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Black Diamond Heavies
Punk / Rock / Soul

"By All Means"

The Southern,
United States

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   Black Diamond Heavies: General Info
Member Since1/30/2005
Band Websiteblackdiamondheavies.com
Band MembersReverent James Leg & Van Campbell
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InfluencesJohn Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, MC5, Robert Johnson, Otis Spann, Shellac, Larry Brown, R.L. Burnside, Muddy Waters, Junior Kimbrough, The Rolling Stones, Charles Bukowski, The Stooges, Harry Crews, piece of shit cars, The Criminal Justice System, crazyass women, and southern religious hypocrisy.
Sounds LikeThunder and Lightning
Record LabelAlive
Type of LabelIndie





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Jul 15 2008 8:00P
The Outland Springfield, Missouri
Jul 16 2008 8:00P
O’Leavers Omaha, Nebraska
Jul 17 2008 8:00P
Rox Tavern St Cloud, Wisconsin
Jul 18 2008 8:00P
Big V’s with the Pack A.D. and Luther the Devil St Paul, Minnesota
Jul 19 2008 8:00P
Deep Blues Festival Lake Elmo, Minnesota
Jul 21 2008 8:00P
Mid City Fort Wayne, Indiana
Jul 22 2008 8:00P
Smiling Moose Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jul 23 2008 8:00P
Bug Jar Rochester, New York
Jul 24 2008 8:00P
Cafe Nine New Haven, Connecticut
Jul 25 2008 8:00P
Asbury Lanes Asbury Park, New Jersey
Jul 26 2008 8:00P
The All Call Trenton, New Jersey
Jul 27 2008 8:00P
Hamilton Lanes 4:00 PM ALL AGES Hamilton, New Jersey
Jul 28 2008 8:00P
Knitting Factory New York, New York
Jul 29 2008 8:00P
the Red and Black Washington, Washington DC
Jul 30 2008 8:00P
The Tap House Norfolk, Virginia
Aug 1 2008 12:00P
Live Lunch @ WFPK RADIO LOUISVILLE Louisville, Kentucky
Aug 1 2008 8:00P
Glassworks louisville, Kentucky

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   About Black Diamond Heavies
The Black Diamond Heavies hail from the southern States of America but spend most of their time in a blue Van or a white van unleashing their punk-ass bues all over the world "This Tennessee-Hailing Duo have produced a debut of filthy Southern blues that makes the Black Keys seem like choirboys" --NME . . . "the Heavies like to keep things as raw and ground-up as dirt - drums with a trashcan rattle that sound huge and far away (like they were recorded in a wide-open space down the street) and overdriven Fender Rhodes. That’s all there is to it, but then again, there’s so much more." --Phoenix New Times . . . "Gospel-blues-punk preacher-isers John Wesley Myers and Van Campbell baptise you in beatific raptures of Hammond, Rhodes and Drums, literally stripping the sound down to its scantily-clad soul. Almost too perfectly Myers is the literal son of a (Baptist) preacher man, whereas Campbell descends from a Bourbon-distilling family. As it is, you can absolutely bloody tell too, such is the whiskey-swilling testifying herein. Voodoo shuffles its sinicious way through..." "... swigging, swaggering and setting the VU meters swinging right through the red like a shamans trance-eyes for the entire ceremony till the closing corpse-raising broadsides you with it’s mutant Tina Turner chicken-dancing on a Motown mamba mantra. Funky cactus-caressed wagon-train blues...." "... aren’t so much like Canned Heat as they heat yer can, violate viscera and turn your pupils to pulp direct from the pulpit. "...draped in ditch-dirt and paying the tab at the Devils Inn with small change from the confession box, while swabbing woulds with sandpaper." -- Stu Gibson

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The Orange Opera





Jul 22 2008 4:59 AM

great set last night...sorry i didn't get to say goodbye...keep in touch fellas'..thanks
kevin hambrick
Dropkick Eddie





Jul 22 2008 1:01 AM

great shows this weekend gentlemen!!
Nelson





Jul 22 2008 7:32 AM

Thanks for everything at the Deep Blues Fest
Photobucket
Human Error Music





Jul 20 2008 7:42 AM

This Friday from 8pm til late
Like Candy to me
Greater Twin Cities Blues Music Society





Jul 17 2008 10:56 AM

Hey Deep Blues fans, don't forget to drop by the Greater Twin Cities Blues Music Society sponsor table during the fest.
WE HAVE BECOME VIKINGS





Jul 18 2008 5:08 PM

The 'Heavies took us wine tasting in Michigan w/Higley (Pearlene organs) - soooo dig, sooo good! Van, we need to talk shit, I need some advice...
Greater Twin Cities Blues Music Society





Jul 17 2008 11:00 AM

Hey Deep Blues fans, don't forget to drop by the Greater Twin Cities Blues Music Society sponsor table during the fest.
Romany





Jul 16 2008 7:24 AM

It was really wonderful to meet you and to have the experience of seeing you perform! I love the new album. Hope to see you again soon! Take care and have a safe journey.
Salvatore Paradise





Jul 14 2008 11:44 PM

I'm putting you fuckers on YouTubeHD. com
BLACK MAGIC SIX





Jul 15 2008 4:24 AM

Greetings from Hellsinki city!

J-tan & Lew Siffer
Dubplate Connection





Jul 14 2008 10:30 AM

Wicked sound! buy your beatman a beer from us!
Nik aka Battra





Jul 14 2008 10:31 AM

Loved your show in St. Louis on Saturday. Picked up the disc, and it hasn't made it out of my car yet.

Keep rockin and I'll keep listenin!
MichelleBlues





Jul 13 2008 10:30 AM

Love, LOVE, L O V E you guys! What a kick-ass show in St Louis last night... coulda listened to you all night long. Would love to see ya'all sometime without any other bands on the bill... The 2nd CD is incredible, of course.

Safe Travels and hope to see ya back in Da Lou soon,
Michelle
Drew





Jul 13 2008 1:00 PM

incredible set last night at the tap room in st louis.
i drove all the way from nashville, TN to see you guys, and it was worth every damn cent!
DJ HILL FUNK (Dave)





Jul 10 2008 12:04 PM

See you at the Deep Blues & maybe Fort Wayne Mid City gig..see how our travels take us !!
Jack the Wax Bastard





Jul 10 2008 4:22 AM

Look forward to seeing you in Chatt-Town tonite!
daniel





Jul 8 2008 4:46 PM

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Jul 7 2008 2:30 AM

thanks for the add guys !
what a great drum sound !
we're jealous...
cheers.
Walter Mitty & The Realists





Jul 6 2008 12:36 PM

HEY DUDES,
been meaning to get in touch for ages,, I caught ye playing in Baker Place in Limerick Ireland a while back...I helped find you a Fender Rhodes, (thanks for sorting it out Rev.!), just wanted to let you know it was one of the best live shows i've ever seen,
keep up the great work!!
niall & the realists
dos jotas





Jul 5 2008 10:20 AM

Just stoppin' by for a listen. Hot damn it sounds GOOOOD..

Fuzz love,
jro