Chris Kirshbaum played snare on the CMH Records singles "Billie Jean" and "867-5309/Jenny"
Ken Beck played additional snare on Volume Two: Flowers and Gasoline
Erin Sullivan sang, Duane Michaels played fiddle and Jordan Katz (of Common Rotation) played trumpet on Bluegrass Wrecks the Music of Tenacious D on CMH Records. Thanks!
Influences
Carter Family, Flatt & Scruggs, Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Bob Wills, Willie Nelson, Dorothea Lange, Woody Guthrie, Uncle Dave Macon, the Bently Boys, Bob Dylan, Doc Watson, Del McCoury, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Homer & Jethro, the Blue Sky Boys, The Flaming Lips, The Ramones, The Beatles
Sounds Like
SOME REVIEWS...
"This is the kind of music where the performers are so good, and so clearly having a blast with what they’re doing, that the mood is infectious."
- Audio Video Revolution
"...the band just sounds right, the aural equivalent of a cold drink after a long, hot day.... the listener is left hungry for more original material from this quaint but exciting band."
- Dissolver Magazine
"The
Dust Bowl Cavaliers stir up a brew of rusty, rebellious, raw and
up-to-no-good whiskey drinking country so naughty that it makes you
giddy. Remimiscent of The Old 97s, Old Crow Medicine Show, Uncle
Tupelo and so forth, their nasal and exceedingly playful approach
spreads a smile on yer face so big your ears will get in the way." (5 Stars!!!)
- CD Baby
"... experiencing the Dust Bowl Cavaliers is like an infectuous high that never goes away! They are irresistable performers and incredible musicians."
- Erica Lane Saylors (Moondance International Film Festival Director)
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TWO NEW BLUEGRASS 80's COVERS NOW ON iTUNES!
Michael Jackson's BILLIE JEAN
and
Tommy Tutone's 867-5309/JENNY
ALSO...
Our new 13-song album is now available!!!
or on iTunes
ORDER "Bluegrass Wrecks the Music of Tenacious D: This is Just a Tribute (feat. The Dust Bowl Cavaliers)"HERE!!!
Our debut EP "Volume One: Sweet Tomorrow" is available NOW...
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You can hear us in the "Sometime Anywhere" Podcast HERE!!!
The Dust Bowl Cavaliers are a six man hot-damn hootenanny which brings together traditional bluegrass, Appalachian folk music, classic country, alt-country and some rock tunes done old-timey style.
The group's repertoire has grown to more than forty numbers, including old-timey songs like "Down on Penny's Farm" and "New River Train", early country hits such as "Folsom Prison Blues" and "Hey, Good Lookin'" and even string band versions of tunes by U2 and the Flaming Lips.
The DBC live shows are exciting, spontaneous, and often pretty darn funny (all the boys in the band do improv in various LA comedy groups). The Dust Bowl Cavaliers are now done with their latest CD "Common Rotation VS. The Dust Bowl Cavaliers" and are playing shows in the LA area. Keep checking back for more tunes and live show updates!
Congratulations on the new record - it is all kinds of wonderful. And thanks for putting the tracks here - now I can update profile with my favourite! :)
Your song "The Other Side of the Hill" is so beautiful-I keep replaying it! Thanks to John for encouraging me on my mandolin (mandy-lin)! Perhaps I'll have some practice under my belt the next time Jamal comes to town... :)
GREAT show you guys!!!!! I had so much fun! i missed you! And finally, the cd....I can now listen to "lay you down" on repeat..over and over and over and over and over..........
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