Pothole Skinny is a music group consisting of Stephen Connolly, Mark Dagley, Scott Freyer, and Frank Murphy. Based out of Jersey City, New Jersey. Pothole Skinny was formulated by Stephen with a purpose to forge a group with a focus on folk song, instrumental compositions, and improvisation. Prior to gathering the current line-up, the "Pothole Skinny" banner was used by Stephen for solo song work, private cassette releases, and CDr releases... eventually assisting in the birth of Stephen's label Perhaps Transparent Records.

After a recommendation from friend Pat Gubler (PG Six), Stephen met up with Pat’s Tower Recordings’ band mate Scott Freyer. Quickly after, friends Frank Murphy and Mark Townsend agreed on joining in to create and nurture Pothole Skinny. Mark Townsend left after a short time, but still appears as a guest on occasions. After the release of “Time Shapes the forest Lake”, local Abaton Books’ artist and Punk/Experimental Veteran Mark Dagley (The Girls) was coaxed into sliding his hand into the fold and has since become one of the key members.

Other musical projects and/or collaborations include: Tower Recordings, PG Six, Your Team Ring, Two Dollar Guitar, Emerald Tablets, Marianne Nowottny, Julia Vorontsova, and various improvisational collaborations.

Discography

• Secrets of The Palisades (Perhaps Transparent Records 2006)
• Our Vanishing Landscapes (Foxy Digitalis 2005)
• A Second Tribute to Jandek: Down in a Mirror compilation (Summersteps Records 2005)
• Goodbye Better CD Compilation (Goodbye Better Records 2004)
• The Ptolemaic Terrascope No.34 compilation CD (The Ptolemaic Terrascope Magazine 2004)
• Split 7" with Two Dollar Guitar (Full Frame Records 2004)
• Dream Magazine No.4 compilation CD (Dream Magazine 2004)
• Time Shapes the Forest Lake (Perhaps Transparent Records 2003)
• Quien Zine compilation (Quien Zine 2002)
• Lullaby for a Dear Generation EP (Perhaps Transparent Records 2002)

External links

• Pothole Skinny - band website
• Pothole Skinny - Myspace page
• Perhaps Transparent - label website
• Terrascope review of Secrets of the Palisades
• Tiny Mix Tapes Review of Time Shapes the Forest Lake
• PSYCHE VAN HET FOLK review of Time Shapes the Forest Lake
• Erasing clouds review of Time Shapes the Forest Lake