A London bluegrass outfit that doesn't mind describing its members as "urban hillbillies" sings about the joy of making your own moonshine in this week's Reaney's Pick video.

Black N' Bluegrass is heard playing a spirited original,My Own Damn Still. It was cowritten by banjo player Jordie Steinmann and mandolin player Jordan Patterson. Their bandmates Dawn Redskye, Don Espiritu and Mike Ge have all added their own touches to the arrangement. Steinmann, Patterson and Redskye can all be heard singing around one mic, in classic 'grass style. The song's subject, moonshine and its production, also is a bluegrass classic.

My Own Damn Still is likely to be heard when Black N' Bluegrass launches its new EP at Call the Office on Tuesday.

During last week's video shoot, the band joked about its own pro-still sentiments.

"I've been brewing my own beer for a while," Steinmann said, a little more seriously.

Such talk is in keeping with the Black N' Bluegrass mystique as purveyors of "rough around the edges bluegrass" and "urban hillbillies," to reference the band's Facebook page.

If the lineup -- or at least three-fifths of it -- looks familiar, it should. South Porcupineraised bassist Ge, guitarist and singer Redskye, who grew up in Forest, and Toronto-tied Steinmann also are members of the fine London alt-country band Blackwood Honeybees.

Former Catholic Centre secondary school student Espiritu and former H.B. Beal student Patterson, are in with the three 'Bees.

"I did a lot of busking," Patterson said of pre-Black N' Bluegrass experiences.

In the lineup are four multi-instrumentalists. Redskye (guitar, mandolin and vocals),

Steinmann (banjo, guitar, vocals) Patterson (violin, mandolin, harmonica and vocals) and Espiritu (guitar, banjo) can all switch as needed.

An admirer asked how band members divide time between the 'Bees and the bluegrass quintet. "It's pretty well split," said Steinman.

"It's not," said Ge, who was quick to add: "I was being facetious."

Seriously, the band is planning to work on a full-length album, now the EP is ready to go. Black N' Bluegrass expects to seek production allies for the album.

"For the EP, we did it ourselves," a band member said during the shoot, to general approval.

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IF YOU GO

What: London band Black N' Bluegrass launches EP

Also on the bill: Thames Valley Bluegrass Boys and Montreal's The Heroin Hayride.

When: Tuesday, doors open 8 p.m.

Where: Call the Office, 216 York St.

Details: $3, $5 with purchase of EP. 19-and-up. Visit facebook.com/Black.N. Bluegrass or facebook.com/calltheoffice