February Shows, Updates
& 2012 Schedule!
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Say Hey! First off, we wanted to thank you for a great kickoff in 2012! January was the best month in Bonedrivers history and that is not typically the case right after New Years. You guys rule! Now for February, we’re going strictly “down home”. All cozy dates in cozy rooms in cozy areas. The features this short month are our bi-monthly Thursday night at #1 Broadway in Los Gatos – simply the best Thursday night in the the whole South Bay. We also choogle on over to Grumpy’s in Olivehurst (Yuba City Area), one of the more genuine roadhouses you’ll ever see. Don’t run over a rooster on your way into the parking lot! And ... for you old timey Gone Jackals aficionados, here’s a brand new clip of “Rag Doll” (The Four Seasons’ Tune) from the first CD “Out and About with The Gone Jackals”. Got talked into recording this one by Co-Producer Gary Hobish and it seems to hold up pretty well. For current Bonedrivers Peoples, included some pics of the original LP covers and 45 jackets of bands and tunes we currently cover (in our own bombastic fashion) to add context to our live shows.
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Gainesville 365 (FL) The Bonedrivers "Mobile" (BlueBlack Records) BB 4444 In “Mobile,” Karloff gets his feet wet enough in Delta sound to make a believable anthem. There’s not a shred of copycatting in any of the ten songs. Things are kept simple for the most part, and this makes the CD a real gem. As I listened to it, I pondered why it worked when it could easily have failed and I came up with a combination of two factors: Simplicity and originality. Karloff has authored a straight-up set of good old bar boogie minus the melancholy of inauthentic place and time. The best of these tunes are “It’s a Beautiful Thing” and “Honky Tonk Prayer,” which Karloff has also cut for radio. The first is a love song to, of all things, domestication of the male animal, and the second is one of the best “Southern” songs I’ve heard in decades. Karloff doesn’t seem to be someone who overwrites and then has to mercilessly edit. Music and lyric are in perfect balance and that is, I think, one of the hallmarks of the Southern rock genre in general or to all forms of song. The other seven songs, including the Delta-stomper “Gimme Lightning,” are a roadmap, ranging from Memphis to the Carolinas and the deep bayou. This might not be clear to the Northern ear and that’s fine, too. Bonedrivers are not a cover outfit and achieve success on their own merits and with some very hard work. The biggest compliment I can pay them and their new album is that it is my earnest belief that they could slide right into some of our more discerning venues and fit right in. S. Mars 2/10/11 Full Review |
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Bluesblast Magazine (IL) The Bonedrivers "Mobile" (BlueBlack Records) BB 4444 Have I got a band for you if you’re partial to Foghat, Grand Funk Railroad, southern rock, BTO or the crunchier reaches of the Led Zeppelin catalog. Throw in a dash of The Outlaws and stir vigorously. Thick power chords, thumping jungle-drums, manic slide guitar excursions and even harmony vocals are here for the taking. Front man-guitarist-singer Keith Karloff leads his merry troupe thru power-rock accented by funk and the requisite positive “dude commander vibe”. Karloff stretches out his guitar prowess here in fine form and the lead vocals show more depth with each repeated listening. Blues-rock paradise awaits you compliments of this San Francisco boogie band! Greg “Bluesdog” Szalony 2/17/11 Full Review |
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AND .. Check out two new BDs videos on You Tube - you're probably in one of 'em! "Riot in Cell Block #9" - LIVE! "You Win Again" from "Mobile" LIVE! (Live videos shot by Nadine Panos/Nadine Rocks Productions) The new CD "Mobile" (BlueBlack Records BB 4444), named after the City of Mobile, Alabama is available for order right now on The Bonedrivers website. Domestic and International distribution are handled by City Hall Records, San Rafael, CA and the new disc is now available in any/all brick and morter stores i.e. Borders, Barnes and Noble, Starbucks, Amoeba, Dimples, Rasputin, etc. All tracks available at your favorite download sites right now. Here are some links for digital purchase and/or to pick up a hard copy via mail order if you are more comfortable transacting with the Big Kahuna Co.'s than with little ol' BB Records directly: Amazon.com BestBuy CD Universe Condensed Listing of Online CD Outlets (for our friends in Europe): CD Market To hear samples of the new tunes, simply click here or here "Mobile" is available at all Live Shows too! We greatly appreciate your continued friendship and support! |
