David Hall - guitar, vocals
Bronwen Heilman - bass, vocals
Dave Prival - keyboard, harmonica, vocals
Mark McLemore - drums
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, Tom Waits
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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... .......................................................................................................................
MARK McLEMORE: Raymond Scott, The Residents, Al Green, Sun Ra, The Meters, Kurt Weil, James Brown, Ken Nordine, Funkadelic, Lene Lovich, Esquivel, The Specials, The Maddox Bros. and Rose, Link Wray, Kraftwerk, Combustible Edison, Frank Zappa, Ledernaken, Parliament, Nina Hagen, Now Explosion
.....and all the great forgotten garage bands of the '60s, especially the all-girl bands. You rocked!
Sounds Like
Toast Plow, Come Thou, Eyebrow, Know-how, Bow-Wow, Snowplow.....
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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. gHosTcOw is currently recording their first CD to be released in late spring of 2008! In the photo below you can tell our colors are grey and pink. Dave has been drinking a lot of Red Bull lately...
Photo by October Teen
JAMES HUDSON (local music critic) characterized gHosTcOw as:
"...if '60s garage rockers ? & The Mysterians played desert rock.".
STEPHEN SEIGEL of the Tucson Weekly has compared us to "The B-52s, The Marshmallow Overcoat, as well as GSO. " huh, all bands we like, but, go figure...I guess we do...listen to our music and judge for yourself.
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.”
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Here are some comments by FANS that heard us play live in Tucson and took the time to write some stuff about us:
(Thanks, peoples!!!)
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"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
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“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
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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....
Shout out to Dave P.!! Once again,Dave, you have expertly manipulated the keyboard and mouth harp to do your bidding--FAB!! One detail though...I'm sorry to burst your bubble on this one, but...you have no chance at the "worlds greatest drunk"...that title belongs to me, dude...to all of the cOw...this album totally ROCKS IT's SASS OFF!!!!XOXO Zee*
Hey!! this goes out to DAVE!!!! I've been listening to the practice CD from David...YOU ARE AMAZINING!! Your choices ROCK!! I am so enamored of your exceptional keyboardosity, I am trying to imitate it. Seriously Sir, Dav is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO lucky to have found a like mind such as yours!!
hello. it was great seeing all of you guys and going downtown and on the tram and whatnot. hopefully we can get together again soon (maybe at least next summer or something??) oo and at grandmas party i wore the bead that i got and everyone LOVED it. i hope that you are all doing well back home and that all your shows go splendidly. talk to you later <3 kirstin
I miss you guys...it's just not as fun without you around...my only consolation it that the Dandys are playing the day we get back from the trip on the Duccati...Ghost Cow will one day open for the Dandy Warhols and I will see godd...
