As a drummerless acoustic trio consisting of two guitarists and a string bassist, the Devil Makes Three are not your normal alt-country band. While deeply rooted in the blues and country music, they enthusiastically incorporate elements of bluegrass, ragtime, and jug band traditions as well. The group also makes no bones about its punk rock influences, and despite the lack of a drummer, it always plays with the needs of dancers in mind.
Although the Devil Makes Three consist entirely of New Englanders (two members are from Vermont and one is from New Hampshire), the group formed in Santa Cruz, California and self-released its eponymous debut in 2002. Its sophomore effort, Longjohns, Boots and a Belt, was released in 2004, followed by a live album titled A Little Bit Faster and a Little Bit Worse. The Devil Makes Three then signed to Milan Records, which reissued their debut album. In 2009, the label released the group's third studio album, Do Wrong Right, which hit number one on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart. Recorded over a two-night stand at the Mystic Theater in Petaluma, California, the live Stomp and Smash appeared in 2011, also on Milan.
After a switch to New West Records, they released the impressive, Buddy Miller-produced I'm A Stranger Here in the fall of 2013. It marked the trio's first appearance on the Billboard 200. They followed it up with a covers album in 2016. Called Redemption & Ruin, the record featured guest spots by names such as Emmylou Harris, Duane Eddy, and Jerry Douglas.
On June 4, 2018, The Devil Makes Three announced their new studio album, Chains Are Broken, which was produced by Ted Hutt and released on August 24, 2018, via New West Records. Along with the album announcement, they released "Paint My Face" as a streaming single and released another album track, "Bad Idea", on July 13, 2018.
In 2019 Lucia Turino stepped back from performing live with The Devil Makes Three, and was replaced on the road by longtime collaborator MorganEve Swain. On October 31, 2024, the band announced their first album in seven years, Spirits, set for release on February 28, 2025, via New West Records. Along with the announcement, the band premiered the title track, “Spirits”, and revealed the album's thirteen-song track listing. On December 3rd, 2024, the album's second single "I Love Doing Drugs" was released. The album was recorded by the new trio of Pete Bernhard, Cooper McBean and MorganEve Swain (taking over from Lucia Turino on upright bass and vocals).
01 - [2002] The Devil Makes Three (2007 Re-Release)
01 - The Plank
02 - Graveyard
03 - Beneath The Piano
04 - Ten Feet Tall
05 - Shades
06 - Old Number Seven
07 - Chained To The Couch
08 - To The Hilt
09 - The Bullet
10 - For My Family
Bonus Songs
11 - Nobody's Dirty Business
12 - Dynamite
13 - Fun Has Just Begun
14 - Oceans Cold
Pete Bernhard: Guitar, Vocals / Lucia Turino: Double Bass, Backing Vocals / Cooper McBean: Guitar
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02 - [2004] Longjohns, Boots, And A Belt
01 - Never Learn
02 - North Carolina
03 - Man Tap
04 - Sweeping
05 - Bangor Mash
06 - Judgement Day
07 - Tow
08 - Black Irish
09 - Long Boots Johnson
10 - River Deep
Pete Bernhard: Banjo, Guitar, Vocals / Lucia Turino: Double Bass, Backing Vocals / Cooper McBean: Banjo, Guitar, Idiophone
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03 - [2006] A Little Bit Faster And A Little Bit Worse
01 - Black Irish
02 - Beneath The Piano
03 - Tow
04 - Shades
05 - Man Tap
06 - Uncle Harvey's Plane
07 - Robot
08 - Jug Band
09 - North Carolina
10 - Bangor Mash
11 - St. James
Recorded over two nights at Don Quixote's in Felton, CA.
Pete Bernhard: Banjo, Guitar, Vocals / Lucia Turino: Double Bass, Backing Vocals / Cooper McBean: Banjo, Guitar / Chojo Jaques: Fiddle
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04 - [2009] Do Wrong Right
01 - All Hail
02 - Do Wrong Right
03 - Gracefully Facedown
04 - For Good Again
05 - Statesboro Blues
06 - Johnson Family
07 - Poison Trees
08 - Help Yourself
09 - Working Man's Blues
10 - Aces And Twos
11 - Cheap Reward
12 - Car Wreck
Pete Bernhard: Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar, Tambourine, Vocals / Lucia Turino: Double Bass, Backing Vocals / Cooper McBean: Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals
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05 - [2011] Stomp And Smash: Live At The Mystic Theatre
01 - For Good Again
02 - Statesboro Blues
03 - This Life
04 - Tow
05 - Old Number 7
06 - Graveyard
07 - Never Learn
08 - They Call That Religion
09 - Do Wrong Right
10 - Black Irish
11 - Help Yourself
Recorded live at The Mystic Theatre In Petaluma, CA on May 6 & 7, 2011.
Pete Bernhard: Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar, Tenor Banjo, Vocals / Lucia Turino: Double Bass, Backing Vocals / Cooper McBean: Tenor Banjo, 5 String Banjo, Backing Vocals / Andy Lentz: Fiddle
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06 - [2013] I'm A Stranger Here (2015 Deluxe Edition)
01 - Stranger
02 - Worse Or Better
03 - Forty Days
04 - A Moment's Rest
05 - Dead Body Moving
06 - Hallelu
07 - Hand Back Down
08 - Spinning Like A Top
09 - Mr. Midnight
10 - Goodbye Old Friend
Bonus Songs
11 - Dragging Chains
12 - This Life
Pete Bernhard: Guitar, Vocals / Lucia Turino: Double Bass, Backing Vocals / Cooper McBean: Tenor Banjo, 5 String Banjo, Guitar, Backing Vocals / Marco Giovino: Drums / Buddy Miller: Guitar, Baritone Guitar / Casey Dreissen: Fiddle / Bill Huber: Trombone / Steve Herrman: Trumpet
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07 - [2016] Redemption & Ruin
Redemption & Ruin is a 12-song cover-record with two distinct, but intertwined personalities. The first half of the record focuses on the faults and vices that can drive creation within music while the second half focuses on the absolution of life, the soul and forgiveness. The Devil Makes Three exhibits their wide range of influences including nods to the Blues (Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters), Gospel (Down In The Valley), Country (Townes Van Zandt, Hank Williams Sr.), Bluegrass (Ralph Stanley), and the obscure (Tom Waits). With the energy of The Devil Makes Three’s live show so prevalent in all of their recordings, Redemption & Ruin pays homage to where that energy was created and shaped.
01 - Drunken Hearted Man
02 - Champagne And Reefer
03 - I Gotta Get Drunk
04 - Chase The Feeling
05 - I'm Gonna Get High
06 - Waiting Around To Die
07 - There'll Be A Jubilee
08 - I Am The Man Thomas
09 - Come On Up To The House
10 - What Would You Give (In Exchange For Your Soul)
11 - Down In The Valley
12 - Angel Of Death
See HERE for individual track info.
08 - [2018] Chains Are Broken
01 - Chains Are Broken
02 - Pray For Rain
03 - Paint My Face
04 - Can't Stop
05 - Need To Lose
06 - All Is Quiet
07 - Bad Idea
08 - Deep Down
09 - Native Son
10 - Castles
11 - Curtains Rise
Pete Bernhard: Guitar, Bass, Vocals / Lucia Turino: Electric Upright Bass, Backing Vocals / Cooper McBean: Baritone Guitar, Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals / Stefan Amidon: Drums, Mellotron, Backing Vocals, Piano, Percussion, Harmonium
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09 - [2019] Live At Red Rocks
01 - The Bullet
02 - Drunken Hearted Man
03 - Spinning Like A Top
04 - All Hail
05 - Chains Are Broken
06 - Chained To The Couch
07 - Hallelu
08 - Bad Idea
09 - What Would You Give
10 - There'll Be A Jubilee
11 - Paint My Face
12 - Old Number Seven
13 - Dragging Chains
14 - Pray For Rain
15 - Deep Down
16 - Stranger
17 - Aces And Twos
The Devil Makes Three Live at Red Rocks was recorded live on May 25, 2018.
Pete Bernhard: Guitar, Lead Vocals / Lucia Turino: Upright Bass, Backing Vocals / Cooper McBean: Baritone Guitar, Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals / Stefan Amidon: Drums, Mellotron, Backing Vocals, Piano, Percussion / Ted Hutt: Percussion
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10 - [2019] Wheels 7"
01 - Wheels
02 - I'm A Woman
Wheels:
Pete Bernhard: Guitar, Backing Vocals / Lucia Turino: Bass, Backing Vocals / Cooper McBean: Lead Vocals, Guitar / Stefan Amidon: Drums, Backing Vocals / Kellen Wenrich: Violin / Pete Frostic: Mandolin
I'm A Woman:
Pete Bernhard: Guitar, Backing Vocals / Lucia Turino: Lead Vocals, Bass / Cooper McBean: Guitar, Backing Vocals / Stefan Amidon: Drums, Backing Vocals / Kellen Wenrich: Violin / Kimberly Glick: Backing Vocals
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11 - [2025] Spirits
“That’s what we set out to do. We wanted to use these musical forms to talk about current issues,” explains Pete Bernhard. “We didn’t want to just sing about trains and mining and drinking. For myself, it didn’t seem relevant. Folk music should be about what’s happening now, just as it was when Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan did it. Our music is not just a re-enactment of something old and dusty.”
The song titles alone describe the band’s return to a stripped-down, drum-less sound and songs that reflect the ongoing struggle to survive amid the uncertainties of the current volatile climate: “Dark Gets the Best of You,” “Divide and Conquer,” “Ghost are Weak,” “Hard Times,” “I Love Doing Drugs,” “Poison Well” and “The Devil Wins.” The tracks were recorded at Dreamland, part of a converted church compound outside Woodstock in upstate New York which offered some haunted moments of its own, with plenty of spooky thunderstorms and lightning.
“There’s definitely a theme of ghosts and death running through this album,” acknowledged Bernhard, who lost his mother, brother and closest childhood friend while making the record. “It also has a good amount of political material, a reflection on how divided people are these days, just trying to find common ground. Not being able to perform our music live led to some deep reflections.”
The Devil Makes Three have a very loyal, dedicated and diverse fan base that wouldn't necessarily spend much time together. With Spirits the band hope to continue to bring together all sides to listen to the band's take on personal hardships as well as shared struggles.
01 - Lights On Me
02 - Spirits
03 - Ghosts Are Weak
04 - Half As High
05 - Hard Times
06 - The Devil Wins
07 - The Dark Gets The Best Of You
08 - Fallen Champions
09 - The Gift
10 - Divide And Conquer
11 - I Love Doing Drugs
12 - Poison Well
13 - Holding On
Pete Bernhard: Guitar, Lead Vocals / Cooper McBean: Baritone Guitar, Guitar, Banjo, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals track 11 / MorganEve Swain: Bass, Fiddle, Backing Vocals / Stefan Amidon: Drums, Percussion, Banjo, Piano, Backing Vocals / Ted Hutt: Tambourine, Percussion
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