Boris McCutcheon

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Mullein People

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Mullein People
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Clan Of The Sunflower
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Pony Ride
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waiting for the demons to die
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Genre: Country / Roots Music / Soul
Location Ojo Sarco, New Mexico, Un
Profile Views: 57117
Last Login: 6/8/2011
Member Since 10/31/2005
Website www.cactusman.org
Record Label Frogville Records
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Americana/roots rock with a dirty soul and a poet's tongue. CACTUSMAN is the most resourceful, most authentic Americana band playing and touring today. Led by an off grid farmer with soulful pipes, a quirky sense of humor, literary lyrics, and down to earth charisma, embracing many US music forms. Raw. Sincere. Sublime. New Mexicana. Boris McCutcheon was born on Massachusetts farmland; now has found his place in the mountains of New Mexico. His writing and music are reflections of the characters he has encountered and the landscapes he has surrounded himself with. These days the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains provide inspiration—yet his songs are still peppered with experiences on the shores of Cape Cod, Northern California, and Southwest deserts. Boris’ first two albums, Mother Ditch (2001) and When We Were Big (2003), were self-released and helped launch his career internationally. His most recent albums Cactusman vs. the Blue Demon (2005), and Bad Road Good People (2008) are on the Frogville label out of Santa Fe . Boris’ music can be haunting like “Torn Faith” (2005 Cactusman vs. the Blue Demon) or whimsical like the recent “Pony Ride”. It can be full of reverence (“Charles Mingus Bird”, 2005 Cactusman vs. the Blue Demon) or pensive as in “Santa Rosa Plums” (2003 When We Were Big). Boris and The Saltlicks Boris often performs with his fine band the Salt Licks—sometimes as a trio, four-piece or five-piece, depending on the venue and what the situation calls for. The current Salt Licks line-up includes Boris’ longtime collaborator Brett Davis on guitar, tenor banjo, lap steel guitar, duct tape and harmony vocals (think of Steve Cropper as a desert rat), the incomparable Kevin Zoernig ..boards and accordion, Susan Hyde Holmes (known affectionately as “Thunderhoof”) on bass and harmony vocals; and the ever-loving Paul Groetzinger on drums and cymbals. Jeff Berlin (drums, cymbals and various unorthodox percussion instruments) who lives in Vermont often performs with the Salt Licks on East Coast tours and in Europe. ****************************************************************** pressquotes& discography Discography Turbulent Amusement (live) (Cactusman 2004) Live at the Fishmonger (Cactusman 2004) When We Were Big (Cactusman, 2003) 7-inch vinyl, 2-song promotional(2003) Mother Ditch (Cactusman, 2001) Cactusman vs the Blue Demon (Frogville 2006) The Revolution Collection: Songs of New Mexico (Compilation) (Revolution Records 2007) Bad Road, Good People (Frogville 2008) European charthistory Euro Americana Bad Road, Good People (Frogville 2008) 2 May 2008 Cactusman vs the Blue Demon (Frogville 2006) 1 March 2006 5 May 2006 7 June 2006 4 July 2006 When We Were Big (self-release 2003) 5 January 2004 6 February 2004 8 April 2004 Americana & Roots Top 13 Bad Road, Good People (Frogville 2008) 10 May 2008 7 June 2008 Cactusman vs the Blue Demon (Frogville 2006) 5 April 2006 When We Were Big (self-release 2003) 5 January 2004 3 February 2004 8 April 2004 9 May 2004 ****************************************************************** Winner of the 2008 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest Southwest Regional! presented byFolkAlliance ****************************************************************** Americana with a Southwestern bent and a railyard twist, what Howe Gelb might do some night amoung the saguaro with a hit of acid and a Neil Young bug up his ass. Michael HenningsenAlbuquerque Weekly Alibi ****************************************************************** Imagine The Band with Sam Cooke on lead vocals. Steve Almond Journalist, commentator and fiction writer ****************************************************************** McCutcheon breathes in his South¬western world, and exhales it in song. He doesn’t just define his genre; Boris McCutcheon is Americana. Michael Keefemadeloud.com ****************************************************************** His songs are genuine, never contrived, and damn good—every one of them . . . McCutcheon writes rich, wonderful songs, is a skilled musician and has a voice like no one else. Ross Burns Five Magazine ****************************************************************** The music is as emotionally available as it is dry and raw in exactly the right way. Not everyone can get away with that, but when it works it really works. Joe Henry Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer ****************************************************************** Mischievous soul with country depar¬tures, rock undertones and scratch-and-sniff lyrics that are almost too vivid—honest and original music to bring you back to earth and feel alive. Raymond Jennings InterBeat Gazette ****************************************************************** [Boris] knows hay from straw . . . . His brand of roots music is heartfelt—from the unhurried ballads to the rock¬ing numbers and rollicking ditties—with melodies that get stuck in your head. Maria McLaughlin New England Music Scrapbook News ****************************************************************** McCutcheon certainly is a musical vanguard in his own right—he tosses ego out the window and equally marries acoustics, thoughts, and traditional instruments into a tried, tested and proven genre of music and breathes new life into it. Wood, Wires and Whiskey ****************************************************************** Finalist in 2009 International Songwriting Contest.
Members
There are many salt licks but only one Brett Davis. The Salt Lick Trio is Susan Holmes, Brett Davis and Boris. .. .. .. .. ....
Influences
dirt , horses, plants, alot of poets.
Sounds Like
Dirt