The Redfords is a band founded by singer songwriter John Gidlund. Teaming up with producer Greg Magers from The Attic Recording www.myspace.com/theatticrecording Gidlund recorded the first Redfords album entitled Miracle At Sunrise (Released 1/12/2008). Gidlund enlisted the help of the very talented drummer Jonathan Marks to lay down the drums on the album. Check out Marks band www.myspace.com/heychamp. For the live Redfords a few people have helped out on bass. Graham Burris is currently sitting in on bass. Check out his band www.myspace.com/matthewsantos . Johnny from the Playoff has also sat in for a show. Check out his band www.myspace.com/theplayoffmusic .
Along with the radio tour, The Redfords are playing some high profile shows in Chicago like the Elbo Room, Subterranean, and Goose Island. The Redfords were also a part of International Pop Overthrow in 2008
Check out www.youtube.com/gidtar to watch an entire Redfords show and see what the hype is all about!
Junk Food Mafia was Track of the Week 4/14/2008 on Garageband.com
Junk Food Mafia was also Track of the Day 1/23/2008 on Garageband.com
Press
Absolute Power Pop
Brevity may be the soul of wit, but it's also a virtue of good power pop discs. Clocking in at 29 minutes over 10 tracks, Chicago's The Redfords don't waste your time in getting down to the business of delivering high-energy, modern power pop. Fans of Weezer, Rooney and others of their ilk will love this disc; titles like "Junk Food Mafia", "Heart Attack" and "Tattoo" are going to be more descriptive of their tunes that I can be. And even the obligatory power ballad ("So Strange") is pretty good. Robert would be proud.
Illinois Entertainer
The unabashed power pop of The Redfords came together when songwriter John Gidlund recruited drummer Jonathan Marks (Hey Champ) and a handful of other musicians to record a debut full-length. The result is Miracle At Sunrise, an album heavy on thick guitars and catchy choruses. Gidlund is a good songwriter and an above-average guitar player, and he gracefully navigates his way through many alt-rock clichés. – Joseph Simek
Just wanted to let ya know that we now have a band screen name on AIM! - It's BackDropBand so if ya ever feel like talking with us try hitting us up on there just for kicks! haha and if you haven't already checked out the new tune we put up last week head over to our page, we'd appreciate it!! hope all is well, let me know what you've been up to! - Landen
thank you so much for the add! if you could spare a few moments of your time and let us know what you think of our tunes, we would really appreciate it, and it would probably make our day :)
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