In early 2005, a lone traveler from Kentucky named "Johnny Bluegrass" made his way west to California. When he got to Los Angeles he met a dude from Seattle Washington named "Dave Sombrero". Dave played guitar in many bands in Wahington. They got a little drunk one day and began jaming, Johnny on vocals. Right away the riffs and lyrics began to pour themselves out. Johnny now lived in "Mexitucky" (north of L.A), a song from their debut Album "Mexitucky Blues."
He and Dave would continue to jam and write songs all night at his Blue Trailor. In 2006 Johnny and Dave went looking for a group of musicians who would become the other Coonhounds on their first Album.
The first to join were "Marco Pollo"(drums) from New York, and "Michael Pueblo Jr"(bass) from New Mexico. The new rythem section was implace and one late hott night at a bar in southern California Johnny and Dave got introduced to MRAfia Records. MRAfia quickly saw the song potential and signed "Johnny Bluegrass & The Coonhounds" in October of 2007.
Johnny and Dave rounded up a few more musician friends who would be the "Guest Hounds" on their new Album and recorded at MRAfia Records Studios from November 2007 to January 2008. "Mexitucky Blues" was released on MRAfia Records on May 24th 2008 and the band played a fully packed show that night at Howie's Pub in Castaic California for the album release party! Every Thursday night for the next 9 months, Johnny Bluegrass & The Coonhounds folked up Howie's Pub in every which way. They played from 9:00pm to 1:30am(Last Call), often leaving drunken truck drivers and dancing girls upset they where done playing! Unlike the groups album which was produced, a LIVE Johnny Bluegrass & The Coonhounds show consisted only of Johnny on vocals, Dave on acoutic guitar/backing vocals and Sea Bass O'Leary on the box kit.The box kit was made up of a djimbae(implace of a snare drum), a cymbal, and a cardboard box from a case of beer for a kick drum! Because of the unique sound of the bands live set up and especially the drum kit, many crazed fans refered to the group as "The Box Band!"
Eventually O'Leary upgraded with a tom for a kick drum and a real snare drum. The Band made a video for the single "Pancakes & Beer" which can be watched at mrafiarecords.com or at their myspace page.

"Johnny Bluegrass & The Coonhounds" released a Christmas E.P called "Mexitucky X-Mas!" Recored at MRAfia Records studios, this awesome set of 7 original Christmas songs will take you on a fun, scary, drunken, merry and honest journey to folk land and back! It's only the beginning of "Johnny Bluegrass & The Coonhounds!" Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.