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Legendary Shack*Shakers started their hell-for-leather, Penta-caustic
roadshow just a few years ago and have since earned quite a name for
themselves with their unique brand of American Gothic that is all-at-once
irreverent, revisionist, dangerous, and fun. Led by their wildly charismatic
rail thin frontman, the blues-harpist J.D. Wilkes,
the Shack*Shakers are a four-man wrecking crew from the South whose
explosive interpretations of the blues, punk, rock and country have
made fans, critics and legions of potential converts into true believers. Described as '...the last great Rock and Roll frontman' by Jello Biafra (of the Dead Kennedys), Shack*Shakers front man J.D. Wilkes began yelpin the blues through a ham radio microphone at his boyhood home of Paducah, Kentucky...a short farmer's blow away from where his future bassist Mark Robertson was cutting his teeth on punk rock and gospel in Nashville, Tennessee. When their paths crossed a few years later in the lawless honky tonks of Music City's Lower Broadway scene, they found their individuated styles and common interests meshed and that's when the like-minded, red-headed musical misfits began their crusade. With the addition of guitarist extraordinaire David Lee (South Carolina's preeminent bad-ass and 'Illustrated Man') and drumming wunderkind, Brett Whitacre, th' Legendary Shack*Shakers have quickly become known for providing some of the best entertainment (live or otherwise) that you can get for your hard earned money. For the uninitiated, the band's debauched live show is the necessary counterpart to their hard-hitting recordings. Hillbilly royalty, Hank Williams III once said after touring with them that it was 'like having SLAYER open up for you every night,' and called J.D. Wilkes and his crew, 'the best damn front man and band in America.' On stage, J.D. Wilkes is like a mad southern preacher with a bible in one hand and a glass of strychnine in the other. Meshing Pentecostal themes with pained lyrics and show-stopping moves that draw comparisons to Tom Waits and the grotesque facial and bodily contortions of Iggy Pop, the band has developed a live show like none other. 'We try to tap into basic primal instincts,' said Wilkes. 'Rock 'n' roll is a cathartic release. Anything that doesn't realize that bestial nature isn't rock 'n' roll.' The band is also well known for 'The CB Song', a.k.a: the soundbed for the long-running 'Sunglasses' Geico commercial, featuring the famous gecko spokeslizard. In addition to his musical accolades, J.D. Wilkes has also been recognized as an accomplished illustrator, painter, and filmmaker whose works further the band's mission of celebrating and honoring the tradition of the American south. Alarm Magazine recently described him as the 'Ambassador of Genuine Traditional Southern Culture' and compared his unique storytelling abilities to that of other Southern voices such as William Faulkner, Johnny Cash and Muddy Waters. Listen : Th' Legendary Shack Shakers Swampblood (Yep Roc Records) is their latest album.... Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers southern gothic epic has its latest chapter. With Swampblood the Colonel JD Wilkes takes the muddled influence of his new home in western Kentucky, pours it through the funnel of eerie south Louisiana bayou culture, and shakes it up 'til it explodes with the thick swamp blues of Slim Harpo. ? With this new offering the band plays with Wilkes' idea that, 'The world needs a ?new Creedence Clearwater Revival.' But don't think 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain,' Swampblood is all 'Run Through the Jungle' with its heavy but accessible chug-like the sound of a pirogue's plodding diesel outboard moving past the fire-breathing refineries of Port Sulfur. ??Though treading new ground, Swampblood holds true to the Shackshakers' signature aesthetic, resting on the dark fringes of American culture, more interested in the sinister nuances behind a frequently Rockwellian facade. Musically, straight swamp blues swirls with rockabilly, minor key polkas, and industrial rock all draped over Bo Diddly's primal thumping heartbeat. ? |
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