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MP3 Saddlesores - Let It Suck
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ROCK: Americana, COUNTRY: Country Rock
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Saddlesores are a band of southwestern roots-rock renegades who''ve been together for fourteen years, hammering out their own unique brand of outlaw rockin'' twang. With real country stylings played through a true rock-n-roll heart, the Sores are nothing short of brilliant, earning them a loyal following of bikers, musicians, and other discerning citizens.
As a group these guys command a lot of respect, having weathered the death of two drummers (in the Spinal Tap Tradition), divorce, despair, and other such mayhem as is visited upon all enduring rock-n-roll bands. And they''ve managed to turn all these experiences into great songs.
Their live shows are legendary reminiscent of the Stones, Hank Williams, and the Replacements. The Sores first release, "Drink, Drink, Drink" includes songs that are in demand at every show, such as "Jesus Told Me To Kill You" and "Mama Had A Peterbilt". Their second release, "Beating A Dead Horse" features several great rock-n-roll tunes, including "Me-n-Raul Julia Down By The Graveyard", and "Dolores Joaquin", in the classic Sores story telling style. Reunited with Grammy nominated engineer Tim Stroh, from Stepbridge Studios in Santa Fe, their latest recording "Let It Suck" is the true essence of a Saddlesores experience.
These guys are irreverent soul survivors, true iconoclasts, and above all, a real American Rock-n-Roll band not to be missed.
Chosen for the past three years as one of New Mexico''s premier bands Best Americana Act by the New Mexico Showcase, 2003 (https://www.tradebit.com)
"Our favorite Albuquerque-based Americana band, the Saddlesores have been barraging the Duke City for more than a decade with a high-energy Stones-meets-alt country brand of twangy roots rock. Very much steeped in the American South (various members have roots in South Carolina, Alabama, and Texas), the band focuses on craftsmanship, storytelling, and humor, and their often over-the-top live shows have made them favorites throughout New Mexico. "After ten drummers, four bassists, and countless sidemen, we are still very much alive," quips charismatic frontman Cole Mitchell, as festivarians will see when the band takes the stage Sunday afternoon.
- THIRSTY EAR FESTIVAL 8/31/03
"You hear the words ''ahead of their time'' a lot in the music business but in the case of the locals The Saddlesores, it''s true...If you go check out the Saddlesores...Don''t expect Brooks and Dunn. If the group''s latest CD is any indication, the group is much more Nirvana than Nashville..."
- THE VENUE, ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
Rating: ***1/2
You know the term "alt-country" has been stretched far too wide when it''s applied to a band like the Saddlesores. There''s nothing "alt" about this local five''s latest release, titled "Let It Suck." An overt tongue-in-cheek homage to the classic 1969 Rolling Stones album "Let It Bleed," the group approach country music like it was an old but reliable Chevy truck-they just hop in, start her up and drive to work. In the same sense that today''s rock bands have to needlessly be sub-categorized by terms like "stoner" or "Nu," it''s just downright silly to call this band anything but plain old country. Granted, the Sores do crank up the amps more than your average country act. But the fact that they show a healthy amount of respect to country music tradition, as well as the likes of Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams Jr., doesn''t qualify them as "alt" anything. This is how country music should be played. Today''s so-called "country" acts would do well by studying the lovesick swagger of the Sores "Gravity" or the blue-collar "Highlife." If they did, they would learn that in real country music, tractors aren''t sexy, they''re just tractors. And the word fashion is about as unfamiliar to a true country act as the word sushi. If there''s anything "alt" about the Saddlesores, it''s their affinity for the electric guitar and their ability to make even those that despise country, stand up and listen. If that''s an alternative to country, then keep it comin'' boys.
-Kevin Hopper, Albuquerque Journal
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