Our journey

With captivating stories and an award winning blend of folk, rock, blues, and Appalachian roots music, Graveyard Pete & The New Appalachian Sound is reshaping central Ohio's music culture one bar at a time.

The pieces of melody and poetry that came to Aaron DeYarmon while he worked the midnight shift on long hauls took shape when he began making music with fellow driver Michael Ulery on a back porch in Sunbury, Ohio. As they honed their sound at every coffee shop and bar that would take a chance on their unique Celtic blues, a growing network of collaborators added new flavors to the evolving songs--upright bass, percussion, banjo, mandolin, and, most importantly, the sweet soulful vocal harmonies of Carlie Quillin. With the addition of Will Christoffersen on electric lead and Lynde Wangler on violin, the band's sound took its final form on the stages of central Ohio as a high energy brand of folk-rock with deep roots in the Appalachian music that formed the core of the original duo. The band's studio releases have been nationally recognized by the International Singer-Songwriters Association, the World Songwriting Awards, and the Who's Hoo Country Music Awards.