Lead vocal & guitar - Mike Shannon is a product of New York's CBGB post-punk club scene and toured with the Stray Cats. Mike founded Charlotte's 4th Ward in 2000.
Lead and Rhythm guitar - Chick Tsikouras played with Theatre Gallery, opening for Widespread Panic, Tonic and Limp Bizkit.
Bass guitar and backup vocal - Henry Pharr played with Major Nelson, World Class Fab and Crisis
Percussion - Tony Torres - yes, he actually bleeds Yankee pinstripes
Influences
Lou Reed strolling in the night with the Fab Four in tow. Sweet.
Sounds Like
Leonard Cohen, Smashing Pumpkins, Eels, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Squeeze, Lou Reed, Ray Davies, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Beatles, Eric Andersen & Steve Forbert
The Charlotte Observer gives The Jesters of Xmas Town 3.5 out of 4 stars
For a limited time, purchase a personalized signed copy of the new release The Jesters of Xmas Town for $13.00, this includes shipping. It's the same price as CD Baby but it's personally signed for you by the band. Just click on the PayPal link.
If you prefer to pay another way, just contact us here on MySpace or at
www.bigbusdream.com.
You can also buy The Jesters of Xmas Town
and the debut self-titled Big Bus Dream at CD Baby!
Help us keep this dream alive. A dream of sharing our music with others. So...if you can swing it, go score a new disc & place it in your player; then dim the lights & go ride the Big Bus
Big Bus Dream's debut self-titled release was an Editor's Pick at CD Baby & topped several music charts in Europe: BBD was ranked number one at Europe's Soundlift.com in the Acoustic Pop and Psychedelic Rock genres in May & June of '06.
“original without trying to be trendy” Creative Loafing
“imaginative and well crafted” Celebrity Café
“genuine and unique… It’s a breath of fresh air” Garage Band
Imagine beautifully haunting brooding (quirky?) acoustic with a blast of Psych-Pop sensibility thrown in for good measure. Now, if youd like to put a face on it...maybe a union between Elvis Costello and EEls. Which means we get tossed into the alternative music pile.
We have Several discounted downloads up in our MySpace Store for our friends to purchase.
The UK's very own Paul Reyno made a These Days Video and recently put it up on YouTube.
Your one-stop for the local music Scene, check out: www.carolinamusicconnection.com
Read the bands recent interview with Exclusive Magazine
Thanks so much for the add, y'all. Best from all of us here in the hive...consider yourself buzzed!
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New CD: "RIPE" - THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS' highly anticipated sophomore release, produced by Bil VornDick (Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss, Ralph Stanley) for Pinecastle Records, featuring the #1 single "Down on The Crooked Road"...just click here: www.dixiebeeliners.com/store
