Brother Dege (“deej”) (aka Dege Legg) is one of the best-kept secrets in the Deep South. A musician, writer and Southern enigma, Dege is the haunted face of 21st century Delta blues. Like the possessed offspring of Faulkner and Son House, he plays slide guitar in the age-old tradition of the blues greats, yet manages to breathe new life into this revered Delta idiom.

Well, make that… was one of the best-kepts secrets… as the reclusive Louisiana Cajun’s song “Too Old To Die Young” was personally selected by Quentin Tarantino to appear in the soundtrack of his new film Django Unchained, starring Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson.

Tarantino describes his method of utilizing music (old and new) into the soundtrack of Django Unchained [from the director’s press release]: “I want to thank all the artists who contributed original songs (a first for me) to the picture. Most of these contributions came out of the artists’ own inspiration and their illustration of the film’s soul is invaluable. In addition to the new original songs I am also using a lot of older recordings on the soundtrack – many of which came from my personal vinyl collection. Instead of having the record companies give me new digitally cleaned up versions of these recordings from the ’60s and ’70s, I wanted to use the vinyl I’ve been listening to for years – complete with all the pops and cracks. I even kept the sound of the needle being put down on the record. Basically because I wanted people’s experience to be the same as mine when they hear this soundtrack for the first time.”

The soundtrack for Django Unchained will be released on December 18th before the movie opens on Christmas Day.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO BROTHER DEGE’S “TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG”

“Too Old To Die Young” is from Brother Dege’s critically acclaimed album Folk Songs of the American Longhair, which in 10 smoking, original tracks, recharges the cannon of the Delta Blues for the next century. Recorded in a shed in southern Louisiana, the album bursts with barn-burning slide and Dobro drenched tunes that reel, rip and scream like a master class in backwoods songwriting, while taking epic swings into the ambient darkness with Paris, Texas-like passages into the great unknown. It’s haunted, it’s harrowing, and it rocks.

Avoiding traditional DIY, indie career moves and following his own quirky southern sensibilities, Dege is known for playing guerilla shows in gigs in the swamps, open fields, low rent motel rooms and even public bathrooms. In addition, he has supported himself at various times by driving a cab, working in auto shops and, more recently, homeless shelters.

Brother Dege is also putting the finishing touches on his second album How to Kill a Horse (due early in 2013) which promises to push the slide and the traditions of the Delta blues far into the darkness of the millennium.

HERE’S WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT BROTHER DEGE:

“Fans of slide guitar, Southern gothic, or plain old rock & roll attitude need to run, not walk, and check out Brother Dege ASAP. Brother Dege is a case study in how one guy with a steel guitar and minimal accompaniment can out-rock a roomful of electric bombast, given the right songs, the right skills, and the right voice. Brother Dege has‘em all.” – POPMATTERS

“[Four Stars] In lesser hands all this might easily sound contrived, but instead it’s genuinely powerful and compelling stuff. ‘The Girl Who Wept Stones’ and ‘Dead & Gone’ might have been ripped from the Son House songbook, though the seven-minute epic ‘House of the Dying Sun’ is the real keeper.” – UNCUT

“Both ancient and modern, like an indie rock cover of something Lomax may have recorded a hundred years ago.” – BLOGCRITICS

“Brother Dege brings the ghosts of kudzu-covered swamp rats to life in your speakers.  Find the darkest spot in your backyard, light some candles and turn it up.” – THE BIG TAKEOVER

“Those willing to step into the Brother Dege abyss will likely reap its rewards.” – OFFBEAT MAGAZINE

FOR MORE INFO ON BROTHER DEGE:
http://degeleggnews.blogspot.com

FOR MORE INFO ON THE “DJANGO UNCHAINED” SOUNDTRACK:
http://www.unchainedsoundtrack.com/

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Listen to the full album premiere of “ALIVE AT THE DEEP BLUES FEST” all this week as part of Spinner.com’s Listening Party! Awesome live tracks from Buffalo Killers, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Radio Moscow, Left Lane Cruiser, Henry’s Funeral Shoe, Brian Olive and John The Conqueror recorded at Bayport BBQ in Minnesota earlier this summer! Tune into the full-album stream here and PLAY IT LOUD!

CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN & CRACKER KICK-OFF ANNUAL WINTER TOUR DEC. 27TH IN SOLONA BEACH, CA!

Camper Van Beethoven – the beloved, genre-mashing musical unit and one of the bands that created the indie rock genre – has confirmed its first album in nine years with La Costa Perdida (January 22 / 429 Records). The release will mark CVB’s first album recorded as a unit with the band cutting songs organically with all in attendance and produced entirely by the band’s members. La Costa Perdida vividly depicts untamed characters and bizarre experiences on northern California’s coastline, where the band began its musical adventures.

Camper Van Beethoven is: Victor Krummenacher (bass, baritone guitar), Greg Lisher (guitars), David Lowery (guitars and vocals), Chris Pedersen (drums), Jonathan Segel (violin, guitar, mandolin, organ, backing vocals) and new addition Michael Urbano (drums and percussion). [Joining the band for their winter tour dates is longtime CVB & Cracker drummer Frank Funaro.]

Camper Van Beethoven have long held a place as influential pioneers of indie rock. Pitchfork Media called them “great… assiduous creativity… inventive… delightful.” SPIN has praised the band’s “depth and worldly flavors,” continuing, of its recent run in the 21st century, “The band still rocks with the vigor of any young sprite.” Rolling Stone has raved about the band’s “adventurous music,” while NPR says, “Their cryptic wit and dense, layered music offered rewards in repeated listening… blending genres of world and rock, translating current events into a swirl of witty banter and interpretation.”

On the making of La Costa Perdida, Victor Krummenacher says, “The coolest part was that everything flowed from the fact that these distinctive musicians and personalities sat in the living room. Four people are writing it. The songs have great energy, but we’re more relaxed and stately and a lot more confident.”

CRACKER (left to right: Frank Funaro, Johnny Hickman, David Lowery, Sal Maida) photo credit: Jason Thrasher

 

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http://crackersoul.com
 
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Nick and The Ovorols are preparing the release of their debut studio LP Telegraph Taboo early next year – an album that finds the Chicago-based foursome injecting deep soul, spirited guitar-driven rock and even a bit of psychedelia into their heavy bedrock of electrified blues.

The group is lead by vocalist and guitarist Nick Peraino, a native New Englander who moved to Chicago in ’98 to pursue studies in jazz guitar at DePaul University. A strong passion for blues music was a deciding factor in choosing to attend college in Chicago. Peraino toured extensively throughout the Midwest in 2003-2004 promoting his post-college roots-rock band Nick Peraino and Blue Moon Risin’. He also wrote and produced their debut album Noisy Picks and Humbars. In 2005 he began playing alongside local Chicago underground blues legend Joanna Connor. He continued to perform locally and tour nationally with The Joanna Connor Band where they played regularly scheduled shows at Chicago’s Buddy Guy’s Legends, Kingston Mines and The House of Blues. In 2009 Peraino was personally invited by Grammy Award winning harmonica legend Sugar Blue to join a two week tour of Europe to perform in a number of showcase events.

In 2011 Peraino’s move from sideman to frontman was realized through a shift in consciousness, after a bad turn of events led to a positive outlook on life. An unfortunate visit to the emergency room in February of 2011 led to Peraino’s diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease. He came upon newfound confidence and a burning desire to become a band leader. Shortly after forming Nick and the Ovorols with guitarist Carlos Showers, bassist Vic Jackson and drummer Lance Lewis in the late summer of 2011 they held a five-month residency at Chicago’s famed blues venue Kingston Mines. Kingston Mines MC Frank Pellegrino is calling Nick “one of the best young, up and coming talents.” Earlier this year the band decided to record one of their weekly Wednesday night shows and the album Live at Kingston Mines was born.

Nick and The Ovorols have shared the stage with many greats such as Sugar Blue, Buddy Guy, Larry McCray, Taj Mahal, Jimmy Herring (Allman Bros, Widespread Panic), Carl Weathersby, Jim Belushi, Stanton Moore (Galactic) and others.

Nick and The Ovorols’ Telegraph Taboo will be available January 22, 2013 in CD and Digital formats.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD & POST NICK AND THE OVOROL’S NEW SONG “HEED THE WORDS I SAY”

Telegraph Taboo Tracklist

1. Take The V Train

2. Chitown via Greyhound

3. Heeds The Words I Saw

4. Honey Please

5. Mojo A Go-Go

6. Hey, Mr. President

7. Try Me

8. Day To Day

9. Half of Two

10. Soundtrack to Life

NICK AND THE OVOROL’S TOUR DATES

Oct 27 Shaw’s Crabhouse – Chicago, IL

Nov 1 House of Blues Back Porch – Chicago, IL

Nov 2 Buddy Guy’s Legends – Chicago, IL

Nov 5 Shaw’s Crabhouse – Chicago, IL

Nov 10 Scoreboards Sports Pub – Oswego, IL

Nov 15 Toons Bar and Grill – Chicago, IL

Nov 17 House of Blues Back Porch – Chicago, IL

Nov 18  Smoke Daddy – Chicago, IL

Dec 2  Buddy Guy’s Legends – Chicago, IL

Dec 3 Shaw’s Crabhouse – Chicago, IL

Dec 12  Smoke Daddy – Chicago, IL

Dec 29 Rocks Lounge @ Blue Chip Casino – Michigan City, IN

[more national dates to be announced soon]

FOR MORE INFO ON NICK AND THE OVOROLS:
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The Delta Routine’s new video “Switchblade” from their recently released studio album “Cigarettes and Caffeine Nightmares” is the featured Video Of The Day on AOL’s Spinner. “It’s a song about fighting against the man, and not letting him keep you down,” frontman Nick Amadeus tells Spinner. “I guess you could say the mood of America kinda dictated this one.” CHECK IT OUT HERE.

BUFFALO KILLERS ON TOUR NOW IN SUPPORT OF THEIR RECENT ALBUM “DIG. SOW. LOVE. GROW.” ON ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS

THE OHIO-BASED TRIO OFFERS FANS THEIR NEWLY RECORDED NON-LP TRACK “BAPTIZED” AS A FREE DOWNLOAD!

BUFFALO KILLERS’ FALL TOUR DATES (W/ HOLLIS BROWN)

11.02 Mercury Lounge, New York, NY

11.03 Metropolitan Kitchen & Lounge, Annapolis, MD

11.04 Milkboy, Philadelphia, PA

11.08 Musica, Akron, OH

11.09 Ace Bar, Chicago, IL

11.10 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN

11.15 Radio Radio, Indianapolis, IN

11.16 Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH

11.17 Zanzabar, Louisville, KY

In just the short time since the release of their fourth studio album Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. in August Buffalo Killers have been on a roll. The Ohio-based trio have been tearing up the road in support of their critically-acclaimed new album – touring with the likes of The Sheepdogs and will soon be embarking on a November tour with Hollis Brown. In addition to their recent studio LP, they’ve also just released a new double-sided 7″ vinyl single produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach (who also produced their 2008 full-length Let It Ride) as part of Shake-It Records’ Dangerous Highway: A Tribute To The Songs of Eddie Hintonproject. On it Buffalo Killers turn in moving covers of the legendary Muscle Shoals musician’s “Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)” and “Still Water Runs Deep.”

As if that wasn’t enough, Buffalo Killers’ Zachary and Andrew Gabbard along with Joseph Sebaali have just emerged from the studio with two newly recorded non-LP sonic gems that they’re offering through their website as pay-what-you’d-like singles (one of which you can download as a free mp3 below to share).  While the beautiful organic nature of their new song “Nothing Can Bring Me Down” hints towards some of the intoxicating strengths of both Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. and their previous effort 3, the other new track “Baptized” is a down-and-dirty rocker that weds hedonistic hard rock and heavy psych with the righteous and redemptive qualities of gospel music.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD & SHARE BUFFALO KILLERS’ NEW NON-LP TRACK “BAPTIZED”

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE FULL AUDIO STREAM OF BUFFALO KILLERS’ NEW NON-LP TRACK “NOTHING CAN BRING ME DOWN”

Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. is out now through Alive Naturalsound Records and is available in CD and Digital formats, as well as Limited Edition Pink Vinyl LPs exclusive to mailorders through Bomp!

ALBUM REVIEW: Buffalo Killers’ Dig. Sow. Love. Grow.

Buffalo Killers aren’t the only band today with little apparent interest in music made after 1975. But they are one of the best. On the Cincinnati, Ohio, group’s fourth album, their Crazy Horse/Big Star/Badfinger base is built upon with hazy-hippie sing-along melodies, a live vibe dripping with highway miles, and an understanding of classic songwriting and arrangement approaches that would make John Fogerty smile.

After establishing a riffy roadhouse tone with opener “Get It,” Buffalo Killers slip into the CSNY/Bread love fest “Hey Girl,” which drummer Joseph Sebaali tweaks with a tide-like breathiness and cymbal bell dings. Sebaali’s appealing, flowing style throughout is abetted by hissing riveted cymbals and a popping snare that he’s not shy to work hard on the edges. The songwriting quality keeps up throughout the album—“Farewell” recalls early Dead gems like “St. Stephen” and “Unbroken Chain” while “Graffiti Eggplant” reminds of the Allmans’ “Dreams” and “Whipping Post”—and Sebaali makes the most out of the changes, supporting the songs’ maps fully but not predictably. Finally, album closer “Moon Daisy” challenges Sebaali to keep the tension on a slow ballad, which he does with smooth doubles, a bouncing bass drum, and insistent hats.

Eight albums into their career—Sebaali, guitarist/singer Andrew Gabbard, and bassist/singer Zachary Gabbard appeared on four LPs together with their previous band, Thee Shams—this tight unit is poised to grab wide-scale attention at any time. Hopefully that happens, and the quality continues. – Adam Budofsky

http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2012/10/buffalo-killers-dig-sow-love-grow-review/#