Ryan Scroggins-organ, vox/
Patrick "Beans" Wheeler-drums, vox/
Nathan Smith-saxaphone /
Jeremy Pena-guitar, Vox /
Thomas Dowda-bass, vox /
Influences
There are so many so I'll name just a few: The Skatalites, The Upsetters, Toots and the Maytals, The Hippy Boys, The Starlites, Bob Dylan, The Animals, Hank Williams. It really boils down to any good late 60's early 70's Jamaican music or any good earlier American singer/songwriter stuff.
Sounds Like
This band came out of the creation of Ryan Scroggins (keyboardist for Los Skarnales) and Beans (drummer for Los Skarnales), originally just a side project musical outlet, but once the band Los Skarnales officially parted with the current line-up, Ryan took the band full on to cover some already booked Los Skarnales shows and tours. With more than enthusiastic responses from the 3 Floors Of Ska LA show and other gigs along the way, the band has gone full time on this effort, and thank you for that!.
Do not expect anything here like Los Skarnales, where as there are no Hispanic elements to be heard, this is all new style and sound from the band out of Houston, TX. The energy level is still there as is the musicianship, but the sound is very different and very fresh. After listening to the test press in it's entirety, I felt like I just walked out of a cold dark foggy New Orleans bar, where some crazy mixture of traditional Jamaican ska, a Sergio Leone soundtrack and a bottle of whiskey were all thrown together into one incredible score to my nightly trip to the club.
The album contains atmosphere, which a lot of records these days don't. Most albums seem to be a string of individual songs that have nothing in common with the following or preceding tune. Although the album was done rather quickly, a lot of thought was put into the "feel" of the record. I think this record is going to please any fan of the current "rocksteady" revival trend that seems to be sweeping the ska scene. The more gritty ska sound, a bit more rough and tough. It's hot in Houston, and so is this record! -Jeremy Patton/Megalith Records
Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans is a mix of ska, reggae, country, folk, jazz, and world music type stuff. We've had this band together playing officially since The first 3 floors of ska in LA. Which was in November of 2006. I couldn't do this without my closest and dearest friends, my band mates. We've been together a fairly short time, but good things are happening every day. We've already been lucky enough to share the stage with great acts such as: The Skatalites, Toots and the Maytals, The Aggrolites, Chris Murray, The Slackers, Hugh Masakela, and many more to come. We released our first album on Megalith Records in August of 2007. We are also on a Megalith Euro-sampler and a Version City compilation that are slated to be out in the near future. At the present time we are working on putting out our second full length album. We also have a 45 coming out soon. You should see these around May or June. Our first full length should be released this month in Europe as well. As for myself, I'm still keeping this as my personal page too. I tattoo for a living. I've been tattooing now for about 11 years. the tattoo shop I work at is called AMAZING TATTOO in Houston Texas. I get my influences out of my own head. Unlike a lot of tattooers these days. If you'd like to book an appointment with me you can reach me at the shop (713) 952 6494. When I'm not tattooing or out with the band I like to spend most of my time with my beautiful wife Ashley. She's my guiding light and inspiration away from evil. I am also very much into herpetology, mainly amphibians. We are animal lovers. I also paint water color traditional American tattoo stuff, read biology books, Build terrariums, volunteer at the zoo, go to the museums and just generally chill with my close friends when I get some free time. - Ryan Scroggins
Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans's Friend Space (Top 24)
Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans has 1946 friends.
Dude Ryan, I have a fuckin' army of people ready to go man, from Brownsville all the way up to Baytown man. We missed u at the reggae fest on 420, we woke up to late, so we have alot of skankin' we need to get outta of our systems, c ya soon man. -BoB-
Do you remember the Grape Ape? It was a cartoon with a big purple ape. The ape part is something I called your dad a long time ago. We are descended from the Lord of Greystoke. For real
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Aug. 14th- Oakland, CA- The Stork Club-----21+ Aug. 15th- Lancaster, CA- Lucky's Lounge-----21+ Aug. 16th- Las Vegas, NV- Beauty Bar-----21+ Aug. 17th- Los Angeles, CA-The Airliner-----18+ Aug. 19th- Chicago, IL- The Buzzbomb Club-----18+ Aug. 20th- Denver, CO- Climax Lounge- ALL AGES Aug. 22nd- San Antonio, TX - Rock Bottom Club----- 21+ Aug. 23rd- Houston, TX - Numbers Night Club----- ALL AGES
cool show last night. i'll try and make the next one also. maybe one day IDIGINIS and the TRENCHTOWN TEXANS will share the same stage. anyway, i could tell you kids were tired last night but it did not sound tired. i like the bass. that kid is bad.
