The following was written in the arcata eye for our December 2nd show at the Alibi.......
Side Iron! Oh, my. Oh, my. Where to begin? I haven’t heard a lot about this band and apparently this was only their third show, so that isn’t very surprising, but being that it is three quarters Que la Chinga and one spoonful of The Hitch,"
"I can’t believe that there isn’t more hype. From the first song, the audience was transported into the most rocking of spaghetti westerns. It was all there. Whiskey, women, revenge and the general malaise that recalls giant tumbleweeds and stumbling cowboys. It was an obvious hit as the audience grew closer to the stage and welcomed these loving sounds with favor. This is fun music, plain and simple. With throat-ripping growls over the merging twang of the steel guitar, impressive percussion and infectious guitar riffs that craftily united C&W with rock, it became absolutely impossible not to be overtaken with the energy put into every song. Suffice to say that this show made a few fans for these guys... Go see these guys. Period." Written by Dan Lewis
Found an Edward Abbey quote that reminded me of you guys....
"When the cities are gone...and all the ruckus has died away, when sunflowers push up through the concrete and asphalt of forgotten interstate freeways, when the Kremlin and the Pentagon are turned into nursing homes for generals, presidents and other such shitheads, when the glass-aluminum skyscraper tombs of Phoenix, Arizona barely show above the sand dunes, why then, why then, why then by God maybe freemen and wildwomen on horses, free women and wild men can roam the sagebrush canyonlands in freedom--goddamit! Herding the feral cattle into box canyons, and gorge on bloody meat and bleeding fucking internal organs, and dance all night to the music of fiddles! Banjos! Steel guitars! by the light of the reborn moon!--by God--Yes!"
