Jesse Lee Miller: Vocals, Guitar, Lap Steel Kyle Olson: Vocals, Guitar Jason Chase: Drums Ben Brezing: Bass
Influences
Red 40, Drag The River, Jawbreaker, Lucero, Against Me!, The Gaslight Anthem, Rumbleseat, Hank Williams Sr., Drive-By Truckers, Sixteen Horsepower, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Mike Ness.
Missouri Mule is heartbroken, beat-down, and overworked. And they prefer it that way.
Because from this turmoil comes a tattered and dusty sound, their music rooted in dense bones of corn-fed Bakersfield Country and wrapped in taut veins of punk rock. Mule brings songs of drinking and devotion to the glossy bar top of American country punk, taking the rattle and shakes of Dwight Yoakam and Hank Williams and connecting the bye-gone era to a teenage love affair with Jawbreaker and Lagwagon.
With the exception of Ben Brezing (bass) who was raised in Germany, Kyle Olson (vocals, guitar), Jesse Miller (vocals, guitar, lap steel), and Jason Chase, a.k.a. Cannonball, (drums) are all California boys who started playing in punk bands in their teens. Today, in addition to Missouri Mule, Olson and Chase both play in SecondShot and Van Hammersly, never letting go of a passion for discordant musical rebellion.
This desire to be defiant carries over to Mule’s uncompromising and raucous live shows, a band working on the idea that country and blues are the original punk rock. Like lost souls in the dust bowl, Mule hold a smoldering candle to the country music of eras past as their sound wanders along the same state lines as contemporary acts like Lucero, Gaslight Anthem, and Drive-By Truckers.
Blue-collar boys living much like modern day working-class hero Bruce Springsteen, Missouri Mule craft their songs of heartache and tribulation for the everyday man and woman. Currently recording their debut EP with friends and mentors Pete Bernhard and Cooper McBean of The Devil Makes Three, the finished product promises a shuddering and overcast look at the working man’s everyday life.
"Missouri Mule are one my favorite approved friend requests of the past month or so. The band plays the kind of whiskey-soaked rock and roll that dreams are made of, if your dreams consist of a lot of alcohol and cigarette smoke like mine do. Fans of Lucero, Tim Barry and Rumbleseat would be well-served to check out these dudes." ~WhatWeHate.com
In case you were interested, Cave Paintings is now up for download from my page. Take it as a free trip of me fading into you, and I hope it can be the art of thought and realization. Its music I make when I am not right, alone in my workshop, so hope you can take it as your own piece of alone time. Take it easy. -peace
Thanks for the add- I appreciate it! I'd love to hear what you think of the new songs!! Thanks again for the support... :) Ahh how I miss the 530 and G-st...
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