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MP3 Bonfire Dub - Search
13 MP3 Songs in this album (63:36) !
Related styles: Reggae: Dub, Electronic: Down Tempo, Mood: Dreamy
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Take Bonfire Dub''s new album, “Search.” Scotty Stoughton took some time away from touring and the music business. He opened a nightclub, started a band, traveled the world, found a girl who makes him smile when he talks about her, and wrote a bunch of really good songs about it.
“Search” is 12 tracks that range from basic awareness about the human condition, to nature, to reasons to get your bohiney off the bar stool and boogie. It''s a mixture of reggae, dub, down tempo and electronic music.
On “Search,” the songs tend to reflect what Stoughton experienced on his quest. “Sarajevo Rose,” for example, talks about potholes in that city''s roads, patched with a red substance.
“It looks like roses,” Stoughton said, adding that most of those potholes were created by bombs and artillery shells.
Stoughton wrote songs about Nicaragua, Haiti, Chile, Bosnia, the United States … But don''t get the impression that “Search” is political or strident. It''s not. The band encourages awareness and involvement, and does it with a beat.
“I wasn''t trying to write a record to impress a record company,” Stoughton said. “It was always a personal expression.”
I''m with the band
Rodney Coquia and Stoughton played together in the band Sucker.
Stoughton and keyboard player/singer Jeff Armistead have been friends and collaborators for a decade.
“He''s from Detroit and he brings such a musical ability to the band from such a wide variety of influences,” Stoughton said. “It fits well with the vision.”
They added a player at a time, including the lovely and talented Katlyn Dawn. She plays ukulele and sings.
Stoughton met her at the Realm Music Festival while he was working, and it turned out she was camping next to him. He headed back to camp one night and she was sipping some wine, playing, singing and engaging in general fun-having. They were impressed enough with each other that she left Kauai and moved here.
Stoughton had not recorded since 2000, since his days with Sucker and Short Term Memory.
“I was nudged by our producer to lay down some tracks, so I had to learn to play the guitar, “ Stoughton said. “Other musicians had always played the guitar and I wrote the lyrics. But I figured there are a million two-chord hits, so I learned to play it.”
Bonfire Dub is as much a labor of love as anything else.
“I wasn''t looking to do a ton of shows. We worked at developing the sound we wanted,” he said.
Stoughton helped create Campout for the Cause to support local and national non-profits.
“It''s an opportunity for artists to give back,” he said. “We are so blessed because we get to play music. It doesn''t matter if it''s for 10 people or for 10,000.”
Sat 10/02/2010
THE BOULDER WEEKLY Presents...
A deep and powerful blend of acoustic laced and electric driven down-tempo, reggae and dub. Scotty Stoughton created the Bonfire family, weaving stories of hope and struggle gained while volunteering in Central America and Haiti. The music of Bonfire is hard to put a finger on but easy to get lost in. An familiar trance will inspire your heart to lead your body in a dance for hope!
The Grateful
WRITTEN BY ABRINA AYN WILLIAMS
Later, Bonfire Dub – a band from Vail, Colorado - had the audience stepping with high energy stage presence, combining a basic rock setup with ukulele, percussion, and electronic beats. They are certainly worth checking out next time you are in the Vail valley.
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