Oakland Wine Drinkers Union write drinking songs for the proletariat, rowdy tales of rambling, and drunken love songs. They have the swagger of punk with a hint of a country twang. They have a junk band looseness, and are brushed with the blues. Oakland Wine Drinkers Union have something for every fighter, lover, rambler, worker, and drinker.

Oakland Wine Drinkers Union

In June of 2009, Rust Belt Jessie traveled to the Bay Area to visit Emchy. One day, they were having afternoon whiskies at Heinold's in Jack London Square, swapping stories about some of the wild girls they'd known. Emchy began scribbling lyrics, and their first song, "Girls Are Insane," was born. The next day, they brought the lyrics to Boylamayka, had a wine-drunk jamboree at his apartment, and the trio became the Oakland Wine Drinkers Union (Local 88). Much has changed, since then - Rust Belt Jessie moved to Oakland, the band recorded some songs, played a couple shows (including one at the Starry Plough in Berkeley), and drank a lot of wine. And then, Jessie and Boylamayka moved back to the rust belt. But they don't let distance stop them from making music together.