Members of the Flea Market Hustlers, from left, John Furbush, Jake Winebrenner, David Preston and Mike Tharpe

Combine the long hair of Willie Nelson, the beards of Duck Dynasty men and a performance like Metallica and you’ve got a sound that is like no other. The Flea Market Hustlers are not the typical bluegrass band. This group places itself in its own genre: “disco-billy, jam-grass.”

“The band is kind of like a flea-market find itself. Everyone brings a little bit of everything. It’s this hodgepodge of people with types of music they kind of grew up listening to. Then it all just happens to land into this string/bluegrass band,” explains Jake Winebrenner, who plays percussion and vocals.

They not only write their own music, but also perform an eclectic array of cover songs from Miley Cyrus to Grateful Dead, always looking for the shock value.

“The only thing we don’t cover are things we actually listen to,” says John Furbush, who plays mandolin and harmonica as well as contributing vocals.

The band appears to be on an upward trajectory. The Flea Market Hustlers recently went to historic Sun Studio in Memphis to play for the television show Sun Studio Sessions. The episode premiered on PBS on Feb. 24. The band decided to book the next day in that studio to record 14 songs, and their new album will be out soon.

Outside of this self-sustaining hobby of theirs, the bandmates hold down a variety of jobs. John is a recording engineer and Jake works at a welding shop. Other band members are Mike Tharpe, (banjo and vocals) who is an environmental engineer and David Preston (guitar, bass and vocals), a teacher.

Their main focus is their families. When they practice on Saturdays, it is like a big family gathering, they say. Often, all the wives and children come together with them and make a day of it. The family travels together to most of the shows and it is like their own circus act following them around.

“We enjoy it because everything we do just keeps getting better,” says John. “The Flea Market Hustlers did start off as just a small string band, but everyone who sees them enjoys what they hear and want more.”

The Flea Market Hustlers will appear at Jammin’ at Hippie Jack’s on May 22.

For more on the band, visit fleamarkethustlers.com.