100 Damned Guns – Musica de Tormento
1 October 2009 in Blogroll, CD Review, Local Music (D/FW), Music, Random, Texas Music, blah blah blah
A few months ago, I directed your attention to a blog post from one of my favorite blogs. Lance from Bona Fide Darling had a few thoughts on one of the DFW area’s best country bands, 100 Damned Guns (Official / Myspace). I recently (and finally) listened to their newest album, Musica de Tormento (TXMF), and wish I hadn’t waited so long to get up to date.
100 Damned Guns are typically referred to as “Alt-Country”. I’m sure that it comes as no shock to anyone that I wish their brand of gospel infused country, flavored with homemade moonshine that is guzzled on the back porch while a little pickin’ and grinnin’ is going on, wasn’t the “alt” to what we are force-fed, as opposed to the actual mainstream content itself. Dave Sherrill’s warm and simple vocal style fulfils it’s role perfectly. The even-keeled performance compliments the authenticity of the subject matter and binds it together with the musical performance. Heck, “Broken Bottle Blues” and “Aint That Bad Anymore” could almost be confused for numbers out of your local southern-baptist hymnal if it wasn’t for the descriptive tales of life on the wrong side of the tracks.
LISTEN: 100 Damned Guns – “Here at the Bottom”
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Hey all! 100 Damned Guns just got added as support for Split Lip Rayfield at The Granada Theater on 11/15 with The O’s!! Soo excited to see these guys all in 1 night!
http://www.granadatheater.com for tickets!
man, i have been dying to catch SPR for years. I am glad to see them back on the road after the tragedy they ahve suffered…
I had to put this album down because I was listening to it so much when I first got it. I don’t know if it’s the time of year or what. But, I have been listening to this quite a bit lately.
BTW, I think Bosque Brown is playing at The Belmont Hotel tonight… I WILL be there and need some Kelly action! Yeow!
Aww, man! I would love to lend some Kelly action to the proceedings, but I am taking it easy tonight, as I will be making my ACL trip bright and early sat. morning and hitting it hard from the first strums of the Dexateens guitars at 1130am until Pearl jam’s last note sunday night…