Additional studio musicians: Anthony Arvizu - shakers, tambourines Rob Covacevich - tenor & baritone sax on "The Ballad of Millicent Marmer" Chris O'Roark - trumpet on "Warbonnets & Wingsuits"
Influences
the sun, the moon, graves, incense, soul, hands, ireland, wrinkles, oklahoma, the rolling stones, bordeaux, sleepless nights, dusty records, muscle cars, the canyon, spirits, a great pair of legs, the indigenous, leon russell, the mountain farm, your mom, the Band, wind, birds, duane allman, grandpa, london, rex goliath cabernet, turquoise, smoke, van morrison, hair, boots, bones, the unknown, derek & the dominos, camels, barcelona, ink, red stripe, terry reid, tambourines, gram parsons, trees, couches, nyquil, water, defeat, success.
Sounds Like
It's a sweltering summer day...you're cruising down a dirt road in an old pickup, windows down, switching between a Creedence 8-track and Motown's Greatest Hits, when suddenly the sky turns red and you realize you've been on Mars.
In Swami Panchadasi's 1912 book, The Human Aura, he describes clear bright red emanations as indicators of "health, life-force, vigor and virility in a pure and untainted form." "Descending in the scale," he continues, "we find the crimson shade becoming darker and duller, until we descend to the plane of impure, sensual, coarse passion, which is manifested by an ugly, dull, muddy crimson of a repulsive appearance, suggesting blood mixed with dirty earth or barnyard soil."
For a band called The Muddy Reds, such a description is telling.
The Los Angeles-based group plays what they call "cosmic roots" – swaggering rock and roll that pulls from front porch American roots, Stax-era soul, ghostly blues, and southern swamp jams. The Muddy Reds conjure images of dusty bones set against black sunrises, of sex and lost souls; their music evokes the primal urges to sweat and shake and move and breathe.
In just a few short months, the quintet of transplanted Texans, wandering Okies, and native Californians has generated a healthy buzz in LA, one that shows no signs of quieting. The Muddy Reds recently completed an EP at the Compound Studio (Ryan Bingham, Cold War Kids, Marc Ford, and The Mars Volta), recording five songs in three days. They tracked live, with the members arranged in a circle to preserve the natural interaction that breathes life into the band.
"If you get back to the basics of music, I mean, why was it made in the first place? Not for self-glorification" Johnny notes. "It was born out of the need for a release – it's human beings sitting around on a late night, telling a story together and turning wheels."
The Muddy Reds received national attention in October 2009 when one of those stories, "The Ballad of Millicent Marmer," made its way onto ABC's "Desperate Housewives," and saw positive reviews. Their self-titled EP (Including the above track) is set to be released in December 2009.
Welcome Friends. Like to invite you to come see me sing. My band Cheep Thrills plays the Music Of Janis Joplin. http://www.myspace.com/cheepthrills Now performing on November Friday The 13 at the OC TAVERN 2369 El Camino Real San Clemente CA. 92672 along with Stoned Immaculate+Spider Gwd. So please come join us for 3 jays Janis Joplin+Jim Morrison+Jerry Garcia and pass it on down the line. Peace+Love from Lori-An Ryan/Cheap Thrills Productions PS Cheep Thrills will be at San Manuel Dec 21. Summertime
The Muddy Reds, How's it going? I just wanted to let you know that my debut "Like I'm Beautiful" is now available on iTunes, on sale for only $5.94 this week!
Hope you have an amazing day! Be blessed, Kelly Murray
"Acoustic back porch jam at The Echo..." LOVE IT!!! Good to see you fellas as usual last night. Thanks for making our Mondays so worthwhile. Lovin the flower power backdrop on your page too! See you guys soon. -Char
Welcome Friends. Like to invite you to come see me sing. My band Cheep Thrills plays the Music Of Janis Joplin. 
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