From somewhere near the heart of Addison County come the Dirtminers. Frontman Raph Worrick specializes in character-driven songwriting that veers from dark nostaglia to outright rocking, in a range of styles that led Seven Days to praise his "quirky, riff-laden pop" and smother.net to remark on the "extraordinary conjuring of dead Southern gospel spirits that raised church roofs when they weren't drinking away their liver in the local dive bar." Backing him up are a crack team of musicians: Matt Rogalsky, Ron Rost, Michael Corn and Jeff LaBossiere. The band released its second cd American Typewriter in 2007 and are currently in preproduction for a third album.