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Kingsizemaybe
Garage / Country / Southern Rock

Still not country enough.....and......loving it



Castaic, California
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Member Since7/9/2005
Band WebsiteYer lookin' at it !
Band MembersGARY EATON - Guitar , vocals
ADAM MAPLES - Drums, vocals
SHELLI EATON - Bass, vocals
SAM PARK - Guitar, vocals
DARICE BAILEY - Keyboards,vocals

Alumni and in the bullpen::

Robbie Rist , Robert Lloyd, Danny Ott, Wyman Reese,

Cousin Roy , Mason , Chris Jackson , Alex Locasio,

Kristi Callan , John Wood , Ron Botelho , Danny McGough,

Mike Lawrence,and Kip Boardman
InfluencesEverly Brothers , George Jones , Little Feat , Nick Lowe , T-Rex , Crazy Horse , Hoyt Axton , Three Dog Night , Dusty Springfield , Harry Nillsson , The Kinks , The Band , John Prine , Burrito Brothers , Joe South, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Bacharach/David
Sounds LikeWhat do we sound like? How about a cross between Crazy Horse, the Everly Bros., a little Badfinger, and some George Jones for texture.
Record LabelBrewery Records
Type of LabelIndie


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From Pop Culture Press:

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Here’s a band that will give the moribund alt-country scene a right swift kick. Led by onetime Continental Drifter Gary Eaton, ex-Legal Weapon/Guns & Roses drummer Adam Maples, and power popper Robbie Rist, LA’s Kingsizemaybe are a supergroup of sorts, one who from their gritty, full-bodied sound and absurdly strong songwriting, have a best-of-2008 album on their hands. Every song on this debut crackles with electricity. Country shuffle “I Wouldn’t Want to Be You” comes on like a turbocharged version of the Knitters, while the rough-hewn (optimistic) existentialism of “Big Maybe,” their theme song of sorts, rolls along like a great Stonesy country rocker without the pretense. Then again it would be heartless to paint these guys with a simple alt-country brush, as soul, R&B, and bluesy snarl all swirl within the grooves. Album highlight is “Dallas,” a wide-screen epic performed by the ensemble with a gospel fervor ala “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”: “All roads led to Dallas,” goes the chorus, which will immediately lodge comfortably into your medulla oblongata. -

LUKE TORN

FROM THE I.E WEEKLY:

Los Angeles’ Kingsizemaybe works in a capacious musical bag, one loaded with country heart, garage soul and plenty of flat git-it rock & roll; theirs is an illimitably flexible sound, with a scope and range that could only have come as result of the extraordinarily varied backgrounds of its personnel. Nominal band leader Gary Eaton has long toiled in the pop field, from a teenage start in late-70s new wave band, the View, on through a series of alliances the Ringling Sisters, Continental Drifters that took him not only coast to coast, but onto big-time bills (opening for Bob Dylan with the Drifters) and deep into the black heart of the music business (working with notorious rock impresario Lou Adler when A&M signed the Sisters). Veteran drummer Adam Maples survived the most punishing course of major label mishandling, first when MCA signed his punk band Legal Weapon, then at Elektra with riff-rock self-destructo sensations the Sea Hags and a brief visit to the very pinnacle of overblown rock insanity when he spent a month in dig! Guns & Roses. Underworld avatar-journalist Robert Lloyd and actor-rocker Robbie Rist also bring a lifetimes’ worth of untrammeled creativity, bruised glory and underdog insight to the bandstand, while Eaton’s wife, bassist Shelli, adds a welcome grounding element. The result is a drastically freewheeling set that ranges from songs with evocative, semi-surreal imagery to full-bore, knock-down rave ups, all delivered with a libertarian disregard for both PC convention and audience expectation that makes for a refreshingly honest, purely musical approach.

--JONNY WHITESIDE
(thanks, man!!)

FROM THE L.A.WEEKLY:

Kingsizemaybe singer-guitarist Gary Eaton writes catchy, unpretentious classic-rock songs that would go over well in the heartland with their feel-good, anthemic choruses and his easygoing, room-filling vocals. He’s backed by a sympathetically tight group of friends and family who bring it all home.Aching harmonies from bassist-wife Shelli Eaton and drummer Adam Maples, Blonde on Blonde keyboard glow from Robert Lloyd, and snarling-bobcat guitar solos from Robbie Rist.

"I think that we have an audience out there, if people would hear us", Eaton says before a recent show at Taix." But I know my enemy. Were not in a niche, we dont wear bell-bottoms.

Well, Shelli wears bell-bottoms we dont have the Ashton Kutcher shag haircuts. And were not really depressed, were kind of happy."

With a set list of highway-driving rockers like Rolling Vatican Blues and the reverentially unfolding ballad, Beautiful North, Kingsizemaybe would probably stand out more in Chicago’s Bloodshot Records mini-scene, or New Orleans, where one of Eatons previous bands, the Continental Drifters, relocated in the early 90s (with Eaton staying behind in L.A. to raise his family). Locally, the Maybes seem to fit in best with those few alterna-cowpokes who dont strictly adhere to a faux-twangin retro formula. "I have an affinity for some of it", Eaton says. "And there are some bands, you know, I dont really . . . uh . . . really care for. " "Be politically correct", Shelli sarcastically advises.

"There are a lot of bands in the alternative-country scene that are boring. I dont know what they’re trying to do", Gary says. "Im not trying to be alt-country or country; I’m just playing all the crap that I know." After taking a supporting role in most of his previous projects including the Continental Drifters, 4-Piece, the Ringling Sisters, Devil Squares, and even stints with Motorcycle Boy and Tex & the Horseheads, Eaton got the gumption to front his own group, an early incarnation of Kingsizemaybe with drummer Maples, in the mid-90s. Despite sporadic solo appearances over the next decade, Eaton kept a low profile until Maples got on his case last year to bring back the band with new members. Says Maples, whos drummed with Legal Weapon, Sea Hags, Earthlings and (for one month) Guns N Roses, "I dug out an old Kingsize tape and said, These songs are sitting idle why? Lets play!"

Although Eaton dismisses his songwriting as a jumble of wild imagery, thats all, he crafts deceptively simple stories that are often deeply moving, especially All Roads Lead to Dallas, with its soul-stirring, Stax-y crescendos and enigmatic lyrics that allude to the first Kennedy assassination through a sequence of palpably Southern evocations. "It’s the way the lyrics fit into the music when you hit the chorus, with those harmonies and those big chords, and everything’s thundering and crashing", says Lloyd, a Weekly contributor (Eaton is also a Weekly staffer) and multi-instrumentalist whos backed the songwriting likes of Syd Straw, John Wesley Harding and Steve Wynn. "I love Dallas because Im never going to crack the mystery of that song."

"Dallas is kind of a collage", Eaton explains. "When I was 5, I lived in Wichita Falls, Texas. It was November, 1963. I was really bummed, because my [TV] cartoons were canceled when Kennedy was shot. My dad was a frustrated guy, pushing a pencil in the Air Force, in his office next to where all these glorious jets were parked . . . I remember slate-gray clouds, and ditches across the road from the Piggly Wiggly, and thinking were going to have to hide in there if a tornado comes down . . . that kinda stuff."

Once Rist finishes mixing the groups debut CD, that kinda stuff should get the sort of attention that Eatons beloved Anaheim Angels finally won in 2002. "This is the best band Ive ever been in", he says. "Every at-bat counts. If somebody needs to bunt the runner over, they’re going to bunt the runner over. We’re not all swinging for the fences, saying, Where’s my guitar solo?"

--FALLING JAMES MORELAND
( thanks, man !!)

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Karl

Karl Wentzel



Dec 15 2009 10:05 AM

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Christian Lamitschka, Journalist for Country Music

Christian Lamitschka



Nov 29 2009 9:25 AM

I’ve been a music journalist for more than 10 years. Over the years, many artists and managers have asked me what the best way to break into the European music market is.

Here are some things you can do:



Publish artist press releases, news, and tour dates to the CountryHome Forum on MySpace, http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazine , CountryHome Forum is part of CountryHome, http://www.CountryHome.de , Germany's Premier Country Music Online Magazine. Everything you publish to the CountryHome Forum will be published in my weekly Newsletter which has over 80,000 readers.



Publish artist interviews in English to http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazineInterviewsEnglish , interviews in French to http://groups.myspace.com/InterviewsAvecCountryMusicStars and interviews in German to http://groups.myspace.com/CountryMusikInterviews . All these groups on MySpace are part of CountryHome, http://www.CountryHome.de , Germany's Premier Country Music Online Magazine.



Send me CDs and DVDs for review and set up an artist interview with me. All reviews and interviews will be submitted to the magazines I'm writing for. More information for which magazines I'm writing can be found at http://www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka



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If you have more questions about the European music market or about any of the information I send to you today, please contact me at Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de too.



Editor & Journalist for Country Music
Christian Lamitschka
An der Pfingstweide 28
61118 Bad Vilbel
Germany
Bridgeee!

Bridget B.



Nov 28 2009 8:02 PM

HEY GARY!!!

Found you on Kim Grant's FB just by, well, accident! I sent her a note cuz I wasn't sure it was you...

OMG.. I remember that night you introduced me to Shelli at the West L.A. bar you were playing -- back in, what, 1997?

This band sounds GREAT!!! So we've been runnin round the same places and peeps...small world...life is ironic sometimes.

All the best to you, Shelli and family.

Bridget Burton
Denver, CO
Rose

Rose Wolf



Nov 26 2009 9:10 PM

Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!
Madeline

Madeline Felkins



Nov 26 2009 7:56 AM

Happy Holiday!!!



West Of Texas

West Of Texas



Nov 23 2009 6:18 PM

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Kara Clark

Kara Clark



Nov 2 2009 1:32 PM

thanks for the add

kara
Julie Cain

Julie Cain



Oct 20 2009 6:33 PM

hey KSM! we had a blast playing w/ you all at TAIX sat. night! let's do it again real soon!
Christian Lamitschka, Journalist for Country Music

Christian Lamitschka



Oct 4 2009 8:20 AM

Today I would like to let you know about two print magazines in Germany I'm writing for.

"Living Line Dance", reporting about line dance and country music, and "Folk Magazine", reporting about folk and country music. The magazines are high respected in Europe. They offer you a good chance to publicize yourself in Europe and Germany.

For more information, please contact me at MySpace or send email to Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de with the headline "Advertise at Living Line Dance and Folk Magazine".

Warm regards

Christian

Editor & Journalist for Country Music
Christian Lamitschka
An der Pfingstweide 28
61118 Bad Vilbel
Germany
Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de
Phone +49 6101 544613
Mobil +49 171 6903352
www.myspace.com/ChristianLamitschka
www.myspace.com/LamitschkaVideoInterviews
www.myspace.com/CountryMusicInterviews
www.myspace.com/HelpCharity
Christian Lamitschka - Interview with your Stars

Christian Lamitschka - Interview with your Stars



Oct 1 2009 6:29 AM

Today I would like to let you know about two print magazines in Germany I'm writing for.

"Living Line Dance", reporting about line dance and country music, and "Folk Magazine", reporting about folk and country music. The magazines are high respected in Europe. They offer you a good chance to publicize yourself in Europe and Germany.

For more information, please contact me at MySpace or send email to Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de with the headline "Advertise at Living Line Dance and Folk Magazine".

Warm regards

Christian

Editor & Journalist for Country Music
Christian Lamitschka
An der Pfingstweide 28
61118 Bad Vilbel
Germany
Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de
Phone +49 6101 544613
Mobil +49 171 6903352
www.myspace.com/ChristianLamitschka
www.myspace.com/LamitschkaVideoInterviews
www.myspace.com/CountryMusicInterviews
www.myspace.com/HelpCharity
Christian Lamitschka, Journalist for Country Music

Christian Lamitschka



Aug 27 2009 11:02 AM

Today I like to inform you, that you can read and watch interviews with your favorit country stars in Enlgish, German and French at http://www.CountryHome.de/Interviews .

Warm regards

Christian

Editor & Journalist for Country Music
Christian Lamitschka
An der Pfingstweide 28
61118 Bad Vilbel
Germany
Phone: ++49 6101 544613
Mobil: ++49 171 6903352
Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de
Info@CountryMusic-Magazin.de
www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
Madeline

Madeline Felkins



Aug 13 2009 11:13 PM

Rest in peace Mr. Les Paul and thank you.
Les Paul died today, 13 August, 2009.
Sissy Jean

Sissy Jean



Aug 13 2009 2:21 AM

Congratulations!! Kingsizemaybe was a Jeopardy! question today!!! Of course, I knew the question.
Toni Ruuska

Toni Ruuska



Aug 2 2009 8:17 AM

Hi! Thanks for the add! Sounds Great!!
Duke Michaels

Duke Michaels



Aug 1 2009 9:46 PM

Have a whiskey knocking and swimsuit dropping weekend!!! If you're opposed to drinking and running around naked then have a guitar slinging and pocket change jingling weekend!!!
Countrymusic24

Countrymusic24



Jul 22 2009 5:16 PM


Hope to see you at the...

Hoffe, wir sehen uns auf dem...

...High Noon Country Festival / Borgholzhausen / Germany

15. + 16. August 2009


2. High Noon Country Festival am Kulturbahnhof B3 in Borgholzhausen / NRW - John Boy Walton - Orange Blossum Special - Nashfield - The Flyin Turtles - Bue Creek Band - Steve Haggerty & The Wanted


Yours / Euer

Countrymusic24.com Team


nick koga

nick koga



Jul 19 2009 4:55 PM

yo kingsizemaybe, great gig at taix last nite, you guys rocked the house. hope to see ya soon, nick
Forrest George

Forrest George



Jul 18 2009 9:06 PM

Hey --- thanks for adding me as a friend! I really dig the "Dallas" tune! Of course, any friend of Jeffrey Peterson is a friend of mine!
Awesome to see Lowell in your top myspace friends!
Jeffrey Peterson The 420 Comic

Jeffrey Peterson The 420 Comic



Jul 12 2009 4:00 AM

Robbie Rist turned me on to you guys, so I need to turn my friend Forrest George, Lowells son on to you guys
Russ Tolman

Russ Tolman



Jul 3 2009 6:37 PM

Hey Gary!

TRUE WEST plays Down On The Farm Festival, Halden, Norway on August 7 & 8.
Christian Lamitschka, Journalist for Country Music

Christian Lamitschka



Jul 3 2009 10:40 AM

CountryHome Forum, http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazine , is one of the biggest Forum for country music in Europe and part of CountryHome, www.countryhome.de , Germany's Premier Online Country Music Magazine.

CountryHome Forum have more than 5,000 members. Each news you submit to CountryHome Forum will released to my weekly Newsletter with more than 50,000 readers.

Please submit your artist news and events to CountryHome Forum to help your artists to get well known better in Europe. If you do not have the time to submit your artist news and events by yourself, please send it me to: Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de and I will submit them by myself to CountryHome Forum.

I know that many artists from North America don't have their music videos uploaded to German video websites. The most popular websites are MyVideo.de and ClipFish.de. That means your European audience does not have the chance to find them.

I understand that most of you don't speak German and are not able to upload videos because of the language barrier. If you would like me to upload your videos to the German video websites, please let me know.

Thanks

Christian

Editor & Journalist for Country Music
Christian Lamitschka
An der Pfingstweide 28
61118 Bad Vilbel
Germany
Phone: ++49 6101 544613
Mobil: ++49 171 6903352
Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de
Info@CountryMusic-Magazin.de
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Linda Pitmon

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Jun 30 2009 2:48 PM

PRISS

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Jun 28 2009 1:53 AM


PRISS - KISS Tribute
Infinity - Journey Tribute
Venus Envy - featuring Wendy Moore
Bands start at 9:30
Get there early!
CASTAÑO

CASTAÑO



Jun 25 2009 8:16 PM

yahhhhhh!!!
you guys rock
JUly 18th
we're gonna burn
Taix Down
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