Sean - Lead vocals, lead/rhythm guitar/songwriter
Chris Clark - Upright bass, backup vocals
Robert Garcia - Drums
Influences
Elvis, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Dave Alvin, The Blasters, Johnny Burnette, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Bill Haley and the Comets, Johnny Cash, Pee Wee Crayton, Gene Phillips, Robert Johnson, Chet Atkins, Merle Travis, Joe Maphis, John Lee Hooker, Little Willie John, Dion, Duane Eddy, The Clash, Robert Cray, Ronnie Hawkins, Dale Hawkins, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Steve Earle, Ray Charles, Ricky Nelson, Paul Burlison, Grady Martin, Sonny Burgess, Danny Gatton, Hank Garland, James Burton, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Screamin Jay Hawkins, The 80's, numerous rockabillies and bluesmen.
Voodoo Train is a rockabilly/roots rock trio from Southern California. However, VT is not your typical LA rockabilly nostalgia act that is trying to recreate sounds and look of the 1950's. There are many bands out there that do this and do it well. Instead of jumping on the Sha-Na-Na/Happy Days/It's the 50's all over again bandwagon, VT would rather create something more original and exciting rather than regurgitate a Sun records or That'll Flat Get It rockabilly compilation. Now they may not win over the purists and elitists that seem to run rampant in the Rockabilly crowd these days but they really don't give a shit. Don't get them wrong, VT are true fans and more importantly, students, of the old rockabilly standards and obscure tracks and you never know what cover song will end up in a setlist.
However, VT's original music and their personal spin on cover songs is their strong point and we can only hope they deliver a full length CD soon. Self-penned songs like "Better Off Alone", "Tragic", "Trouble In My Heart" are songs for the romantically disillusioned and challenged while the rocker "Frontline" is about the politics of fear and the post 9/11 roll-back on civil rights. Now how many rockabilly bands are going to write about something like that? They won't because most of them are too busy writing about fucking hot rods and beer.
So if you like to see live rockabilly bands just because it gives you an opportunity to smoke and act cool or show off your pomp or your bangs or your tattoos and pretend like it's 1955 all over again you probably won't like VT. However, if you are into obscure covers done in a new powerful way and new, original music that mixes the guitar of Eddie Cochran and Scotty Moore, the haunting bluesy melodies of New Orleans, the slapback of Memphis, and lyrics that don't talk about hot rods and drinking...then VT is your band and they could use your support.
Click on the Play button below to watch VT perform their self-penned song "Tragic" at The Lava Lounge in Hollywood, CA.
Here is our cover of Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" live at The Derby in Los Feliz, CA
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