Re: [Harp-L] Th' Legendary Shack Shakers

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The Shack Shakers are great (and desreve mention in the "evolving blues" thread currently running on Harp-L). I'm not all that much into the theatrics, but the harp can't be denied. 
There is a car insurance commercial for Geico that has a guy driving down the road with a little animated Gekko sitting next to him. They're both chilling and listening to this cool song, which happens to be the Shack Shakers' "CB song". You only hear an excerpt from it during the commercial but the album version has a really great, gritty harp solo on it. "Cockadoodledon't" is the album the song is pulled from and it is really good. They do all kinds of stuff, mostly roots influenced punk to metal (heck, there's even a klezmer / punk tune). The harp is always quality. I'm a fan of harp players Lester Butler (from the bands: "Red Devils" and "13") and Walter Daniels (from the band "Big Foot Chester") who play really aggressive music in a blues / rock vein. If either of those players interest you give the Shack Shakers a try...and hold onto you seat.

-------------- Original message from "Jonathan Metts" <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: -------------- 


> In the past couple of weeks I've seen Th' Legendary Shack Shakers twice, and I 
> think many of my fellow Harp-Lers would love this band. They aren't blues...far 
> from it, though they do cover Howlin' Wolf and Slim Harpo sometimes. The best 
> description I could give is psychobilly with bluesy but very fast harp from the 
> frontman, Col. JD Wilkes. The Col. also sings into his distorted Blues Blaster 
> (which sounds very cool but makes it very hard to understand the lyrics), and he 
> puts on some of the finest, craziest performance art I've ever seen. You know 
> the guy is insane when he starts ripping out tufts of chest hair on stage and 
> later brings out a pair of nunchuks to swing around during a guitar solo. Yet, 
> offstage, he's accessible and extremely kind to fans. He signed a crusty old 
> Marine Band of mine (the wood had swelled so much from saliva that it hurt to 
> play, so I was ready to retire it anyway) and posed for a quick photo. If you 
> want to hear some great harp playing in a very different kind of band, be sure 
> to check these guys out! More info at http://www.cockadoodledont.com/. 
> Standard disclaimer: I have no relation with the band except that I'm a newly 
> converted fan! 
> 
> Jonathan Metts 
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