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This goes out to all of our Chain - Gang Partners:
We formed in May of 2006 after a few friendly drinks led to some serious
plans on creatin a unique soundin' band. We love American Undeground Rock music, Americana / Alt. Country, old Country stuff, traditional Folk and Punk of coss'.
Yet, we didn't want to just form a revival band either. We 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.
Our 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" that¹s 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. That was the start of their Train-Country rythm. 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.
Throughout 2008, the band continued to gig constantly and working on new songs with the addition of John Hardy on pedal steel guitar. Their sound changed into a "Desert Rock" and Alt. Country style. After Big George's departure from vocals, Dustbowl went in the studio in May 2009 and recorded 14 new songs for their new album entitled "Goin' Down" which will feature notable special guests such as Phil Shoenfelt (Fatal Shore, Southern Cross) and Jeremy Gluck (The Barracudas) and Alex K. (The Last Drive, The Earthbound).
For bookings, orders and things send message or mail at:
info@dustbowl.gr or dustbowl_band@yahoo.gr
OFFICIAL SITES:
www.dustbowl.gr
the_dustbowl@myspace.com
"When Woody Guthrie was singing hillbilly songs on a little Los Angeles radio station in the late 1930s, he used to mail out a small mimeographed songbook to listeners who wanted the words to his songs, On the bottom of one page appeared the following:
"This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright 154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don't give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that's all we wanted to do."
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"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..."
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