Johnny Walker - Guitars, Vocals, Harmonica, Feedback
Benjamin Swank - Drums, Percussion, Vibraslap
Oliver Henry - Guitars, Vocals, Horns, Keys
Dechman - Pedal Steel, Keys, Strings, Etc.
Influences
Delta Blues, Dirty Blues, Wrong Blues, Detroit Soul, New Orleans Funk, Failed Relations, Amateurish Efforts, Scratchy 78's, Whiskey, Free Jazz, Bordeaux Wine, Howlin' Wolf, Keith Richards, Dock Boggs, Loup Garou, Backline Drums, Field Recordings, St. Sebastian, and All the Kids Who Live Their Lives on the Outside Looking In.
Sounds Like
We're too proud to exhibit what is presented as the norm in today's music. We want to continue the development of an idiosyncratic genre of music that we believe will always be vital.
Few bands are so revered by their contemporaries as the SOLEDAD BROTHERS, who formed in 1998 and hail from the same Detroit scene that spawned the likes of the White Stripes, The Detroit Cobras, and the Greenhornes. "The Hardest Walk" arrives a full two years after the release of their acclaimed third album 'Voice Of Treason," and is their best work to date. It transcends the rampant garage blues that had so characterized the band's previous work by taking in a diverse range of influences, from Dr John and Albert Ayler to Syd Barrett and early Neil Young, with some Brit pop melodies and soul grooves added for good measure. The result is a mature, personal, and complex rock'n'roll album not to be missed.
The Hardest Walk is released March 6th in the UK by Loog Records and March 14th in the US by Alive Records.
Come along on Thursday night for an evening of fast-paced Detroit rock'n'roll action with THE DIRTBOMBS, plus Kelley Stoltz and The Kits and DJ PJ (Dirty Water Club)! Click on flyer for tickets...
See The Godfathers live at The Islington Academy, London on Friday October 24th 2008 - supported by The Jim Jones Revue, The Jooks Of Kent and a rock and roll DJ set from Andrew Weatherall. Tickets available NOW from www. ticketweb. co. uk
Review: 'Summer of Love Revue' let's the sun shine in again
By Pat Craig Contra Costa Times
"The tribute performers are simply astonishing in their abilities to not only summon the styles and personalities of the musicians they are impersonating but to create the same sort of electric excitement of the originals. David Lockhart's painfully excessive capturing of the booze-swilling and constantly concupiscent Jim Morrison is an encyclopedic homage to the ethos of rock. Boudeeka's haunting accurate portrayal of Janis Joplin is a tribute to women in rock (she also plays the Airplane's Grace Slick) and the raw emotion that was so much a part of the scene. Carlton Poward is an almost frightening replica with his spot-on Jimi Hendrix characterization and inspired guitar playing.
If you missed out on all the fun, don't worry, They will having an encore performance LIVE May 3rd at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco www. bottomofthehill. com 8:30PM
Burning bright We’re expected to embrace The Beijing flame Human rights Are denied So they can play their stupid games
But we couldn’t go to Moscow Because the Commies were bad guys But now they want to buy Nike And they can sell us cheap textiles And depress all dissent And that is the democracy we like
Sweat Shop labour To mark the toys Stamped with Olympic pride Crimes of poverty In a rich nation Hidden from our eyes
But we don’t delve too deeply Because we need the market Don’t want to lose our profits Or even our position We’ve got to keep on creaming That is the democracy That is the democracy Keep our nation rich and free That is the democracy we like
