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The Myth of Philadelphia
Released: Jan 13, 2011
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General Info

  • Genre: Roots Music / Showtunes / Soul

    Location Vancouver, Ca

    Profile Views: 89187

    Last Login: 2/12/2013

    Member Since 8/27/2005

    Website bocephusking.ca

    Record Label Tonic Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    In Bocephus King, the enigmatic Vancouver native who's melodiously skirted so effortlessly between blues, alt country, traditional songwriting and modern aesthetics, we find now the voice of a songwriter and musician on a new path, ever-creating his own distinct sound. The results are nothing less than glorious on his new album WILLIE DIXON GOD DAMN. Starting where he left off with traces of the genre smashing joy and adventure in his previous critically acclaimed ALL CHILDREN BELIEVE IN HEAVEN, King has sabotaged the typecasting. There's less the gravel-raw hobo-rock alternating with jazz-noir torch songs present in his earlier music. There's an urgency here, as if the album is a signpost at the end of the world. King's own voice never being more present and contemporary. He avoids the easy answers and therein lies some of the majesty of the tone of Bocephus Kings' latest work. The new album continues to present King as a cultural omnivore who eats with his mouth wide open. But the musical influences may as well be spoken of with the same weight as how literature and cinema are just as significant ingredients. His eclectic mélange integrates a soulful street carnival blues, moments that possess the glissando of a Michel Gondry dream sequence, the rustic appeal of a border town roots rock, and for the first time, hints of Eastern mysticism. Somewhere, George Harrison is smiling on the whole affair. WILLIE DIXON GOD DAMN finds Bocephus King at his poetic best, his words the stuff of hardboiled fiction, the Beats, and the heart. Stick with them, and he takes you on an evocative trip down strange memory lane, pouring out his heart like a bottle. Not that King's left to deal with those ghosts and demons alone. He's surrounded himself with a cadre of capable studio hands, friends, neighbors and musicians from all points in between for his backing band on WILLIE DIXON GOD DAMN and under King's steering and production they venture to brave new places and invite you along for the incredible ride.

  • Members

    More like "banned" members....and there is a shiz-net of the bastards!

  • Influences

    Stella Bella Blue. Georgia MacKenzie Rose. Nina Simone. Mac Rebenac AKA The Night Tripper AKA Dr John. Taj Mahal. Bob Dylan. Jack Kerouac. Lilac Amy Lula Brown Treger Perry. The Late Great Townes Van Zandt. Bill Murray. Mark Knopfler. Guadelupe. Hunter.S.Thompson. Montgomery Clift. Joni Mitchell. Mitchell Froom. Jeff Schucard. Elliot Easton. Paul Simon. Rev. Gary Davis. David Bowie. John Lee Hooker. Steve McQueen. Buddah. Dave Van Ronk. Dark cokey basements blaring trance music for people lacking septums. New Orleans. Los Lobos. Humphery Bogart. Christopher Leo-Marr Springer. John Prine. The Temptations. Wings Of Desire. Bo Diddley. Raymond Carver. Joe Walsh. Nusrat Fartah Ali Kahn. Nick Cave. Smokey Robinson. J.J. Cale. Penthouse Magazine; Summer Issue 1978. James Ellroy. Jesus. The Sungod Theatre. Ray Davies. Michelle Shocked. Ric Ocasek. Woody Allen. Roy Orbison. John Huston. South Beach Restaraunt. The Staple Singers. Martin Scorsese. Todd Mackenzie Norcott. Dean Martin. Willy Nelson. P.J. Harvey. The Golden Gate Quartet. Bob Hope/Bing Crosby flicks. Mustafa Reza. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. Miles Davis. Beautiful Losers. Elvis Costello. On The Waterfront. Elizabeth Taylor. Federico Garcia Lorca. Allman Brothers. The Hardy Boys. Golden Gate Quartet. David Hudson Staniforth. Link Wray. West Coast Magic Mushrooms. A Confederacy Of Dunces. Charles Bukowski. Art Bell. The Secret Brotherhood of the Glowing crack-Pipe-member since 96'. St. Francis. Mexico. Han Solo. The Jungle Book. Nashville. 56th Street. East Coast Magic Mushrooms. Jason Robert Wright. Shane McGowan. The Dalai Lama. The Beatles. Indiana Jones. George Noory. Gene Kelly. Far Away, So Close. Kundun. Iris Dement. Prince. Michael Alan Nutter. Ry Cooder. Wes Anderson. 8 1/2. The Marx Brothers. Rolling Stones. Bruce Springsteen. Cannery Row. Charles Mingus. Grover. Neil Young. John Coltrane. The Bradfords. Voices in my head. The Great Magnet. LSD. Lee Majors ( The Fall Guy, half stunt-man, half bounty hunter. ). Coming Through Slaughter. The sad and beautiful population of Pt. Roberts Washington U.S.A. Love and compassion for all things.

  • Sounds Like

    The last thing you remember before all of this insanity.

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In Bocephus King, the enigmatic Vancouver native who's melodiously skirted so effortlessly between blues, alt country, traditional songwriting and modern aesthetics, we find now the voice of a songwriter and musician on a new path, ever creating his own distinct sound. The results are nothing less than glorious on his new album WILLIE DIXON GOD DAMN. Starting where he left off with traces of the genre smashing joy and adventure in his previously critically acclaimed ALL CHILDREN BELIEVE IN HEAVEN, King has sabotaged the typecasting. There's less the gravel-raw-hobo-rock alternating with jazz-noir torch songs present in his earlier music. There's an urgency here, as if the album is a signpost at the end of the world. King's own voice never being more present and contemporary. He avoids the easy answers and therein lies some of the majesty of the tone of Bocephus King's latest work. The new album continues to present King as a cultural omnivore who eats with his mouth wide open. But the musical influences may as well be spoken of with the same weight as how literature and cinema are just as significant ingredients. His eclectic melange integrates a soulful street carnival blues, moments that possess the glissando of a Michel Gondry dream sequence, the rustic appeal of a border town roots rock, and for the first time, hints of Eastern mysticism. Somewhere, George Harrison is smiling on the whole affair. WILLIE DIXON GOD DAMN finds Bocephus King at his poetic best, his words the stuff of hardboiled fiction, the Beats and the heart. Stick with them, and he takes you on an evocative trip down strange memory lane, pouring his heart like a bottle. Not that King's left to deal with those ghosts and demons alone. He's surrounded himself with a cadre of capable studio hands, friends, neighbours and musicians from all points in between for his backing band on WILLIE DIXON GOD DAMN and under King's steering and production they venture to brave new places and invite you along for the incredible ride.

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