SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN

Sunburned Hand of the Man is a band in the loose sense of the word; it's better described as a banner under which a collective of musical freaks have gathered.
Based in Boston, Sunburned Hand of the Man grew out of trio which called itself Shit Spangled Banner and featured John Molony and Rob Thomas who would later become anchors of the Sunburned coterie.

The term "free folk" starts popping up in an attempt to describe this band and Sunburned is seen as a leader in this musical movement of sorts, a movement which had its antecedents in Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music as much as in avant jazz and noise groups.