R.J. Cresswell - guitar, vocals, songwriter,
Justin Smith - recording engineer, backing vocals, guitar and many other instruments
Influences
Against Me, Avail, Tim Barry, B.B. King, Billy Bragg, The Black Keys, Bright Eyes, Johnny Cash, Chris Wollard, Chuck Ragan, David Dondero, Dax Riggs, Deadboy and the Elephantmen, The Draft, Drag The River, Eagles of Death Metal, Frankie Stubbs, Tom Gabel, Hank Williams, Hot Water Music, Howlin' Wolf, Mississippi John Hurt, J.W. Warren, Leatherface, Leadbelly, Lucero, Lightin' Hopkins, John Mellencamp, Muddy Waters, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nirvana, Precious Bryant, Charlie Patton, Queens of the Stone Age, R.L. Burnside, Rumbleseat, Robert Jonson, Sonvolt, Bruce Springsteen, This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, Uncle Tupelo, The Weakerthans, Wilco, Whiskeytown, and Whiskey & Co.
Sounds Like
Saw Wheel – The Next Train, CD
"Saw Wheel is RJ. A guy with a beard, a flannel shirt, acoustic guitar, harmonica and a road worn but rich voice. He sings songs about drinking brown liquor, working shitty jobs and not knowing where certain roads are gonna lead that I think is both an analogy for the uncertainties of life AND just being lost as fuck after too much of that brown booze. Granted the best way to experience these homespun and personal (but still kind of punk- he covers Avail’s Lombardy St) accounts is in a smoky bar or in front of a smoky campfire, but the recording is good and the songwriting sound."
Tim Scott
Screaming Bloody Mess
"Saw Wheel is an alt-country/acoustic-punk band which comes from a small town in Mississippi and now resides in Austin, Texas. They play wonderful music on traditional instruments and have a great folky sound with gravelly vocals layered over top. The singer/songwriter, Ronnie Joe, also played in a great band called One Reason. This is camp fire music sung from the heart. The stripped down, serene acoustic sound of Saw Wheel reminds us of the picking and twanging of other contemporary acts like Rumbleseat, Lucero, Whiskey & Co. and the late great Uncle Tupelo." Hazzard Records
oh ok i see cause i have the LP and CD and i was wondering why the LP sisnt have Paradise but my Cd did heh...anways i just orderd the madeline split plus the next train both on CD. =]
Hey, life does tend to get in the way of creative stuff, doesn't it?! I'm doing pretty well, taken a little break from work to see Joey Cape/Jon Snodgrass/Chad Rex again around Europe after their show in London was so awesome :p Just got back from Berlin and we are off to Geneva on Monday. Can't wait! Got to get back to reality after that though, a lot of study to catch up on. Happy Easter, by the way! x
