Scratch Track

Besides the food, fun, and great giveaways, MCCS festivals also host a variety of bands and entertainment groups. The headlining band at this year’s Hansen Festival mixes all that variety into one talented music duo. Creating songs with beat boxing, vocals, and guitar, Scratch Track plays a mix of music ranging from funk to folk.

Band members Jason Hamlin and DJ Lee started performing together in 2000 after they met at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Singer, songwriter, and beat boxer Lee hails from Kansas City and was raised on acapella gospel music by Take 6. Hamlin, a singer and guitarist, grew up in Detroit playing Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, and Jeff Buckley. Their unique blend of styles forms a sound that Lee describes as, "A combination of rural end urban influences, of the street and the church, the north and the south."

As a duo they got their musical start after playing just one song at a college variety show. After the crowd’s positive reaction, they took to writing and creating more music. Scratch Track began touring college campuses and coffee houses and released their first album in 2003. To date, they have 4 albums including their latest, The Legend of Wild Bill. Scratch Track continues to tour college campuses and has also hit the stage with other musical acts including Los Lonely Boys, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Jurassic 5, Jars of Clay, Ruben Studdard, and Javier.

Check out Scratch Track's performance at the Hansen Festival on July 12 at 7:45 pm and July 13 at 7:30 pm.

For more information, call MCCS Entertainment at 645-5821.