ASHLEY CHAMBERLAIN, a bona fide Tucson native plays the drums, DENISE LANE, a transplant from the San Francisco Bay sings & plays rhythm guitar, BRUCE LANGEVIN, originally from Minnesota, who you may have seen playing lead guitar with us in the past, plays the bass guitar. Rejoining the band, ROB MARTIN, a Tucson native, plays electric lead guitar.
Influences
Denise's influences include pink floyd, linda perry, patty griffin, patsy cline, wanda jackson, billie holiday, ella fitzgerald, buena vista social club, johnny cash, roy orbison, mavis staple, neko case, lou reed, bob dylan, donovan, jack white, led zeppelin...
Ashley's influences include Concrete Blonde and the Cowboy Junkies
Bruce's influences: Lowell George, Rainer, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Flaming Lips, Big Star, Small Faces & Faces, Flaming Groovies, Can, Neu, Kraftwerk, Fela Kuti, James Jamerson, James Brown, Al Green, Joni Mitchell, Bobby Zimmerman, Brian Eno, Jeff Tweedy, Wilco, P-Funk, Louvin Bros, Cher, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Yes, Deerhoof...
Coming to you right out of Tucson, Arizona, our music is kind of a bluesy rock style with undertones of old country, rock-a-billy and heaping spoonful of that dry desert sound otherwise known as Americana. You could also think of us as the bizarre result of one wild night involving Lucinda Williams, Patsy Cline and The Pretenders, and we probably wouldn't disagree, but we'd also tell you those weren't the only participants. Our self-titled cd, which came out in 2006, is available online at www.cdbaby.com. The album features 12 original tunes, and if you've seen us play, you will probably be familiar with most of them...in the meantime, we've got mp3's posted here on myspace, and under the open mic at www.folkalley.com in case you're curious. If you want us to play at your bar, café, or party, we do our own booking, so please email us at Spurloafers@yahoo.com. And for our local friends, we sell the album at all of our live performances as well as a few places around town: Black Rose Caffe, Bookmans (Grant Rd.), and Antigone Books.
Howdy, friends! I played "Ill Have Somebody Else"(-bonus track)on the newly GRAMMY nominated cd, Willie and the Wheel (Willie Nelson and AATW)!!!!!BRAND NEW SONGS UP TODAY! and the band just got on reverbnation..check it out..www.reverbnation.com/therubyjaneshow
We're back at The Hut this Saturday December 5th sharing the stage with another world music and roots-reggae influenced band -Planet Jam- who'll start the evening at 9 pm.
