Darrin Kobetich - guitar/dobro/mandolin/hard-headedness - - - - - - - Mark Deffebach - guitar/mandolin/fiddle/singin'/banter - - - - - - - Erich Schriefer - stand-up bass/guitar/mandolin/back-up singin'/positivity - - - - - - - Andrew Bond - fiddle/mandolin/guitar/banjo/singin'/easiness
We're working on our CD. In the meantime, DARRIN'S SOLO CDs are available online:
Influences
........Eric Weisberg, Raymond Fairchild, Hylo Brown, High on the Hog, the Freight Hoppers, Tim O'brien, Earl Scruggs, Ralf Blizzard, the new lost city ramblers, faun fables, gogol bordelo, slayer, everly brothers, the Dillards, The osbourne brothers, MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS, the reverend glass eye and his wooden legs, ANTISCHISM, refractory period, marty robins, tony matola, jd crowe, BADLIVERS!, split lip rayfeild, ani defranco, pj harvey, poe, eli browning, Sixteen Horsepower, cluan, napalm death, extreme noise terror, nick cave, gorilla biscuits, jimmy rogers, two horse combo, gamacide, nashvile grass and betty gene robinson, kelston hernson, rosco holcom, ricky scaggs, the books, tung, Dad, brother, Jimmy Page, Zeppelin, Uli Jon Roth, old Scorpions, Michael Schenker, UFO, Leo Kottke, Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath, Alex Lifeson, Rush, Jimi Hendrix, old Judas Priest, old Iron Maiden, Exodus, Deicide, Dead Can Dance, Cream, Chuck Berry, Arthur Smith, Deep Purple, Michael Hedges, John Fahey, Ravi Shankar and anything middle-eastern-Indian, Celtic, African, bluegrass, jazz, classical, delta and Chicago blues, Spanish, Gypsy, Native American, South American, Mongolian, Austrailian, anything ancient from around the world in it's rawest form, anything experimental, Fantomas, Soundgarden, Slayer, Orbital, Steve Vai, Al Dimeola, Allman Bros, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Robbie Basho, Bill Monroe, Annihilator, Carlos Montoya, Zorba the Greek soundtrack, electronic, trance, ambient, Minor Threat, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, DRI, Yes, Frank Zappa, Mr. Bungle, The Ventures, Massive Attack, Nile, Secret Chiefs 3, Doc Watson, John McLaughlin, Les Paul, Morcheeba, Nick Drake, Burt Jansch, Dillinger Escape Plan, Tommy Emmanuell, Suffocation, Kreator, Cactus, Trapeze, Jethro Tull, Morbid Angel, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, High On Fire, Peter Lang......
Sounds Like
The blood-curdling scream of the Blackland River Devil (a distant relative of the Jersey Devil) What? You ain't heard it? Oh...you will. People try and say it's the screechin' of the brakes as the train rolls past Trinity Park in Fort Worth, TX, but they don't know nuthin' like I know. If 'n' yer ever down at the Trinity River, late on a summer evenin', best watch yer back...
THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE BRAZOS RIVER IN DENNIS, TX, MAY OF 2007, IN THE BACKGROUND, TAKEN BY MAMA KOBETICH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Booking also handled through email, dkobetich AT yahoo DOT com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Born of THE ELECTRIC MOUNTAIN ROTTEN APPLE GANG, in December 2007, this is the Dallas/Fort Worth based off-shoot of the band. Adam Kobetich, the core member, banjo picker/vocals/creative force behind the GANG has been residing in Austin, TX for the past year, and is building a chapter of the band, there. So, there are select gigs when the entire GANG plays together, wherever it may be.
That said, the D/FW members decided to chose a name for themselves recently, to avoid confusion while performing under the name THE ROTTEN APPLES without certain members being present. That name, BLACKLAND RIVER DEVILS is the result of what happens when members Mark Deffebach and Darrin Kobetich waged an email war - of course with participation and insight from members Erich Schriefer and Bond... Andrew Bond. Erich suggested localizing the name. Mark suggested something to the tune of Blackland Praire. Darrin stomped and jumped up and down, exclaiming that he wanted a name with devils in it. So, they decided on BLACKLAND RIVER DEVILS. Andrew said that was kick-ass . . . also adding that he was easy.
The name Blackland refers to the prairie land in Texas, that stretches south from just below the Red River, to the San Antonio area, known as the "Blackland Prairie". The Trinity River flows through Dallas and Fort Worth and Darrin thinks it should be named "Blackland River", because it sounds cooler. In keeping with the tradition of folklore and songs about murder woven through turn-of-the-century mountain music, "devils" was added.
Now . . . get ready for a serious GRASS KICKIN' and some FAST PICKIN', too. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
...thanks...that's what we look like after a few drinks- hehe. Melissa is up on the recordings from that night... sounded great! Congrads on the kid in college! Chris is a plubber if you need any advice in that area- remodeling is a BITCH!
FIREWATER - LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS! Last shows until October!
Jun 26 : Larz, GERMANY : Fusion Festival Jun 27 : Audincourt, FRANCE : Rencontres & Racines Jun 28 : Istanbul, TURKEY : Balkan Soundz Festival July 02 : Dornbirn, AUSTRIA : Speilboden July 03 : Bulle, SWITZERLAND : Gibloux Festival July 04 : Jena, GERMANY : JG Stadtmitte July 05 : Hradec Kralove, CZECH R.: Rock For People July 06 : Vienna, AUSTRIA : Szene Wein July 08 : Linz, AUSTRIA : Posthof July 09 : Suzzara, Mantova, ITALY : Sconfinart July 10 : Steyr, AUSTRIA : Röda July 11 : Bologna, ITALY : Mondiali Antirazzisti July 12 : Milano, ITALY : Magnolia Festival July 13 : Colmar, FRANCE : Hiero July 15 : Paris, FRANCE : Batofar July 17 : Pozega, CROATIA : Dirty Old Empire Festival July 18 : Veszprem, HUNGARY : Utcazene Fesztivál July 24 : Riberac, FRANCE : Le Grand Souk Festival July 25 : Gdynia, POLAND : Globaltica Festival July 31 : Namur, BELGIUM : Esperanzha Festival Aug 01 : Habere-Poche, FRANCE : Rock'n'Poche Festival Aug 02 : Bladel, NETHERLANDS : Bladelse Zomerfeesten
> Bellydancers in costume get in free at all club shows!
> More shows are still being added, so check the Firewater MySpace page for updates.
> This message was sent by an evil robot. So if you are somewhere other than Europe and can't escape, we're sorry. We'll be back again someday soon.
save the fairmount.....100 people w/ 100 bucks collective
how about....100 people with 100 bucks campaign. do it now. work out the perks later. names and addresses taken of those who contribute. this is how locals should act.....struggle.....
go get on the list ........fill it up......get your band some local leverage.........be creative be at the table.......
Thanks for accepting our invite, its nice finding other bands that you would never hear of if it wasn't for the interent! We will be having more stuff up in the weeks to come, in the meantime PBR me ASAP!
Hey there Blackland River Devils, thanks for the add! You are now on the new Clubstr Music Calendar - now the best music calendar in the DFW area. Fans can put in their zipcode and genre to find all the shows near them or go right to www. Clubstr. com/DallasTX. There's a version right on our myspace as well.
Upload a sample track, and people will hear your music right on the calendar!
Hope y'all like the photos which I tagged to you and took at the "Mystics, Mutts and Moonpies" show. I am still working on the photo album. All my best, Billy Bucher
