Rural Delivery is the name of a bluegrass

Bluegrass music

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, Americana

Americana (music)

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 and hillbilly jazz

Jazz

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 band in Fairbanks, Alaska

Fairbanks, Alaska

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. Members include Ben Bragonier on mandolin

Mandolin

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, Suzanne Graves on guitar

Guitar

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, Tye Menser on banjo

Banjo

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, Jeff Siniscalchi on harmonica

Harmonica

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 and mandolin, and Ken Brown on bass. The band started in late 2004 and played its last gig in late April 2007. The band released its first and last CD

Compact Disc

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in late April 2007. During its short lifespan, Rural Delivery played at a number of public events, including the Anchorage Folk Fest, the Fairbanks Winter Folk Fest, the Fairbanks Summer Folk Fest, and the Anderson Bluegrass Festival.

Graves, Brown, Siniscalchi and Jim Vogt perform original songs as The Porch Dogs. Bragonier will join the Porch Dogs on mandolin, along with TJ O'Donnell on clawhammer banjo, for a House Concert at Whole Wheat Radio in Talkeetna, Alaska on May 24, 2008. Tye Menser now plays banjo and sings with the Oly Mountain Boys in Olympia, WA.