The Devil Makes Three

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The Devil Makes Three, formed in Santa Cruz, California in 2002, blends ragtime, country, folk, and punk. Founded by childhood friends Pete Bernhard and Cooper McBean, the band’s unique sound combines Delta blues, prohibition-era jazz, and bluegrass with a punk edge. Their seven studio albums explore themes of struggle, freedom, and resilience, often addressing darker topics with humor and relatability. Known for their raw, minimalist approach, their live shows create a powerful communal experience. Despite lineup changes, including the addition of MorganEve Swain, The Devil Makes Three remains dedicated to authenticity and storytelling. Their 2025 release will continue this legacy, maintaining relevance by merging traditional influences with a modern twist.

Top tracks

06	Old Number Seven	The Devil Makes Three	The Devil Makes Three	03:20
01	The Plank	The Devil Makes Three	The Devil Makes Three	02:26
02	Graveyard	The Devil Makes Three	The Devil Makes Three	03:25
04	Ten Feet Tall	The Devil Makes Three	The Devil Makes Three	02:46
03	Paint My Face	The Devil Makes Three	Chains Are Broken	03:23
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
01	Stranger	The Devil Makes Three	I'm a Stranger Here (Deluxe)	03:28
	Writer: Pete Bernhard
01	Black Irish	The Devil Makes Three	A Little Bit Faster And A Little Bit Worse	03:47
	Composers: Pete Bernhard
02	Spirits	The Devil Makes Three	Spirits	03:39
	Writer: Pete Bernhard / Composers: Pete Bernhard
05	Bangor Mash	The Devil Makes Three	Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt	03:21
02	Do Wrong Right	The Devil Makes Three	Do Wrong Right	04:22
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
01	All Hail	The Devil Makes Three	Do Wrong Right	04:02
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
11	St James	The Devil Makes Three	A Little Bit Faster And A Little Bit Worse	03:39
	Composers: Traditional Arranged By the Devil Makes Three
08	I Am the Man Thomas	The Devil Makes Three	Redemption & Ruin	02:39
	Writer: Larry Sparks / Ralph Stanley / Composers: Larry Sparks / Ralph Stanley
04	Chase the Feeling	The Devil Makes Three	Redemption & Ruin	03:34
	Writer: Kris Kristofferson / Composers: Kris Kristofferson
11	I Love Doing Drugs	The Devil Makes Three	Spirits	03:10
	Writer: Cooper McBean / Composers: Cooper McBean
08	Black Irish	The Devil Makes Three	Longjohns, Boots and a Belt	03:34
09	The Bullet	The Devil Makes Three	The Devil Makes Three	02:51
04	Half As High	The Devil Makes Three	Spirits	02:35
	Writer: Pete Bernhard / Composers: Pete Bernhard
08	To the Hilt	The Devil Makes Three	The Devil Makes Three	02:47
01	Drunken Hearted Man	The Devil Makes Three	Redemption & Ruin	02:48
	Writer: Robert Johnson / Composers: Robert Johnson
07	Chained to the Couch	The Devil Makes Three	The Devil Makes Three	03:31
01	Wheels	The Devil Makes Three	Wheels	03:33
	Writer: Cooper McBean / Composers: Cooper McBean
08	Fallen Champions	The Devil Makes Three	Spirits	03:54
	Writer: Pete Bernhard / Composers: Pete Bernhard
07	Tow	The Devil Makes Three	Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt	04:24
01	Never Learn	The Devil Makes Three	Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt	04:58
03	Beneath the Piano	The Devil Makes Three	The Devil Makes Three	02:33
02	Champagne and Reefer	The Devil Makes Three	Redemption & Ruin	02:54
	Writer: Muddy Waters / Composers: Muddy Waters
12	Dynamite	The Devil Makes Three	The Devil Makes Three	03:45
06	Waiting Around to Die	The Devil Makes Three	Redemption & Ruin	03:34
	Writer: Townes Van Zandt / Composers: Townes Van Zandt
01	Lights On Me	The Devil Makes Three	Spirits	03:52
	Writer: Pete Bernhard / Composers: Pete Bernhard
03	Ghosts Are Weak	The Devil Makes Three	Spirits	03:08
	Writer: Pete Bernhard / Composers: Pete Bernhard
07	The Dark Gets The Best Of You	The Devil Makes Three	Spirits	04:34
	Writer: Pete Bernhard / Composers: Pete Bernhard
03	Gracefully Facedown	The Devil Makes Three	Do Wrong Right	04:12
	Writer: Cooper McBean / Composers: Cooper McBean
06	The Devil Wins	The Devil Makes Three	Spirits	03:58
	Writer: Pete Bernhard / Composers: Pete Bernhard
05	Hard Times	The Devil Makes Three	Spirits	03:18
	Writer: Cooper McBean / Composers: Cooper McBean
08	Help Yourself	The Devil Makes Three	Do Wrong Right	03:58
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
05	Old Number 7 (Live)	The Devil Makes Three	Stomp and Smash (Live at the Mystic Theatre)	03:45
06	Judgement Day	The Devil Makes Three	Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt	03:15
10	Divide And Conquer	The Devil Makes Three	Spirits	02:42
	Writer: Pete Bernhard / Composers: Pete Bernhard
08	Spinning Like a Top	The Devil Makes Three	I'm a Stranger Here (Deluxe)	02:46
	Writer: Pete Bernhard
05	Dead Body Moving	The Devil Makes Three	I'm a Stranger Here (Deluxe)	03:34
	Writer: Pete Bernhard
10	River Deep	The Devil Makes Three	Longjohns, Boots and a Belt	04:08
04	Can't Stop	The Devil Makes Three	Chains Are Broken	03:33
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
07	Poison Trees	The Devil Makes Three	Do Wrong Right	03:58
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
09	Native Son	The Devil Makes Three	Chains Are Broken	03:10
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
03	Man Tap	The Devil Makes Three	Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt	03:57
01	Chains Are Broken	The Devil Makes Three	Chains Are Broken	03:18
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
09	Come on up to the House	The Devil Makes Three	Redemption & Ruin	02:55
	Writer: Tom Waits / Composers: Tom Waits
09	The Gift	The Devil Makes Three	Spirits	03:27
	Writer: Pete Bernhard / Composers: Pete Bernhard
02	Worse or Better	The Devil Makes Three	I'm a Stranger Here (Deluxe)	02:58
	Writer: Pete Bernhard
10	Aces and Twos	The Devil Makes Three	Do Wrong Right	03:11
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
02	Pray for Rain	The Devil Makes Three	Chains Are Broken	03:46
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
09	Working Man's Blues	The Devil Makes Three	Do Wrong Right	03:45
	Writer: Boaz Vilozny / Composers: Boaz Vilozny
04	A Moment's Rest	The Devil Makes Three	I'm a Stranger Here (Deluxe)	03:59
	Writer: Pete Bernhard
11	Nobody's Dirty Business	The Devil Makes Three	The Devil Makes Three	03:16
05	I’m Gonna Get High	The Devil Makes Three	Redemption & Ruin	02:31
	Writer: Hudson Whittaker / Composers: Hudson Whittaker
05	Need to Lose	The Devil Makes Three	Chains Are Broken	02:50
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
11	Down in the Valley	The Devil Makes Three	Redemption & Ruin	03:09
	Writer: Public Domain / Composers: Public Domain
04	For Good Again	The Devil Makes Three	Do Wrong Right	04:33
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard - Sean Jones / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard - Sean Jones
14	Pray for Rain	The Devil Makes Three	Live at Red Rocks	03:40
	Writer: Pete Bernhard
06	Hallelu	The Devil Makes Three	I'm a Stranger Here (Deluxe)	02:35
	Writer: Pete Bernhard
05	Statesboro Blues	The Devil Makes Three	Do Wrong Right	03:24
	Writer: Cooper McBean / Composers: Cooper McBean
14	Oceans Cold	The Devil Makes Three	The Devil Makes Three	02:23
10	For My Family	The Devil Makes Three	The Devil Makes Three	03:23
03	Forty Days	The Devil Makes Three	I'm a Stranger Here (Deluxe)	03:37
	Writer: Pete Bernhard
13	Fun Has Just Begun	The Devil Makes Three	The Devil Makes Three	02:52
11	Cheap Reward	The Devil Makes Three	Do Wrong Right	03:11
	Writer: Elvis Costello / Composers: Elvis Costello
10	Goodbye Old Friend	The Devil Makes Three	I'm a Stranger Here (Deluxe)	04:20
	Writer: Pete Bernhard
02	North Carolina	The Devil Makes Three	Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt	02:40
06	Johnson Family	The Devil Makes Three	Do Wrong Right	04:48
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
01	Tango Till They're Sore	The Devil Makes Three	Ragged but Right	03:00
	Writer: Thomas Alan Waits / Composers: Thomas Alan Waits
05	Shades	The Devil Makes Three	The Devil Makes Three	03:52
12	The Angel of Death	The Devil Makes Three	Redemption & Ruin	03:36
	Writer: Hank Williams, Sr. / Composers: Hank Williams, Sr.
06	All Is Quiet	The Devil Makes Three	Chains Are Broken	05:04
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
13	Holding On	The Devil Makes Three	Spirits	03:37
	Writer: Pete Bernhard - Boaz Vilozny / Composers: Pete Bernhard - Boaz Vilozny
08	Deep Down	The Devil Makes Three	Chains Are Broken	02:40
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard - Chris Seefried - KYLE MATTHEW THOMAS / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard - Chris Seefried - KYLE MATTHEW THOMAS
05	Man Tap	The Devil Makes Three	A Little Bit Faster And A Little Bit Worse	03:35
	Composers: Pete Bernhard
09	Mr. Midnight	The Devil Makes Three	I'm a Stranger Here (Deluxe)	03:34
	Writer: Pete Bernhard
09	Long Boots Johnson	The Devil Makes Three	Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt	02:11
10	What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul)	The Devil Makes Three	Redemption & Ruin	04:23
	Writer: Charlie Monroe / Composers: Charlie Monroe
14	Fingers To The Bone (Bonus Track)	The Devil Makes Three	Spirits (Deluxe Edition)	03:18
	Writer: David Lamb / Composers: David Lamb
12	Poison Well	The Devil Makes Three	Spirits	03:44
	Writer: Pete Bernhard / Composers: Pete Bernhard
04	Sweeping	The Devil Makes Three	Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt	02:58
11	Help Yourself (Live)	The Devil Makes Three	Stomp and Smash (Live at the Mystic Theatre)	04:27
03	I Gotta Get Drunk	The Devil Makes Three	Redemption & Ruin	02:29
	Writer: Willie Nelson / Composers: Willie Nelson
03	Tow	The Devil Makes Three	A Little Bit Faster And A Little Bit Worse	04:07
	Composers: Pete Bernhard
12	Old Number Seven	The Devil Makes Three	Live at Red Rocks	03:22
	Writer: Pete Bernhard
10	Bangor Mash	The Devil Makes Three	A Little Bit Faster And A Little Bit Worse	03:32
	Composers: Pete Bernhard
11	Curtains Rise	The Devil Makes Three	Chains Are Broken	03:37
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
09	North Carolina	The Devil Makes Three	A Little Bit Faster And A Little Bit Worse	03:25
	Composers: Pete Bernhard
07	Bad Idea	The Devil Makes Three	Chains Are Broken	02:58
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
10	Castles	The Devil Makes Three	Chains Are Broken	03:17
	Writer: Pete Ciampi Bernhard / Composers: Pete Ciampi Bernhard
01	The Bullet	The Devil Makes Three	Live at Red Rocks	03:12
	Writer: Pete Bernhard
10	Black Irish (Live)	The Devil Makes Three	Stomp and Smash (Live at the Mystic Theatre)	03:41
08	Jug Band	The Devil Makes Three	A Little Bit Faster And A Little Bit Worse	03:31
	Composers: J. Sebastian, J. Butler, Z. Yanovsky, E. Jacobsen, J. Kweskin, S. Boone, G. Muldauer
03	Spinning Like a Top	The Devil Makes Three	Live at Red Rocks	02:49
	Writer: Pete Bernhard
06	Uncle Harvey's Plane	The Devil Makes Three	A Little Bit Faster And A Little Bit Worse	04:00
	Composers: Red Lane
04	Shades	The Devil Makes Three	A Little Bit Faster And A Little Bit Worse	04:35
	Composers: Pete Bernhard

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