The Mudcats are a kick-ass mud-funk band. The CD, produced by Kent Finlay and engineered, mixed, and mastered by Gary Hickinbotham, features Colin Brooks (Guy Forsythe, Toni Price, The Band of Heathens) on the dobro, slide guitar, and lap steel; Sterling Finlay (Sidehill Gougers, The Hudsons, Grant Ewing Band, Foscoe Jones and the Distractions) on bass and vocal harmonies; Johnny Arredondo (Hal Ketchum, Charlie Sexton, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Stop the Truck, Grant Ewing Band) on drums and percussion; Brady Black (Randy Rogers Band) on fiddle; and Doctor G (acoustic guitar, main vocals, songwriter).
Since the CD release party on September 26, 2005, Johnny Arredondo, Kyle Schneider (Will Sexton, Houston Marchman, Ian Moore, Erin Condo Band), Jake Sutton (Grant Ewing Band), and Troy Rios (Big John Mills & the Texas Road Dawgs) have shared drumming duties at live gigs, Sterling Finlay continues to play bass and provide vocal harmonies, and Colin Brooks, Hunter St. Marie (Doug Moreland Band), Ed Jurdi (The Band of Heathens), Big John Mills (Texas Music Awards 2006 Musician of the Year), Grant Mazak (Grant Mazak Band), Lars Albrecht (Jackson Taylor Band, Sunny Sweeney), and Michael O'Connor (Susan Gibson, Slaid Cleaves, Cary Swinney, Adam Carroll) have played slide guitar with Doctor G and the Mudcats at different shows.
Influences
Credence Clearwater Revival, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Joe White, Tom T. Hall, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, The Band, John Prine, Kent Finlay, Steppenwolf, The Doors, Willie Nelson, Victoria Spivey, Billy Joe Shaver, Waylon Jennings, Mickey Newbury, Jimmy Buffet, Muddy Waters, Mark Twain, Woody Guthrie, Aaron Allan, Leadbelly, Hank Williams, Jimmy Rodgers, Howlin' Wolf, Hank Snow, Aunt Molly Jackson
Sounds Like
Swampytonk
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Doctor G's intricate writing, soulful pitch-perfect vocals and kick ass band make one hell of a combination. With finesse comparable to Kris Kristofferson, he manages to blend social conscience, the plight of the common man and whimsical sensibilities into his writing before the listener even realizes he's been educated as well as entertained. He's created his own style of "Swampytonk" (Mississippi/Texas blues with a dash of country swing) that lays a foundation for strong lyrical content. In every song he writes, it is evident that Doctor G puts his entire soul on the line for the creative process. "I certainly hope I have something to say that resonates with people," he says, "and that my music expresses the struggles in my own life journey that others can connect with in some way...even if it's based on personal experience, the listener can interpret it any way they want."
Doctor G (Gregg Andrews) was born along the banks of the Mississippi River in the Mark Twain land of Hannibal, Missouri. He grew up in a cement company town, where nearby sounds of river traffic, train whistles, and smokestacks resonated throughout the dark hollows and steep limestone bluffs. Doc's love of music was filtered down through his father, who worked at the cement factory plant. A soundtrack of Hank Thomson, Patsy Cline, Webb Pierce and Johnny Cash provided the backdrop for hard-lived, hard-worked life. At the age of fourteen, his father taught him his first song on the guitar- "Waiting For A Train" by Jimmy Rodgers. Not long after, his father became an invalid and passed on, leaving he and his mother to face the struggles of the River life. The ups and downs in this setting provided the vivid imagery and themes that characterize Doctor G's hard-edged songs today.
With Mississippi mud on the bottom of his boots and a song in his heart, Doctor G moved to Texas in 1988. "Long before i came to Texas, I was very much into Texas music," remembers Doc. "Especially the Outlaw progressive country movement in the seventies with Willie, Waylon, Shaver and Kris Kristofferson. Kris was a main influence. That's really when I took a main interest in writing. He was an intellectual and could bridge both worlds."
In the year 2000, it was a fateful meeting with Kent Finlay (the legendary owner of Cheatham Steet Warehouse in San Marcos) that sparked Doc into performing and writing like never before. At the persistent prompting of Finlay, he began participating in the Cheatham Street Songwriter's Nights. With the ghosts of Texas Legends past lining the walls of the historic venue, and the howling trains passing through the track in the back parking lot (eerily reminiscent of his youth), Doc found himself in an exciting, creative environment.
It wasn't long before Finlay was determined to produce an album of Doc's songs. The result was MUDCAT (released in 2005). Featuring an array of twelve originals that encapsulated the 'river rat' life, along with a bit of political social conscience (with a subtle humor peppered in that would make Mark Twain proud), the album seemed more like a veteran entry than a debut. The "Mudcats" were born when the musicians who played on the album found they had great live chemistry with Doc and they began performing all over the Hill Country.
Doc's characters and personal tales denote the struggle of common people as they try to have a dignified life against great odds. It is evident that his contributions are vital to the world of music, and to humanity.
"I grew up in a hard knocks old world, it seemed to me to be my destiny
To have to fight like the devil just to camouflage the soft lovin' side of me..." (Soft Lovin Side of Me, Doctor G)
Doctor G is currently working on his next release, SWAMPYTONK BLUES, produced by Kent Finlay. The CD is set for an early 2009 release.
-Wade Phillips
For booking and further information, contact:
e-mail: doctorgandthemudcats@msn.com or
ga05@txstate.edu
Phone: 512.393.1606,or 512.754.7756
Website: http://www.doctorgandthemudcats.com
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Stopping by to wish you a fantastic week!!! Hope all is going great with you!!! Check out my newest single Whipping Post on Texas radio NOW!!! I also hope to see you out at Armadillo Palace Wednesday November 11th @ 12:00pm for my interview and acoustic performance with 740 KTRH's Michael Berry (Texas Music Show) And later that night I will be at Dosey Doe in the Woodlands (9:15pm) See you there!!! Love, ~Susan Hickman www.susanhickman.com www.reverbnation.com/susanhickman www.twitter.com/susanhickman
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hey gregg, the society is so excited that you and grant are going to be performing one of the acoustic sets at our halloween show at the carousel saturday. walter white will open with a set of jazz standards, then regan brown will play her wonderful story songs, you and grant will play, and then our newest member, patty finney, will play. see you then! peace, lili 6-9 saturday 24 oct at the carousel lounge, 1110 e 52nd st, austin, 452-6790. $5 or wear a costume and get in free!
Thanks for the comment. I would really like to talk about them 1930's and 40's guys you mention. I have a small collection of that on CD....Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, and Jimmie Rodgers. Really love that song "Evil in the Delta" you do.
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crone pride day at the carousel lounge saturday september five! lili and walter 6-6:45, regan brown 6:45-7:15, african drum group 7:15-7:45, mo mcmorrow 7:45-8:15, dana mcbride 8:15-9. avoid the ut football traffic and bring cash for the bar. 1110 e 52nd. st. 452-6790.
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If you are around Friday August 28th I'll be having a big show at Tumbleweed Texas with the Spiffingtons in Houston Texas I really hope to see you there!!! Love ~Susan www.susanhickman.com
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