The Steel Woods with Matt Strachan and the Hoot Owls

With a pair of critically acclaimed releases under their belts in Straw in the Wind (2017) and Old News ­(2019), Nashville-based The Steel Woods have lived up to their name as a hybrid musical force both in the studio, but especially live.
The band’s two original members Wes Bayliss and Jason “Rowdy” Cope met in Nashville playing the same gig one night in some out-of-town dive, and immediately discovered an affinity for each other. With their bass player, the trio delivers an amalgam of hard-edged Southern rock, Americana roots country folk, organic, rock and bluegrass.
With roots in alternative rock and country music, Matt Strachan has been a part of music scenes around the country for the last 15 years. His current project, Matt Strachan and the Hoot Owls, brings him back to his hometown of Helena, where he has become well known for his high-energy country-rock performances.