With their
2009 release, One Foot in the Ether, Austin-based roots rockers the Band
of Heathens finally grabbed a bigger chunk of the national spotlight they so
richly deserve. Though lead singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalists Gordy
Quist, Colin Brooks and Ed Jurdi, backed by bassist Seth Whitney and drummer
John Chipman, didn’t set out to become a band (they were just sitting in
together at Austin’s favorite musical incubator, Momo’s), once they embraced
the idea—and the growing popularity their harmony-drenched sound earned
them—they made it official.
Comparisons to the Black Crowes, Little Feat and the Band fit just fine, but it’s their soulful originality that earned them a taping for Austin City Limits' 35th-anniversary season and a 2009 Americana Music Honors & Awards nomination as New & Emerging Artist of the Year.
Comparisons to the Black Crowes, Little Feat and the Band fit just fine, but it’s their soulful originality that earned them a taping for Austin City Limits' 35th-anniversary season and a 2009 Americana Music Honors & Awards nomination as New & Emerging Artist of the Year.
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If you don't know these guys already, prepare to be musically swept off your feet! They are my favorite band in Austin, and the competition here is as stiff as it gets anywhere in the world. My favorite songwriter is just one of three singer/songwriters in this band, all five guys are ridiculously talented, and I have never seen so many guitars (and near relatives of guitars including dobro, mandolin, steel, etc...) on one stage at one time and all getting played before the night is over! If I could, I would come cross country for the show in a heartbeat! Since I can't, you just have to agree to give them back to us in Austin again after the show is over!!! Shelley
shesellscshells , about 1 year agosounds great I'll be checking these guys out
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