From:
Robin Merritt
ArtFRONT Presentations
(423) 756-4827
Appearing @ Barking Legs Theatre, 1307 Dodds Ave. Chattanooga
Friday April. 4th with (2) T.B.A.
CD, “A Buzz, A Buzz!”
(Ramseur Records)
www.myspace.com/bombadil
Fans of Ramseur Records artists, The Avettt brothers and the Everybodyfields have a new younger sibling to keep an eye on. Bombadil have embarked on one of the most grueling tour schedules of any band touring east of the Mississippi. Anyone who recognizes that scheduling over fifty shows between March & June with more likely to come is an indicator not only of a very dedicated work ethic but also of the sheer experience of live performance that this band is now racking up.
Stylistically Bombadil is one of the most difficult groups to characterize, with leanings toward Americana and indie rock, their energy and animated approach is perhaps more in line with our own regional acts J. Roddy Walston and the Business and all the exuberant wholesomeness which the last decade has been lacking in. Conjuring western melodic imagery with their strings and pioneer trail storytelling, they constantly veer off of the folk trail into bombastic guitar bass and choruses, which seem to belong more in a Richard Rodgers musical than on a tiny barroom stage animatedly thrashing about for drunken college kids. Although by the 10th track of their CD titled “Johnny” there is a definite “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” attitude bubbling forth.
Bombadil have been privileged to receive much press since embarking on their journeys. Drew Taylor, who is no stranger to the current surge of folk/antifolk musicians now relentlessly touring writes in Johnson City TN’s student newspaper:
“With endless energy and astounding coordination, this group channels South American folk music, throwing in a little Piedmont blues here and there, and the occasional sea shanty. While they put on quite an interesting stage show, their song writing is truly a draw in itself.”
All songs are “Radio Safe” Those most geared toward radio airplay
being tracks
#4. Rosetta Stone
#5. Three Saddest Words,
#8. Cavaliers Har Hum
#10. Johnny
#11. Get to Getting On
pretty much in the reverse order of that list.