Roger Riedlbauer (guitar), Rich Douthit (drums), Jason Schwartz (bass), Dave Hudson (guitar and vocals), plus a variety of guest artists.
Influences
Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, Angelo Badalamenti, PJ Harvey, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Robert Johnson, Django Reinhardt, Marc Ribot, Hank Williams, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Beck, Leonard Cohen, Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and a bunch of others.
Sounds Like
If Tom Waits & The Replacements got really drunk with Will Oldham in Mexico and decided to start a manic-depressive mariachi band
A slow burning, dark and melodic mayhem. From a twisted, run-down big-top to the sad whiskey smashed rooms of last chance losers. Boxcar Saints conjures together the roots of American music with South-of-the-border longings and desperate gypsy midnight howls.
The San Francisco based Boxcar Saints was formed in 2001 by Dave Hudson (vocals, guitar), Jason Schwartz (bass), and Rich Douthit (drums). The band came to be from a collaboration on Hudsons second release, New Sickness on Rhyolite Records. Boxcar Saints now includes guitarist Roger Riedlbauer (the Cannery, Transmission, Jolie Holland).
Guest members have included Saxophonist Colin Stetson (Tom Waits, Transmission), violinist Margeaux Ostrovsky (Pickpocket Ensemble), and trumpeter Ara Anderson (Tom Waits, Boostamante, Iron And The Albatross).
Boxcar Saints has been a fixture in the San Francisco Bay Area music scene since their inception. They have been featured on the cover of the SFWeekly, on the in-flight playlist of Lufthansa airlines, and have shared bills with a wealth of talented local and touring artists.
Last Things was released on Grand Mal Records in 2004, a Boxcar Saints self-titled album is due for release in 2006, and they are currently at work on a third album.
Great music! Thanks for your friendship, and welcome aboard the Redline ship. Looking forward to sharing the journey ahead with you. Take Care, and thanks again. Peace,
Hey guys, hope you are well. Just dropping you a line about our show at Cafe Du Nord next Wed. It is going to be an amazing night. Erik Yates from Hot Buttered Rum and his electric band, and Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers (with members of The Mother Hips) are also on the bill. Hope to see you there. PEACE
hi .
i've got some shows coming up for anyone in the bay area .
id love it if you came out . check my page for details .
also . . .
im looking to meet new bands , and set up shows with them .
any thoughts ?
