Me and Duke started messing around with some tunes after splitting with our previous band. Now Duke used to play the drums by trade, but as I couldn't sing, he picked up a guitar and strummed a few chords together (happens them was G, C, & D). As luck would have it, I had just gone out and bought myself a double bass more as a talking point than serious instrument, as I'm a punk kid at heart. Anyway them chords seemed good ones for country, so thats what we started playing.
Now, as all good people know - when you arent playing music, you head to the local drinking place and it was there that we met up with Ray. Now Ray knew his country stuff even the curve balls like Wayne "the Train" Hancock and Stacey Earle (no, not Steve) and Ray said he played the banjo too. Duke and me were a bit dubious at first. We didnt know if it was the drink talking, or us drunk listening, but one things for sure, we haven't ever heard of a banjo player so young, and definitely not a GOOD young banjo player. It seemed like the best idea would be to get together and knock a few tunes (and a few more drinks) down.
So Buckshot Soup was born. A trio to begin with, we played around town at the local open mike and jam nights to try out our new sounds. As I'm sure you're aware, Derby is not exactly a hot-bed of country talent, but we seem to have shone through the acoustic scene and attracted a fair bit of attention.
It was due to one of these here jam nights that Jim happened upon the band. Just back from a tour of Australia, he slid into a venue just as we were hitting the stage. He quickly introduced himself as a dobro player. Now, technically, we were kinda looking for a lap steel player at the time, but beggars can't be choosers right? So Jim joined us on stage for three songs, and within a week was playing his first full gig as part of the band.
Unfortunately we seem to have lost Ray at some gig or other in 2005, very careless, I know! We think it may have been at an Old Crow Medicine Show gig, but its all a little hazy.
We carried on playing as a trio a numerous venues round the Midlands, heading out to bring our sounds to the masses (or those that'll listen). We've been hitting the audience hard with both our original material and some cover tunes that we do in our own Soup style. Each song carefully forced through the Soup grinder to make up what now amounts to over 2 hours of material.
To our surprise Ritchie appeared at a gig around Easter 2006. He'd previously played some guitars with Duke years and years before. Now here he was again, boldly standing in front of us and stating hed bought a banjo and wanted to join the band. We had five gigs in three days coming up, so we told him to get a change of underwear and get in the van. Two onstage rehearsals later, he was plugged in and playing a thirty-four song show.
Making life easy has never been the Buckshot Soup way, so just after recording our five song EP (Pure White Sugar) Jim left the band, and so back to a trio again it was!
So the Soup of today is...
Duke "Whiskey" Williams - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, and Harmonica.
Ritchie "On-The-Barrel" Head - Banjo, Guitar, Dobro.
Chuck Walzner - Upright Bass.
So there we have it, in our own humble opinion, Buckshot Soup, the best three-piece country band round these here parts.
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Hiya there, i like your stuff its an interesting choice of genre and you play it well. i like five an' dine. be sure to check out my poems an stuff, and i hope to see you at a big jam soon!
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its for a good cause and a great line-up so this is no to be missed!!
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Anyway get back to us cuz we're looking forward to hearing from you.
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Español: Carlo, integrante de LaPatentePendiente consiguio el lugar y organizo todo. Un 15vo piso en una de las más importantes calles de la Ciudad De México. Todos los involucrados a la noche, pensaban más en la posibilidad de que serian parte de una orgía masiva donde el noise y las notas lo-fi serian el soundtrack de la noche. (conoce mas y baja el lanzamiento)
English: Carlo from LaPatentePendiente got the place and the gig together. A 15th floor in one of the most important streets in Mexico City. Everybody surrounding the gig were thinking we were going be part of a massive orgy, were the noise and lo-fi keys were going to be the soundtrack of the night. (read more and download)
Line Catch You Where Stars & Guitars Meet alafree015 - 07.06.2008
Español: Mishi Vadera es un viajero. Viaja a través del mundo con la imaginación en alto juntando todo lo que ve, toca y escucha. Su música es un reflejo y una reflexión sobre los diferentes sucesos que han pasado a través de sus ojos, como el hombre de mundo que es, habiendo nacido en India y compartiendo su tiempo entre Nueva Delhi y Miami. Así, no es dudar por que, su primer y tan esperado lanzamiento, suena así: un sonido sin fronteras. (conoce mas y baja el lanzamiento)
English: Mishi Vadera is a traveler. He travels around the world with the imagination up front gathering everything he sees, touches and listens. His music is a reflection of the many sights that have cross his eyes, as the man of world he is, being born in India and sharing his time between New Delhi and Miami. No wonder why, his first and long time waited first release, sounds like this: a sound of no boundaries. (read more and download)
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