Uncle Otter has been playing the bar traveling jam band circuit for almost 8 years. They began in a basement at 36 S. Queen St, Shippensburg, PA back in 1997 (the house is now condemned). A drunken patron of the party house blurted out, when asked what should we name ourselves, "Uncle Otter!" Assuming it was a relative to Emmett Otter, which is probably what he wanted to say. So the name stuck!

Uncle Otter teamed up with the bands Woodstew and the Vibe under Farmhouse Productions. They continued to play frat parties, festivals and all of the bar hot spots from Philadelphia all the way down through Maryland and Delaware. Uncle Otter made a name for themselves as a high energy three-piece. Their music prior to the millennium was your typical jam band genre with a three-piece attitude.

In December of '99 after a terrible experience at Doc Watson's in Philadelphia (the bar is now Condemned) The Otter split up. Uncle Otter continued to make music in the studio but was very bitter to the live scene. They continued to forge a new sound, taking the best elements of their live shows and turning them into something new. Smoldering up from the ashes of what used to be Uncle Otter appeared their version of funk fusion! Uncle Otter put out a studio album called Catawampus in 2000 and continued to thrive with their follow-up, The Return, in 2003. By 2004 it was time to take their new sound on the road.

Uncle Otter is now currently slowly trying to build back a fan base with their new sound. Come check it out.

Band Note:

Uncle Otter is dedicated to sharing our artistic creativity with others. We're not technicians, but simply three guys who have learned how to play music together, through each other. We are well-rooted in the feel! The first artist never had rules or anyone to copy from. The first artist just created. While we are far from the first artists, we're sharing with you all we have taken from one another; what we have learned, what we have felt. Some is borrowed, some is planned, but most of what we do is felt. When you hear something for the first time, that's what you react on -- feel.