DA' Godfatha's: Willie Dixon, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Son House, James Brown, R.L. Burnside, Band of Gypsies, Asie Payton, That Howlin' Son of a Wolf, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Taj Mahal, Led Zeppelin, Tom Waits, Lightning Hopkins, Junior Kimbrough, Doo Rag, Johnny Winter, The Monkees, Motown's Funk Brothers, The Stooges, The Who, Pearl Jam and The Great White hope Billy Kidd........................
Keepin us company: Kenny Brown, Th' Legendary Shack Shakers, Scott H. Biram, Bob Log III, Reverend Deadeye, Black Eyed Snakes, Black Diamond Heavies, T-Model Ford, The Black Keys, Possesed By Paul James, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, King Automatic
Sounds Like
"American Relay, Corn & Oil (Self-released). Nick Sullivan and Alex Hebert's two-man blues assault is thick as Quaker State and has the muscle of a '68 Pontiac GTO. This souped-up hot rod is screaming down the highway with some fuel-injected fuzzy Delta blues under the hood. Jump in and take a ride." — Jon Solomon - Westword, Denver, 2007~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"...a two-man tsunami of distorted Delta blues, '60s British R&B and lead-footed garage rock that's not afraid to bow down before Led Zeppelin." Jason Heller - Westword, Denver, 2006
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" Imagine a whiskey-fueled bar brawl between the late R.L. Burnside, Hank III and Deadboy & the Elephantmen's Dax Riggs and you'll see American Relay somewhere in there, throwing forceful punches but also holding up those who came before them with thankful admiration." - Ricardo Baca - Denver Post, 2007
'POOR BOY'-Deep Blues Festival 2008
'SON HOUSED'-Deep Blues Festival 2008
Welcome to the official American Relay myspace page. We are a two man band. We live in Colorado. We like old music. Hillcountry blues, pre-war blues, old timey folk and gospel, early rock and roll, garage, r&b, motown, soul and stuff like that. We also like some modern stuff too. So we started a band in in 2004 and decided we would make the kind of music we wanted to hear, to create a sound that incorporates the old with the new and that rocks too. We play hard, we like to sweat for you. We don't fit nicely into any genre, and we kind of like it that way. We hope you might too. Thanks for stopping by.
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"Corn and Oil" is American Relay's self produced full length LP released June 23rd of 2007 and will be for sale at all future shows and soon on the interweb. Engineered by Clark Hagan (Chet Atkins) and Brett Stuart (Backstreet Boys, Steven Seagal, SNAP) Corn and Oil displays the harmony of analog and digital gear coming into mix with American Relay's throw back sound.
American Relay is proud to have shared the stage with these amazing artists: Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Earl Greyhound, HILLSTOMP, Moreland and Arbuckle, The Pack AD, The Heartless Bastards, Possessed By Paul James, Arum Rae, Black Diamond Heavies, Gravelroad, Backdoor Slam, The Gore Gore Girls, Alvin Youngblood Heart, Rev. Peyton and his Big Damn Band, Deke Dickerson, Frank Black, Holly Golightly, and the soon to be famous in Japan REV. DEADEYE.
I was going in & out of the stages at the DBF3 but had to see the complete American Relay set..saddest moment at this years festival was that AR would be no more !!..two of the best guys around!! ..hope everything goes well for the future,..maybe a AR reunion next year !!hopefully see you again soon,Dave'n Sue
I've posted 7 albums from the DBF 09...check 'em out. Use/abuse any you like. If you don't like anything, let me know and I'll pull them. My camera battery died right before CeDell went onstage so I don't have any of the rest of Saturday night performances.
Nick, I really enjoyed chatting with you about music and shit the other day, and we were blown-away by your set. Such energy! Great job. When I get home I'll send you a couple of photos, or tag 'em. Sucks that my first American Relay show is also the last, but I'm sure you'll have some other kick-ass project going soon. Thomas
fuck. one less ally in the good fight. I will miss seeing you guys play, but I hope I don't have to miss seeing you guys. you are two of the coolest fellas I've met in this whole thing. thanks for all the great music guys. again, fuck.
Really sad news guys, I always thought you were the best band in denver. I wont see ya this wknd, I finally went to Nashville. Im proud to say I shared the stage with the Relay
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