Submitted photoThe Giving Tree Band, a rock ’n’ roll band from Illinois perfoms, with The Cerny Brothers, at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Volcanic Theatre Pub.

The Giving Tree Band is a rollicking Americana band from Illinois whose members all live together when they’re not on the road playing their meat-and-potatoes blend of classic rock, bluegrass, folk and blues for people.

They’ve got a bunch of albums to their name, and another — titled “Like A Freight Train” — coming out next week. It’ll be paired with a concert film, and will feature not only originals, but also covers of famous artists like Jackson Browne, The Who and the Grateful Dead. Perhaps you’ve heard of them, even if you haven’t heard of The Giving Tree Band.

The Dead is clearly a major influence on these guys, as are The Band and Neil Young and The Eagles. The Giving Tree Band not only sounds heavily influenced by those four acts, it looks the part, too. The featured photo on the group’s YouTube channel is all beards and hats and shades and scarves and whatnot. It looks like it was imported in directly from a 1969 photo shoot of The Band.

Anyway, that pretty much sums up The Giving Tree Band, and you can Google ’em if you want to hear more. But before we go, here’s a section of their official bio that’ll give you a peek inside the collective mind of these five fellows.

“With nothing to prove and only something sincere to share, The Giving Tree Band love what they do and approach their craft like a sacred art. This includes tuning all their instruments precisely sharp in order to access hidden yet wonderfully potent tones that trace back to an ancient mythology of healing and miracles,” it says. “Their musical strings vibrate in alignment with natural cycles of the Earth and Moon, and this frequency of love and message of harmony resonates the heart strings of many thousands of people from all walks of life.”

The Giving Tree Band, with The Cerny Brothers; 9 p.m. Wednesday, doors oen 8 p.m.; $8 plus fees in advance at www.bendticket.com, $10 at the door; Volcanic Theatre Pub, 70 SW Century Drive, Bend; www.volcanictheatrepub.com or 541-323-1881.

—Ben Salmon, for The Bulletin