Michael Whyte - Songwriting, Vocals, Guitar Bob Vodick - Bass, Organ, Tambourine, Vocals Dave Fleming - Drums Mike Burns - Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar And sometimes: Adam Davis - Pedal Steel, Lap Steel, Hawaiian Slide Guitar, Spanish Guitar, Vocals Jessica Billey - Violin, Vocals Bud Melvin - Pedal Steel, Banjo
Influences
Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, The Clash, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Ramones, Buck Owens, Mott the Hoople, The
Band, Hank Williams, Graham Parker, The Mekons, Jerry Lee Lewis, Flying
Burrito Bros., New York Dolls, Sir Douglas Quintet, Richard Hell & the
Voidoids, Lefty Frizzell, Fairport Convention, Elvis Presley, Rolling
Stones, Ernest Tubb, The Carter Family, Howlin' Wolf, Dean Martin, Lynyrd
Skynyrd, Dock Boggs, Elvis Costello, Bill Monroe, Stax/Volt, Jerry Reed
"You've gotta love these guys... they are lovers of the nitty gritty, real stuff country: the Johnny Cash, the Merle Haggard, with a hefty dose of Ramones... and they're very, very funny, in the way The Bottle Rockets have always been. This is a real fun record!" -Jim DeRogatis, Sound Opinions, WXRT-FM Chicago
"Long before 'alt-country' became a widely accepted term, ther was a genre called cow-punk... The Blind Robins capture the spirit of cow-punk completely, with a perfect combination of whiskey-drinking honky-tonk odes and punk attitude. "That Goddamn Herbert Hoover", the leadoff track on The Origin of the Wasteland, perfectly encapsulates The Blind Robins, as drunks and dustbowl politics collide at 240bpm" -The Onion
Our first CD, The Origin of the Wasteland, can be purchased through Amazon.com. as well as CD Baby
Thank you for adding us to your list of friends. The Florida Regional Unit of Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic is the only agency in the state focused exclusively on the educational needs of students who are unable to access standard print because of a visual, learning or physical dissability.
Just wanted to drop in and Thank you for your Friendship. If you get a chance, stop by and take a listen to my music. Also, if you want, leave a message on my answering machine. My CD, "This Time Around" is now available, and can be purchased off my MySpace. Info is on the right hand side of my page, if you click on the cd cover. Thanks again. :)
