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Dustbowl

Dustbowl Radio

General Info

  • Genre: Americana / Country / Roots Music

    Location Athens, Un

    Profile Views: 97423

    Last Login: 1/9/2013

    Member Since 7/13/2006

    Website www.dustbowl.gr

    Record Label F.M.I. RECORDS

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Dustbowl formed in May of 2006 by Telecaster Nick, The Shoeshine Boy, Big George, Lydia and DD Dynamite. After a few friendly sessions at Nick's basement they decided to create a unique sounding band. It was the birth of their "Train-A-Billy" sound! ________ Dustbowl influenced by old Country Music, Rock-A-Billy, Americana, Alt. Country and Undeground Rock music too. ________ Yet, they didn't want to just form a revival band either. Dustbowl wanted to introduce contemporary themes that people nowadays can relate to and this is how Dustbowl's unique "Freight Train Ramblin' Sound" came to be. ________ Dustbowl songs can be likened to the train's lonesome whistle, the wailing of the rails as the long black iron horse glides over'em. Dustbowl is all about love lost and found, about being sorrow-bound and lonely, about livin' like a modern day "hobo"...a-driftin' and a-ramblin', about pickin' a tune with some friends... ________ Dustbowl released Ramblin' Blues EP in 2006 through their own Dusty Records label. The following year, the band recorded - in just four days - their debut album "Troublebound & Lonesome" which was released from On Stage Records. ________ "Troublebound & Lonesome" got raving reviews in the local and international press and combined with the band's energetic live shows has gained them a cult status and a strong following in the local undergroud scene. ________ The band continued to gig and worked on new songs with the addition of John Hardy on pedal steel guitar. After Big George's departure from vocals, Dustbowl went in the studio in May 2009 and recorded 14 new songs for their album entitled "Goin' Down" which features notable special guests such as Alex K. (The Earthbound, The Last Drive), Phil Shoenfelt (Fatal Shore, Southern Cross) and Jeremy Gluck (The Barracudas). ________ In December 2010 DD left the band and Big George came back . The band continued to gig constantly with Big George. Together they made "Johnny Cash: The Tribute Show" and kept on "keepin' on" with their characteristical "Troublebound & Lonesome" and "Goin' Down" tunes along with old Country material and somekinda original "Train-A-Billy" new stuff. ________ Dustbowl performed a lot at their hometown Athens...at venues like Gagarin, An Club, After Dark etc and as the main act all over Greece at venues like Mylos & Principal- Thessaloniki, Stage Club- Larissa, Oz- Agrinio and La Brasserie- Creta. They also performed at festivals like European Music Day 2010, Photobiennale,White Boppin Tower Vol. III Rock-a-Billy Festival, 5th Country Music Festival-Theatro Vrahon, 13th Comics Festival- Technopolis.________ Dustbowl shared the stage with artists like Steve Wynn and bands like The Last Drive (at their "Heavy Liquid Show"), The Earthbound, Phil Shoenfelt & The Southern Cross, Murder By Death etc.________ The band's political stands and social values are expressed via the participation in festivals like the 15th Antiracist Festival, "A Ship to Gaza" and "Live for Haiti" and B-Fest. ________Μ. Μαρκουλή: «Ο ήχος του τρένου πάνω στις γραμμές καθώς πλησιάζει και απομακρύνεται,το σφύριγμα , οι ράγες, ο δρόμος και αυτό το δαιμονισμένο ροκενρόλ τους ξεσήκωσε από τις γειτονιές της Αθήνας, όπως ο αέρας το σύννεφο της σκόνης.Και τώρα οι Dustbowl, δεν είναι ένα από τα πιο πολύτιμα κρυμμένα μυστικά στη μουσική της πόλης- είναι η μπάντα που δεν πιστεύεις στα μάτια και στ΄ αυτιά σου...» ________ OFFICIAL SITES: _______ www.dustbowl.gr_______ http://www.facebook.com/pages/DUSTBOWL/165746467966_______ www.myspace.com/the_dustbowl_______ http://www.youtube.com/user/DustbowlAthens_______ http://www.reverbnation.com/dustbowl_______ Dust Bowl" was a term born in the hard times from the people who lived in the drought-stricken region during the great depression. The term was first used in a dispatch from Robert Geiger, an AP correspondent in Guymon, and within a few short hours the term was used all over the nation. The "Dust Bowl Days", also known as the "Dirty Thirties", took its toll on Cimarron County. The decade was full of extremes: blizzards, tornadoes, floods, droughts, and dirt storms ________ (Excerpts from "The Dust Bowl, Men, Dirt and Depression" by Paul Bonnifield). ________ "And here for the first time I saw my beloved Mississippi River, dry in the summer haze, low water, with its big rank smell that smells like the raw body of America itself because it washes up.".. Jack Kerouac, On the Road .. ________ "Tell About the South . . . What's it like there. What do they do there. Why do they live there. Why do they live at all.".. William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom .. ________ "Stay away from fascism, stay away from racism, stay away from any kinda nationalism & respect animal rights brothers & sisters..." ________ "Yes, we ramble and we roam And the highway that's our home, It's a never-ending highway For a dust bowl refugee" Woody Guthrie ________

  • Members

    BIG GEORGE:Vocals --- TELECASTER NICK:Guitar --- JOHN HARDY:Pedal Steel Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Guitar & Backing Vocals --- LYDIA:Bass & Double Bass & Backing Vocals --- THE SHOESHINE BOY:Drums --- ________ EX-MEMBERS: ________ DD DYNAMITE:Vocals & Rythm Guitar

  • Influences

    The "Black Train" Rythm and the "Desert Whirlwind Sound" :This is the "Dusty" Alt. Country Rock Music!

  • Sounds Like

    DISCOGRAPHY: ________ 3. Goin' Down [14 Track Album / Fuzz Overdose Recods - November 2009] ________ 2. Troublebound & Lonesome [12 Track Album / On Stage Records - Aug. 2008] ________ 1. Ramblin' Blues E.P. [5-Track E.P. / Dusty Records - Aug. 2006]

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