The Crow Quill Night Owls were formed in 2007 by musician / archivist   Kit "Stymee" Stovepipe, and tenor banjo/ vocalist Windy City Alex.

In 2011 multi instrumentalist Baylin Adaheer was added to the group as a washtub bassist.

   The group plays a mix of early blues, jazz, pop songs, ragtime, jug band, and hillbilly music from the 1920's and 30's. They also put their love of old silent films, comics, and bizarre cartoons of the past into the original artwork they create for their albums.

    The band has toured with the belly dance group "The Indigo" in their "Le Serpent Rouge" variety show, performed as part of Baby Gramp's band,  and also toured with and recorded two albums as the Garden of Joy Jug Band with Maria Muldaur.  

Both Garden of Joy albums featured Kit "Stymee " Stovepipe as the main guitarist, playing with folks like John Sebastian, David Grisman and Dan Hicks. The first of the two was nominated for a Grammy. as 2009's best traditional blues album.

The Crow Quill Night Owls have played from west coast to east coast, on street corners, at festivals, in rundown bars, house shows, big concert halls, and down in the subways.

They've been performing strange early American Music on makeshift and traditional instruments since as early as 2001.

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