Formed eight years ago on Winchester Street in the small mountain town of Castlewood, Virginia, the band started as a rag tag bunch of neighbourhood teenagers who just wanted to get together for the sake of playing together. Alongside lead singer/guitarist Isaac Gibson, there’s also his childhood friend, bassist Chase Chafin, alongside other Castlewood cronies — guitarist Bus Shelton, and Noah Patrick on pedal steel.

With their latest album, ‘Fortune Favors The Bold’, 49 Winchester is ready and roaring to break onto the national scene with its unique brand of tear-in-your-beer alt-country, sticky barroom floor rock-n-roll, and high-octane Appalachian folk.