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Sideshow Tramps
Roots Music / Country / Other

Can we play at your funeral?



HOUSTON, Texas
United States

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   Sideshow Tramps: General Info
Member Since5/6/2007
Band Websitehttp://www.sideshowtramps.com
Band Members
Scott, Shane, Geoffrey, Craig
InfluencesOld stuff... and good new stuff influenced by old stuff
Sounds Likea cross between Tom Jones and Neil Diamond
Type of LabelMajor


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 2 2009 8:00P
Heritage Place Amphitheater (opening for Joe Ely) Conroe, Texas
Jul 2 2009 10:00P
Corner Pub after July 4th show Conroe, Texas
Aug 21 2009 8:00P
Chelsea’s with Mountain Sprout Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Aug 22 2009 8:00P
Chelsea’s with Mountain Sprout Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Oct 3 2009 8:00P
St. Arnold’s Oktoberfest Houston, Texas

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   About Sideshow Tramps

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And at these fine stores in Houston, Texas

Sigs Lagoon

www.sigslagoon.com
3710 Main Street
Houston, Tx 77002
(713) 533-9525
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Soundwaves

www.soundwaves.com
3509 Montrose
Houston, Tx 77006
(713) 520-9283
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Sound Exchange

www.soundexchangehouston.com
1846 Richmond Ave
Houston, TX 77098
(713) 666-5555
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Cactus Music

www.cactusmusictx.com
2110 Portsmouth
Houston, Tx 77098
(713) 526-9272
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With a base of roots music: blues, bluegrass, Russian, gypsy, punk and other styles the Sideshow Tramps has created a sound spanning the globe but best described simply as Rock and Roll. Although the Sideshow Tramps first album outsold many big acts locally, including the White Stripes, it is their live show that has made them what the Houston Press calls “hometown heroes” and “not a band but a phenomenon”. Sideshow Tramps have done what few bands have, they created a local “scene” that the Houston Press dubbed the “front porch vanguard” spawning numerous bands that play music in the same “roots music punk” (Tom Waits, White Stripes, Gogal Bordello, Johnny Cash) vein.

Scott McNeil, Geoffrey Muller, Craig Kinsey, and Shane Lauder are the Sideshow Tramps. After playing many festivals, opening for Joe Ely, Guy Forsythe, Ray Wyley Hubbard and a successful tour with Hays Carll in Ray Prices old tour bus, the band has gathered around them a host of new fans. The buzz has started and the Sideshow Tramps are ready to meet the demand.

Sideshow Tramps are beginning a series of tours to satisfy the cries of an ever growing fan base. Sideshow Tramps are recording their second album to follow their acclaimed last effort “Medicine Show”. This second album contains an even wider variety of styles and energy than the first with songs written by numerous members of the band including songwriter Craig Kinsey whose solo project “The Burdener” was named one of the best Texas albums of 2008 by the Houston Chronicle. No matter the acclaim for expert musicianship and memorable songwriting, it is, again, the live show that keeps people talking.

The band switches instruments on stage in the middle of songs and often plays homemade instruments such as trash can bass and cigar box guitar all of which are made by member Geoffrey Muller. The Houston Chronicle reports: “The goal is emotional release, for the performers and the audience. This is music as therapy. The band packs Helios Monday nights because this music is a soothing balm for crush of daily life. ‘We had a guy come from Ben Taub hospital with an IV hanging out of his arm. He said there was no way he was gonna miss the Sideshow Tramps’ Kinsey says.” (Although the Sideshow Tramps appreciate demonstrations of fan loyalty they do not condone leaving hospital beds to see their shows.)

The band formed after an open mic night performance at Houston’s Helios which turned into a weekly residency. Within a year the shows were attracting crowds of 200 on Monday nights. Soon the members of the group realized that they had something and were almost forced into becoming a band. The background of the group is not the usual rock and roll story. They met at the University of St. Thomas where Geoffrey Muller studied mathematics and drama and Craig Kinsey had just come from four years in a monastery living the silent ascetic life of a monk. After studying old medicine shows and the psychology of crowd control the band learned to turn a rock and roll show into more than the sum of its parts. They have won numerous awards including, best unsigned band, best album, best stage act, and a series of other awards for individual members including best drummer and best multi-instrumentalist.

The band is currently completing their next album and ready to go on the road to support it. Many fans travel long distances to see the band including one man who flew from New York to see their CD release party in 2007. It is to satisfy this demand that the band will go on the road and take the show that the Houston Press calls “legendary” to the eager and expectant fans.

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Bill





Jul 4 2009 3:22 PM

Sideshow Tramps

Some people say i'm 10 days ahead myself!
Does that mean i can tell The Future?
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Jul 3 2009 9:35 PM

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Jul 1 2009 6:43 PM

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Mad Turtle )'(





Jul 1 2009 3:42 AM

Please make another CD, so I have more great music.
Artemisia





Jun 30 2009 11:24 PM

oodles of hosanna fer your amazing sideshow at Threadgill's, whoop whoop the party was on....

Thank you for the add.
Vanilla Moos





Jun 24 2009 8:48 PM

hey hey hey! I have just shot a new skit for my new job!
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Check it out!
Please leave comments and tell me what you think!
Bill





Jun 24 2009 1:22 AM

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Lee Spiller





Jun 17 2009 4:51 PM

Thanks for the add. Caught your show with Hayes Carll at Threadgills. You guys are awesome.
Cindy Lou Hou!





Jun 14 2009 2:55 PM

you guys should come out with a vinyl
Sitch





Jun 6 2009 7:37 PM

Come See My Dead Person





Jun 4 2009 5:15 AM

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The Spanish Caravan





May 29 2009 6:08 PM

Peace from Music City!
Death by Blonde





May 28 2009 3:10 PM

Great show last night guys! I love the are you a girl/l boy song! please can you put it up on your page????? ;)
Kris





May 18 2009 3:54 AM

Ya'll were mindblowing Saturday in New Braunfels!
Rand E





May 15 2009 1:55 PM

Thanx for adding me!
La Guera





May 12 2009 11:01 PM

Thanks for letting Robert propose at your show. It was an awesome end to a spectacular night! Y'alls' was the first show we ever saw together years ago when you had the Monday gig at Helios. How do we get you to play the wedding? ;)
WinoVino





May 9 2009 2:00 AM

A fine pleasure having you all in Austin, see you here again soon I hope!
kelly?!





May 7 2009 1:22 AM

do you plan on comin by colorado at all?
Brett Huckfield





May 6 2009 9:07 PM

Hi, Great to have you as a friend!! Best wishes, Mike (Brett Huckfield's promo team).
PS Please check out Brett's debut release 'Here Again' (available on iTunes, Amazon, Napster etc.) Hope you enjoy the music!!
♥JENNI♥





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89.7 KACC





Apr 24 2009 3:51 PM

89.7 KACC is getting ready to add even more Texas rock and roll to the playlist this summer and needs your music ASAP.
If you think we don't have your newest CD, get it in the mail - be sure we know where you are from and maybe include a bio - and send it to:

89.
7 KACC
c/o Mark Moss
3110 Mustang Rd.

Alvin, TX 77511

For more information go to www.kaccradio.com
Everyone Loves A Hawaiian Girl





Apr 23 2009 12:54 PM

you guys were so much fun last night! i cant wait until youre back in okc.
Bill





Apr 23 2009 1:59 AM

When You Going Take A Train To Tennessee?
Soon?
Need To Bring Live Show Here!
Everyone Loves A Hawaiian Girl





Apr 20 2009 11:30 PM

im looking forward to seeing the show wednesday:-)
Roberto





Apr 16 2009 10:29 PM

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