Ashley Adams: the bass
Charlie Knote: drums
Michael Cormier: gtr, steel
Bill Cameron: gtr, pno, sing
Influences
J.S. Bach, Beach Boys, Bill Evans, Lambchop, Scott Walker, Lou Christie, Pernice Brothers, Wendy Carlos, Bob Dylan, Roger Miller, Miles Davis, The Shangri-Las, Big Star, Lilys, Marmoset, June Panic, Ennio Morricone, Boards of Canada, The Ventures, AC/DC, Leonard Cohen, Black Sabbath, Elliott Smith, The Isley Brothers, Jeff Buckley, The Go-Betweens, The Rolling Stones, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, The Byrds, Badfinger, Simon and Garfunkel, The Zombies, The Shadows, The Beatles, Brian Eno, Curtis Mayfield, The Smiths, The Who, Floyd Cramer, Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Sounds Like
a little country, a little rock and roll, a lot of alcohol
Mount Vesuvius. Mount Olympus. Mount Tarsus. Mount St. Helens. Leslie West's Mountain. Winechuggers.
What do these things have in common? Nothing much, although some of them are mountains. One of them is a musical group, a very special musical group. And then there is WINECHUGGERS.
Winechuggers is the codename for a group of friends who have banded together to lay down some simple pop music about complicated emotions and situations. Beneath the pretty harmonies and sunny melodies that greet the listener's ear is a roiling cauldron of emotional turmoil: fear, misery, pain, depression, jolting, fatigue, drunkenness, hopelessness. However, the songs are nice to listen to, and provide an adequate soundtrack for seduction, provided the seduce-ee is into life-bummering.
That said, there is also a good deal of humor found in the songs, leavening all the doom and gloom with the occasional wry smile. The odd progressive-rock synthesizer riffing or fuzz-bass solo serves to lighten the gloom a bit, offering listeners a chance to smile a little as they make their way, weeping, to the crazy house.
A 1999 Winechuggers EP entitled "Thank You All Very Much" was little-heard but much-loved by those who did hear it. Like that record, the new full-length Winechuggers offering was recorded in Indianapolis and Chicago and enlisted some of the best musical talent in the Midwest, drawing musicians from a number of noteworthy groups including Emperor Penguin, Marmoset, June Panic's Silver Sound, The Mysteries of Life, The Stapleguns, Sardina, Brown Betty, and others.
The new Winechuggers recording is Grand Rapids, available now from The Arena Rock Recording Company. The record is a pastiche of classic pop and rock maneuvering tempered with the swiping of the best ideas from today's top songsmiths. A casual listen offers echoes of critical and popular favorites like Big Star, The Go-Betweens, Jeff Buckley, The Beach Boys, American Music Club, Arab Strap, Elliott Smith, Scud Mountain Boys, Sebadoh, and more.
Take some time away from this world and slip into a new world... a sound-world... the world of WINECHUGGERS.
Bill, Thank you so much for sharing your cd with me it's incredible... It is really beautiful =) I love it and I'm going to give the other ones to my friends I know they'll love it too. Thanks again, Natalie
Winechuggers I am so excited! I wanted to write you and let you know that my very first album "Banned from Canters" just arrived!!! You can hear the songs or buy the CD on my myspace page. Please check it out and tell me what you think. You can also download my CD at www.digstation.com/theukulady
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