John Paul Keith: vocals, guitar; M. Edgar Stuart: bass, vocals; Kevin Cubbins: guitar, vocals; Al Gamble: piano, organ; John Whittemore: pedal steel, baritone, and guitar; John Argroves: drums.
FINALLY! Some good music coming out of Memphis for the first time ever!
Hot off the presses, JOHN PAUL KEITH & THE ONE FOUR FIVES have just finished their debut LP, SPILLS AND THRILLS, for spring 2009 release on Big Legal Mess Records - an imprint of the legendary Fat Possum label of Oxford, Miss.
The band took great pains to make sure it sounds as good as possible on a format nobody listens to anymore. In fact, they spent almost as much time making the record as they did making their Myspace page.
Keith moved to Memphis a couple years ago and hooked up with Alvin Youngblood Hart's former rhythm section, bassist M. EDGAR STUART and drummer JOHN ARGROVES. Not content to embarrass just themselves, they soon recruited guitarist/producer/recording engineer KEVIN CUBBINS, along with pedal steel player JOHN WHITTEMORE (Jack Oblivian & The Tennessee Tearjerkers), and organist/piano man AL GAMBLE.
Like all new bands, the guys struggled at first to come up with a good name. Eventually, they gave up.
Eschewing the normal route of opening for more established bands, the One Four Fives generated a buzz around Memphis by doing bills on their own. With multiple sets of Keith's originals mixed in with dusty cover tunes, these all-night rambles have earned the band quite a reputation in the dives around Midtown. Despite that, their audience just keeps growing.
Availabe NOW for all public events and private functions (weddings, bar mitzvahs, funerals, etc) - you can count on JOHN PAUL KEITH & THE ONE FOUR FIVES for all your favorite numbers!
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Oh wait. I messed up. I knew that guy with the red gibson wasn't bloomfield, but for some reason I thought bloomfield was in that one too. I got it confused with this video that has Bloomfield in it but not with PBB. By the way, those two you sent me are great! Send more, man!
Great show at the Starbar. Thanks for the records and cd. By the way, I've been checking out that Paul Butterfield stuff you were telling me about. Driftin' Blues from Monterey '67 is really cool. Paul can play that blues harp like a bad ass. Bloomfield is also a bad ass. Thanks for telling me about this. Check it out, folks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3LEhfbKCSc
So luckily, I got off of work for the show at the star bar. I'm looking forward to it. I hope you have an extra copy of your 45 lookin for a thrill. I still have the signed sleeve from my previous copy but the record was damaged. I'll take better care of this one. Cheers!
Tomorrow night: Lil Wyte, DJ Crumbz, & Above Only - Wednesdays just got better than the weekend! Join us at The Hard Rock on Beale Street!! Doors at 9pm/ 18 & up/ $5 to enter
After pre-release tours in Colorado and Georgia, Dehlia Low’s new full-length cd “Tellico” will be presented for the first time in Asheville this Thursday at the Grey Eagle ($8/10, thegreyeagle.com)! Several cuts off the new disk can be heard on at www.myspace.com/dehlialow and live takes of a few of the songs will be performed Thursday afternoon on WNCW 88.7FM. Thursday night’s show will also be a chance for those of you who didn’t make it to Merlefest to hear Lyons, Colorado’s own Spring Creek Bluegrass Band, who are also preparing to release a new disk next month. Dehlia Low will also be joined by “Tellico” producer Jon Stickley of the Shannon Whitworth band. We hope to see you out and thanks for supporting live, original, and local music.
