David Hall - guitar, vocals
Dave Prival - keyboard, harmonica, vocals
David Curran - drums
Bronwen Heilman - bass, vocals
Influences
DAVID HALL: R.L. Burnside, The Beatles, Black Keys, The Rolling Stones, Beck, Kings of Leon, Captain Beefheart, Stone Roses, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers (prior to Mothers Milk), Joni Mitchell, Breeders, Cuntifiers, The Knockout Pills, this is not in any particular order nor is it complete, I just got lazy
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DAVE PRIVAL: James Brown, Paul Butterfield, Dire Straits, Bruce Hornsby, Dr. John, The Knockout Pills, Los Lobos, Old 97's, The Refreshments, The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bruce Springsteen, Sonny Terry, Split Lip Rayfield, Tom Waits
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DAVID "HULA DAVE" CURRAN: what ever my older brother brought home from the "record store",... were talking early 70's folks!...Elton John,Aerosmith,Three Dog Night,The Spinners,Buddy Rich,Yes,Stevie Wonder,..then came the 80's..The Police,The Clash,VH,..all 80's music!..Now, firehose,Nick Cave,Everclear,Hagfish,Cracker,Art Blakey,U2,Springsteen,Stones,CPeppers ..and much more.
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BRONWEN HEILMAN: The Beatles, Happy Mondays, Talking Heads, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, The Grateful Dead, Harry Nilsson, Sex Pistols, Pretenders, Melanie, The Bobs, George Clinton, Bette Midler, Ned Sutton, John Prine, Supertramp, Pink Floyd, Rough Trade, Beck, Katrina and the Waves, etc...
Sounds Like
Toast Plow, Come Thou, Eyebrow, Know-how, Bow-Wow, Snowplow.....
A review of our cd "Vistas" (Surface of the Sun Records) from Tucson Weekly's Stephen Seigal
gHosT cOw is a rock band from Tucson, Arizona that plays original songs written by David Hall and Dave Prival. Founded by David Hall in 2005.
STUART OLIVER (music director of THE HUT) has said this about gHosTcOw: ”The voice and lyrics pronounce themselves with a presence that seems to invoke spirits from beyond, that with sly timbre, know this world better than we ever will - accentuating the bizarre, proclaiming the unchangeable. Why is Ghost Cow the essential Tucsonan rock band? They blend the ultimate sound-scape to a backdrop of sun-stroked urban heathenism, violent pervading nature, and the leathery coexistence with both in this crazed Sonoran landscape.
Here are some comments by FANS that heard us play live in Tucson and took the time to write some stuff about us:
(Thanks, people!!!)
"Sweaty lyrics immersed in sex, rattlesnakes, and restraining orders wrapped up in sultry licks of haunting melodies that will rock your boots off. gHosTcOw is redefining desert rock."
- Dennis Caldwell, artist, Tucson music fan
“I challenge you to really pin down Ghost Cow. Some say desert rock, but that doesn't quite get it for me. How about David Byrne meets The Doors with some B52's theatrics and some kick ass harmonica-driven blues thrown in for good measure? Whatever you want to call it, they are an engaging and creative band that gets better and better every time I see them, and I really like that they don't shy away from social statements either.
- Matt Goode, research scientist
gHosTcOw's name originated from a phrase overhead in conversation by the acttress Shelly Duval outside a womens restroom in a Dennys resturant outsided Palm Springs in 1999. Ms Duval used the term "ghost cow"in reference to the city of Tucson...
Haven't seen you guys in a while, but it doesn't mean I haven't been thinking about you. We've been trying to keep busy, last month in the studio, this month promoting what we did in the studio. So anyway, I'd like to invite you to come by our page and check out some songs from our forthcoming album. Your support, encouragement and friendship have meant a lot to me and Joy, and we hope to see more of you in the future.
With affection,
Tim Fister
Oh, and here's a flier, too. Can't forget about that.
this is bullshit, why does "Release" have the fewest plays? It's the best fucking song on the album...or maybe "Nothing Happens" is...or maybe they're all the best fucking song because youse guys ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
