Colton Crawford of The Dead South | Deering Live

Colton Crawford is the banjo player from Canadian roots music four-piece, the Dead South - A rock band without a drummer, a bluegrass band without a fiddler. Their sound, built on a taut configuration of cello, mandolin, banjo, and guitar, speeds like a train past polite definitions of acoustic music into the grittier, rowdier spaces of the bluegrass world.

Colton is a Deering Artist who plays both clawhammer and three-finger style, using a Vega Little Wonder and Saratoga Star as his main tools.

Colton can also be found regularly on Twitch, where he can be found covering metal songs on banjo. Who doesn't love that?

https://www.thedeadsouth.com/


13 comments


  • Stevie Wonder boy Clarke

    It’s so cool you guys have the crawdaddy on today I’ve seen them in Germany and all over London one of the most original bands to come out for 20 years. I’d love to see a tab book come out like Steve Martin did


  • Donna Tollis

    Favorite: Broken Cowboy
    Blessed to see Dead South in Denver in July for my 70 Birthday. Danced in the rain and loved. Received a Banjo for my birthday. So excited I found this site. Thank you!


  • Duncan Brady

    I tell my friends you are “emo bluegrass” then play them “you are my sunshine”😬🤣


  • Jeff Gillespie

    Thank you Colton and Deering for another beautiful Deering Live event. I enjoy these at every opportunity. Keep up the excellent work….
    Jeff Gillespie, Pittsburgh PA


  • Paul

    Dead South’s Recap with Colton on banjo is one of my favorites!


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