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Joined: August 2002 Posts: 8307 Location: Tennessee | So this band Mudcrutch is releasing an album on April 29th and is doing a small support tour down the coast of California. I was lucky enough to score some tickets for last Saturday's show at the intimate Arlington Theather in downtown Santa Barbara. lady stonebobbo and I squeezed into the sports car and made the trip down Highway 1 on Saturday. No fancy stage shows, just five guys with their gear and some basic lighting. In short ... one of the most fun, best shows I have ever been to. So here's the story on Mudcrutch. They were a band formed while at Gainesville High School in Florida. The guitarist and co-lead singer is a guy by the name of Tom Leadon. Many of you may be familiar with his older brother Bernie Leadon, who was with The Flying Burrito Brothers and then was one of the founding members of The Eagles (Bernie and Don Felder were the "other" band at Gainesville High). So Tom Leadon hooked up with a bass player by the name of Tom Petty. They formed Mudcrutch and went looking for a drummer, and found a guy by the name of Randall Marsh. He showed up to the audition with his college roomate, a cat by the name of Mike Campbell. They hired both of them on the spot. Then they recuited another local guy to play keys for them by the name of Benmont Tench. Mudcrutch lasted for 3-4 years, even moving to LA to try to make their mark. They never really made it, except for one single released on Shelter records. The band split up, but three of them (TP, MC and BT) reformed as The Heartbreakers and the rest is history. Tom Leadon wound up in Nashville playing sideman and teaching guitar and Randall Marsh wound up in Ojai CA giving drum lessons and doing some other band and session work. Last year, they decided to get together thinking they "left some good music behind" and wanted to give it a try. So they recorded the album "live" (as TP said no overdubs at all) in a total of 10 days. The results are great. There are a number of very well done covers including Shady Grove, Six Days on the Road, Lover of the Bayou. During the show, they did a very hot version of "June Apple" with twin telecasters banging out the licks. There are also some very fine original songs on the album. All I've got to say is that those boys had nothing but a ton of fun throughout the whole show. No Tom Petty songs at all ... this was all about Mudcrutch. The music is a blend of "southern fried rock", bluegrass, and flat out classic heartbreakers type sound. Aside from the songs on the album, they played Summertime Blues (kiler version) and a bring-down-the-house rendition of Rainy Day Women. It was a thrill to watch these guys from about 20 feet away. Rumors have it they may do another tour sometime later in the year ... if you get a chance, go see them. I did not bring a camera with me, but I had my iPhone and it's lame little camera. I was closer to the stage (9th row) than this photo looks:  It was a real treat to watch Mike Campbell up close and personal. He is just a master of getting a ton of music out of his guitars with what looks to be very little effort. He did an amazing solo on the song "Crystal River" ... better than anything I've ever seen. If you get the album, listen to it and realize that it is one guitar doing all the different pieces of the solo and it was recorded live! Can you tell I was inspired by the show? | ||
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