THE ROLLING BOMBERS /// Steve Lewis -- Lead Axe & Vocals /// John Bettencourt -- Bass Axe & Vocals /// Kevin Blackler -- Keys & Organs /// Jay Frederick -- Drums & Percussion
Influences
I'll list the bands I enjoy listening to, as well as authors I like to read. Then you can listen to my music, read my lyrics & decide if you consider them "Influences" == The Band / Bob Dylan / Uncle Tupelo / Wilco / Whiskeytown / Ryan Adams / Simon & Garfunkel / The Byrds / Kings of Leon / Bon Iver (big ups to Wisconsin, my brother) / Nina Simone / Moondog / Jimmy Buffett (before he shaved his mustache) / Tongs (Alabama Steve Lewis) / Kara Suzanne & the Gojo Hearts / John Lee Hooker / Neil Young / CSNY / CSN / Sonny Boy Williamson / John Prine / Willy Nelson / Mississippi John Hurt / Standard Library of Mystery / The Great Kenny Cambre / Elvis Presley / Everly Brothers / Your Mom's Band Here /
Joseph Campbell / Sigmund Freud / Carl Jung / Fyodor Dostoevsky / Henry Miller / Charles Bukowski / Arthur Rimbaud / Federico Garcia Lorca / Pablo Neruda / Ernest Hemingway / Kurt Vonnegut / Virginia Woolf / John Steinbeck / John Keats / Philip Roth / etc.
Sounds Like
drums, bass, guitars, keys, vocals all mixed together for the benefit of your ears.
"The debut album from the Reverend John DeLore, "Ode to an American Urn" is a 13-song tour de force! The poet-like attention to lyrics is underscored by melodies and arrangements whose breadth of musical dynamics is rare in modern albums.
"Ode to an American Urn" moves deftly from bombastic, blues-tinged rock, to songs with big, sprawling spaces for the listener to explore, to songs filled with breath and intimacy. The expansiveness of the album works because "American Urn" also has what other modern albums lack: a common thread of intention connecting the songs, a common heart.
"Truly a collection of Indie-Rock-Americana gems. Repeat listens are encouraged!!!" --csl
The full version of "New Song for the Crossroads" (hi-quality, mp3 on Xray.net)
Hi john, great stuff! Hope the tour has been good. Would have loved to come and see U play tonite but am a bit wrecked from sightseeing and drinking too much.. Do U have any more shows coming up here in New York? Take care// Sanna
no. I'm doing voodoo fest in new orleans for halloween. that should be fun. and i'm sooo enjoying this fall northwest weather. any good stories on tour??
Hey John! All is good here in the SLC. It's starting to get really cold though and I don't like that!! I have been listening to your album on my iPod a lot lately. Just can't get enough. Do you have another album coming out anytime soon? I am now writing about concerts, etc for Examiner.com and would love to write about your album on there and promote anys hows you have coming this way. I guess I can wait til Spring if I have to! How's everything else?
So no Boston of Providence shows? I saw they were under TBD or TBA but a few cool places in Boston, and Im not sure of the size of�a place your looking to play but theres The Sweetwater Cafe, Tommy Doyles, TT the Bears Place and The middle East Club to name a few of the places I go to for great live music. But its a shame your not coming to Boston I was really looking forward to it and at worse case scenario I was hoping I could atleast drive to Providence, Oh well maybe next time
You were in my dream the other night. In the dream Danielle handed me a picture that someone had drawn for me and it was your face. I smiled. Super strange.... Anyway, hope you are doing well.
I kinda wish I bought your CD. but alas, we gave our last $2 to you with the best tip in the world. so you obvi meet a lot of people along the way... do you actually remember all of them?
My friend gave me Ode To An American Urn after seeing you play at I think Rockwood in New York City a ways back, the cd is absolutely amazing, I can't stop lsitening to it, hopefully you can come up to Boston sometime and play live. I'd lvoe to see that
ahhh, myspace friends, the only true form of friendship..hahaha. enjoying the cd, good to meet you last night, i had to reread the kipling poem again this morning. it's so great. come back soon, travel safe!
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