New music in Austin Texas that listeners are loving
Released on = January 14, 2007, 6:56 am
Press Release Author = Stoned Again Productions
Industry = Entertainment
Press Release Summary = Austin Texas country roots rock band Uncle Lucius proudly announce their debut cd release.
Press Release Body = Uncle Lucius: their music tastes like bourbon whiskey-burning wood, and the essential American South. It fills your mind with revolution, your body with spirit, and smothers the soul in soft Texas rain. If you're lucky, you see it coming; if not, it hits you like a Johnny Cash train wreck. It begins with a working-class itch, which sits you in a barstool and orders a shot, and a beer.
There's chaos for a while, as the day settles, and pandemonium bangs and vibrates from the stage. Calm moves in. Everything's imminent, and about to change. The bass, and drums, thump a beat that turns the bar into a headstrong dive, despite the venue, lending the feeling of home. Turning your head, you see fingers jumping. The lead guitar-effortless and jolting-plays the tune. Suddenly, you're different, and smiling.
Then there's the voice-all soul and blues and country. It draws you in--longer than it should-and doesn't let go. The beer on the bar is empty, and you order another while asking the bartender who's playing. He gives you a wry look, tired of being asked the same question.
The fans are more forthcoming. On stage are four Texas boys: Hal Vorpahl from Lufkin, Jason Armstrong from Corpus Christi, Mike Carpenter from Houston, and Kevin Galloway from Big Sandy. Their band is Uncle Lucius. At first, it's difficult getting more information. Everyone's transfixed, too absorbed-moving to Hal's bass line, thumping to Jason's drums, singing with Kevin's voice, and living by Mike's guitar. Eventually, you ask the right questions of the right people. They toss around stories like second-hand clothing. They tell you when they first saw Uncle Lucius at Antone's, The Saxon Pub, Ego's, Stardust Billiards, Momo's, or Opal Devine's. They tell you where they first met the band members, what they were wearing, singing, drinking, smoking. They tell you all this in a language shifted by their days in clubs, and bars, encountering Uncle Lucius as friends, and fans.
It's a language you know, or feel you know. If anything, you speak that language now, and that's enough. Watching Uncle Lucius play, you feel like yourself again. But moreover, you feel part of something.
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