Scott Morgan: Vocals/Acoustic and Electric Guitars/Banjo/Harmonica
Jeremy Thompson: Drums/Percussion/Backing Vocals
Shannon Morgan: Backing Vocals/Percussion
Ryan Davis: Electric and Acoustic Bass Guitar/Backing Vocals
Peter Lucey: Fender Rhodes/Hammond Organ/Piano/Accordion
Influences
Wilco, Little Feat, Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Widespread Panic, Tom Petty, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, The Black Crowes, Tom Waits, Doors, Allman Brothers, Uncle Tupelo, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springstein, Faces, Led Zeppelin, Johhny Cash
Sounds Like
Rough and raunchy garage roots-rock meets blues-funk and punk-country, Chapel Hill, NC's Memphis the Band conveys a wide range of stories and emotions based on Southern life and good times. Adding in dashes of folk, jazz, rockabilly and psychedelic, they play gut bucket thump and twang - ragged beauty with a rough-hewn soul side.
Scott Morgan, lead singer of Memphis the Band, has a voice pitched somewhere between the southern-rock inflection of Black Crows front man Chris Robinson and the R&B swagger of Mick Jagger. But once you've got used to this, the spit-and-sawdust roots-flavoured garage rock that the five-piece have been honing since their inception in 1998 starts to whip up a storm. In fact, the group's fourth album sounds like one hell of a Saturday night at their local juke-joint down in Chapel Hill, North Carolina..
MEMPHIS THE BAND: Last of the Cadillac Days
"Last of the Cadillac Days recalls the ragged beauty and bittersweet twang of influences like Neil Young and Tom Petty." Derek Stills, Praxis Magazine "The rough-hewn-soul side of roots rock, a la The Band and Little Feat." The Music Monitor
It was so great to see all you guys last nite and hear you play. I made it back to the 'Boro safely - just "kept my nose clean, my mouth shut, and my eyes straight ahead"...lol
WTF?! When are the Hatfields & McCoys gonna settle this dispute over a cool, sweet glass of iced tea? I miss me some Memphis & if ya' don't start up again soon I'm gonna steal yer wife! Love, Taz
Your song Sleeping Pills will be featured on Locals Only this Sunday night at 8pm on Majic 94.1. Tell everyone you know to listen or go online to www. majic941. com
Wishing you the best Blue Holiday ever! Tampa Blue "New and Used Acoustic Blues" Traditional, acoustic, Delta, slide, Piedmont, finger-style, Southern rural, pre-war, country, pre-electric blues with a touch of spirituals, hollers, rags and American finger-style guitar seasoning.
Hey guyz, GL was great,but missed you. I am putting together my band wish list 09, and guess who is on it. The Pope has said so. So it be written so it be said.
Your presence was sorely missed at the GoldenLeaf Gathering! Hey guys, two years away is enough already!! The "Pope" said so - HA! We hope to see you back in the woods next year! ;o)
Loved the article in Yes!Weekly's Sept. 19th issue. Nice to see great things said about such a great band! Shannon ~ hate I missed you being the sole backbeat! Hope to see ya guys again soon.
