Addario

0:15 - Shovels & Rope Playing Intro

0:43 - John Bohlinger Intro

0:54 - Gretsch G6636T Players Edition Falcon Double-Cut Bigsby

2:21 - Developing the Duo's Massive Live Sound

4:50 - Gibson J-45

6:27 - Loar & Recording King Guitars

7:04 - Shovels & Rope Pedalboard

10:52 - Rig Rundown & D'Addario

11:25 - Electro-Harmonix Nano Big Muff

12:46 - Thing 1 & Thing 2 microKORGs & Roland PK5 Controller

17:39 - Shovels & Rope's Amps: Fender Blues Junior & Fender Rumble

20:05 - Shovels & Rope's Strings, Tunings & Picks

23:22 - Recording 2024's Something Is Working Up Above My Head

26:40 - D'Addario

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