Colin Lake - Lap-slide Guitars, Vocals Kevin Marcotte - Fender Bass Guitar, Vocals Paul Ansotegui - Drums Deejay Redi Jedi - Turntables, Trombone, Percussion Bryan Appel - Guitar, Vocals
The Wellbottom Horns Matt Crampton - Trumpet, arrangements Marc Hutchinson - Tenor Sax
Influences
These are just some of our influences, in no particular order.
Colin:
Corey Harris, RL Burnside, Kelly Joe Phelps, Blind Willie Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Taj Mahal, North Mississippi All-Stars, Son House, Chris Whitley, Robert Belfour, The Allman Brothers Band, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, Elmore James, JJ Cale, John Hiatt, Mississippi John Hurt, Fred McDowell, Leo Kottke, Sam Bush, Freddie King, Albert King, BB King, Professor Longhair, Dr. John, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Esther Phillips, Otis Redding, Cozy Cole, Chuck Leavell, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Paul Pena, O.V. Wright, Rebirth Brass Band, etc.
Bryan:
The Beatles, The Meters, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Parker, Muddy Waters, Boston (no, seriously...), Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Eric Clapton, BB King, The Band, Wes Montgomery, Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, Herbie Hancock, Joe Satriani, Steely Dan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, 70s & early 80s Pop and Country, late 80s & early 90s Hip Hop, 18th & 19th Century Classical Music (especially Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin), Dead Prez, Squarepusher, Thievery Corporation, The J.B.'s, Matt Crampton and Kevin Marcotte
Kevin:
paul jackson, chuck rainey, george porter jr., herbie, miles, the meters, bobby womack, trio of doom, mahavishnu, steely dan, the shaggs, mgp, party country, drats, lord master, townes, willie, waylon, and me. and your mom.
DJ Redi Jedi:
Led Zeppelin, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Massive Attack, Underground West Coast HipHop, KRS-One, DJ Qbert
Paul:
Black Sabbath, Primus, Slayer, Dave Holland & Billy Kilson, Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Matt Crampton, The Meters
Colin's new solo EP now available on iTunes & Amazon!
In the summer of 2001, while on a month long motorcycle trip to Alaska and Canada's Northwest Territories, Colin Lake quietly began to craft a style and sound that would not come to fruition for many years.
At the time, Colin was a novice guitar player and songwriter who had yet to even really sing, and the 'band' that he was forming in his head was little more than a fantasy. Over the next several years, however, Colin put more and more weight into his craft, becoming a proficient songwriter as well as a remarkably soulful vocalist and lap-slide guitar player.
In early 2007, Colin released his debut album, Wax Wane, a
blues-infused romp through love, death, and politico that included a slew of well-crafted original tunes alongside covers of Bukka White and Chris Whitley, one of Colin's strongest modern influences.
Meanwhile, back in Portland, the sound that Lake had been dreaming of years earlier had taken shape and was now hitting its stride in the form of "Welbottom", the band that Colin formed in 2006. Steeped in jazz, funk, and blues, CL&W features a monster rhythm section and innovative instrumentation.
In October of 2007, Colin Lake & Wellbottom retreated to the Cascade Mountains of Washington to record the forthcoming album, Bullet. Tracked over two days and recorded live in one room, the album features over an hour of epic tunes and uncanny interplay, along with Lake's best songwriting and vocal performances to date.
Now a touring act, the band has played venues thoughout the western U.S. as well as playing on the main stage at the Waterfront Blues Festival and the Crystal Ballroom here in Portland. CL&W has shared the stage with Fred Wesley, Average White Band, J.J. Grey & Mofro, The BoDeans, Keb Mo, Curtis Salgado, Trombone Shorty, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, and Woodbrain. Bullet's very warm reception and the band's growing reputation for high-energy live performances have landed CL&W on stages that Lake could only dream of as he rode north six years ago.
The Making of Bullet
For a few days in the Fall of 2007, Colin Lake and Wellbottom retreated to a studio in the Cascade Mountains and hit their stride. The result is the groundbreaking twelve song blues-rock masterpiece Bullet.
Produced, engineered, and mixed by Bryan Appel of StoveTopStuff!, Bullet captures Lake and his band firing on all cylinders as they soar through eight burning originals, three timeless blues gems, and one surefire hit. That hit, written by Lake's friend and musical contemporary Ian Mouser, is "Red Cross", a smart, infectious blues-pop scorcher in the vein of early Rolling Stones material that has already garnered the attention of national music publications---months before the album went to print and without the help of a record label.
While many blues albums are forced to hide behind a single strength of the band or performer, this album has nothing and no one to fear. Bullet is an unapologetic, sun-up to sun-down romp through strikingly authentic territory. Lake's soulful vocal style, dripping slide-guitar tone, and gripping, introspective lyrics could easily have you confusing this 27 year old for a road-weary gunslinger twice his age. But as Lake clearly draws from a musical well that is older than us all, his style and approach to the music are decidedly modern. Enter the rhythm section; bassist Kevin Marcotte, drummer Jason Stewart, and guitarist/producer Bryan Appel had each played together for years before ever meeting Lake. Steeped in jazz, funk and old-school R&B, the three are improvisational wizards with a feel that knows no bounds. Don't call Wellbottom a backing band---there's room in the drivers' seat for everyone and that notion rings true from the top to the bottom of Bullet's deepest grooves. Add to this the unexpected; many blues fans have never heard the sound of a record being scratched and many young hip hop fans have never heard a blues album. Somewhere in that vast divide is where the band's fifth member, Deejay Redi Jedi, feels most at home. On the hard-driving lead-off tune, "Hammer", as well as the band's funk-infused interpretation of the Robert Johnson classic "Stop Breakin' Down", Redi uses a variety of rubs, scratches, samples and rhythmic breaks that help make this album as intriguing as it is unique.
At over 63 minutes long this album is packed with go-for-broke emotion, thoughtful hooks, and honest, purposeful improvisation. With a tiny budget and huge ideas, Lake and his band have created an album that has all the feeling and none of the trappings that have come to define America's original music; Blues. Bullet is, to paraphrase, built for comfort and for speed...and the people will agree.
"Bullet is one of those recordings that should be heard by anybody who doubts the future of Blues music."
– Greg Johnson, President of the Cascade Blues Society
"...superb songwriting and vocal style bolstered by scorching slide-guitar and driving grooves... Colin Lake and Wellbottom will blow your mind."
- Rebecca Thoreson, The Telluride Watch
"...a long worthy ride of modern blues."
- Kelsey Bernius, The Missoula Independent
"In concert, Lake was a revelation; sitting, almost buddha-like, centering a caldron of sound, casually signaling the band with a simple glance, beaming as he played his laptop slide and easing into vocals that would have Lowell George's ghost nodding approval."
– Zaph Mann, music journalist
"Lake’s music is pure soul.... The songs...are authentic and rooted in old-time blues, but at the same time modern and forward-thinking."
– Ben Salmon, The Bulletin
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