Bertram, Miller & Mack is a jam band that’s just as likely to get lost in a musical interlude as they are to accidentally create the next big genre (which they’ll likely call “Funkadelic Jam-Rock with a Side of Cosmic Confusion”). Hailing from Asheville, NC—where the coffee is strong, the views are breathtaking, and the music scene is weirder than your uncle’s conspiracy theories—Bertram, Miller & Mack features members of the renowned funk-rock collective Supatight, and if you’re wondering whether that means they’re tight or not, the answer is yes. And also, no.
The band’s sound can best be described as “free-form, groove-based, occasionally over-caffeinated rock-funk-jazz-psych-noise”—and yes, that’s a technical term. Expect instrumental jams that start in one place and end somewhere entirely different (but it’s totally cool, no one really knows what happened, anyway). These three musical masterminds—Bertram (the guitarist), Miller (the drummer), and Mack (the bassist)—will take you on a journey where the only rule is there are no rules, except maybe “don’t break the drum kit…again.”
Live shows are a kaleidoscopic swirl of musical madness: guitar solos that could outlast a T-Rex’s extinction, bass lines deep enough to lose your car keys in, and a rhythm section that might just convince you to start dancing like no one’s watching… even if everyone is watching. They’ve been known to go off-script and off-road, sometimes incorporating ambient noises (like the sound of Bertram’s phone buzzing during a particularly heated jam), questionable banter (Miller once told the crowd he could play a song with his eyes closed… then proceeded to do so for an entire set), and unexpected “guest appearances” (don’t be surprised if a local chicken shows up on stage during the encore).