GREGG SARFATY: Vox, guitars and master joke teller
JANO JANOSIK: Drums, percussion, and spatial guru
LUKE STOREY: Bass and f**king funny ass comments
FRANK LEE DRENNEN: Guitars, mandolin, harmonica, vox and gratuitous nudity.
Influences
Anything with passion and soul... Little Richard, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Son House, Chet Baker, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Uncle Tupelo, Whiskeytown, Son Volt, Wilco, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Cat Stevens, Nick Drake, Bob Marley, Mahalia Jackson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, John Denver, Merle Haggard, Dio, Thin Lizzy, UFO, RunDMC, OutKast, Django, Gipsy Kings, U2, Supergrass, Hendrix, Doves, Ray LaMontagne, Patty Griffin, The Killers, The Who, Led Zep, The Faces... basically, between the four of us we own everything from ABBA to ZZTop. What's more interesting is the music we collectively HATE such as Steely Dan, Limp Bizkit, anything P-Diddy touches and every last American Idol.
Sounds Like
A perfect blend of The Band, The Heartbreakers, The Faces, and Wham!
HERE ARE SOME OF THE NICE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID ABOUT STEWBOSS AND THEIR MUSIC...
“It made me laugh, dance, sing along and sit down to pore over the song lyrics and liner notes like I haven't done since I was a kid…it's alive, vibrant and genuine. Sweet Lullabye is a masterpiece.” — Sam Wereb, Rockzilla magazine
“True American music, comparable to Springsteen and Tom Petty.” Bob Harris, BBC Radio2
“Sarfaty’s earnest, reedy vocals deliver the goods with unselfconscious passion, and the band boasts more than enough firepower to drive it all home.” — No Depression
“One of the most pleasing pieces of underplayed but authentic American music I’ve come across in many a long month.” — Dorset Echo
“An elegantly simple brew of earnest guitar pop and homespun melody…(Sweet Lullabye) is a fine, unfussy little masterpiece of an album.” — Manchester Evening News, UK
“Stewboss’ first album Wanted A Girl – a glorious piece of sepia-toned Americana – became a firm favourite with listeners to Bob Harris on (BBC)Radio2.” — Jim McGhee, Daily Record
“The tremendous Wanted A Girl album was one of the most overlooked, great LPs of the year, so it is good to see that (Stewboss) has maintained the same high standard. 4 stars!” — Bristol Eve Post
“Straddling the lines between love and hate, anger and calm, and joy and sadness, Stewboss delivers a turbulently emotional album of roots-rock songs for a whiskey-swilling Saturday night.” — The Music Box
“At several points during their show, the songs were so good people were shaking their heads in reverence to them.” — Music Connection
“Singer/songwriter Gregg Sarfaty is the unknown, undiscovered Van Morrison, Robbie Robertson, and Adam Duritz all in one.” — Lazyeye
“An extraordinary record…complete with intelligent lyrics and some great sound quality as well.” — hEARd Magazine, Australia
“By the end of the night there was no doubt they could have played it all again and still have had a packed house. If you missed them this time round, next time you have no excuse - you’ve been told.” — Manchester Evening News
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Glad to see things are progressing well with Stewboss. We are in the studio for the first time on Sunday and we played an absolutely banging concert on Saturday for Oslo Musikkfest. Keep in touch sir....
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Yes, it's that time of the month again when your listening pleasure can be enhanced by heading off to the AUK Myspace site where you will find folk whimsy from The Travelling Band, poignant thoughfulness from Waylon Jennings, The Butless Chaps (don't you just want to know what they sound like?) and the sweetly swinging (and singing) Tish Hinojosa.
Hi Guys, just realized it's been ages since I've looked at your site ... ages since I've been on myspace at all. Any dates yet for the spring uk tour? You can crash here again... but only if I don't black out the next day and get to keep my license lol ;-) Your last visit is definitely one I'll never ever forget. Lots of love xxx
Hello. For our final update of 2008 we have a track from the wonderful Todd Snider, classic sounds from The Snakes, the spellbinding voice of Kate Campbell, the atmospheric Iguanas and some leftfield rock'n'roll from Slithering Beast. Merry Christmas/Solstice/whatever and a Happy New Year!
Scotland misses Stewboss get yer arses back over here real soon . Don't forget big T , Sunny Govan send their love ........T x p. s got the session on cd if you want it , funtime Frankie dont answer e-mails : ( T x
I just came across your music by way of Pandora. com- completely random, had never heard your music before. After listening to one song I was hooked. I will be getting every cd I can get my hands on.
Stewboss, you guys have singlehandedly renewed my faith in American music. Thank you.
