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Basic description:
Indie-rock/alt-country from the mountains of Western North Carolina. The Worthless Son-in-Laws blend truck-driving rockers with pastoral daydream soundtracks and meditative, melody-laden pop songs. Isn’t that nice?
"The Worthless Son-in-Laws fuse their laid-back roots sound with the jangle-pop sounds of NC band the dB's and Chris Stamey, while also recalling Son Volt and possibly a hint of the Decemberists."--Shout Magazine
Bio:
The Worthless Son-in-Laws are a Boone, North Carolina-based band formed in the wee hours of 2004. You could call their music New South Underground, or say their long and diverse musical histories inform a mixture of acoustic indie rock, electric southern rock, American roots music, and 80's punk and 90's pop rhythms. But that might make you think they were Kansas reunited. Really, it’s more like XTC stuck in a cell with Uncle Tupelo. Or early REM grafted onto a Skynyrd stump. Or Joni Mitchell ghostwriting the autobiography of Little Feat.
Jimmy Davidson (acoustic guitar/vocals) and Rob Brown (electric guitar/vocals) write songs about working at a t-shirt shop and Mississippi highways and weddings and antique televisions. Jimmy flips through books by Michael Pollan and Richard Dawkins--not to mention Strunk & White--for inspiration, while Rob’s muse is his latent desire to be a truck driver (he is, in truth, a university professor). Rich Crepeau (bass guitar, PhD) plays bass and writes a sinister country-punk number his own self now and then. Aaron Cummings (drums) plays drums and the Star Wars version of Trivial Pursuit. His dog’s name really is Wompa. As long as we’re talking drums and dropping names, Jimmy used to play drums and guitar with songwriter Vic Chesnutt. Toy drums, that is. The Worthless Son-in-Laws like Gram Parsons a lot. They can’t agree on much else. Except that pretty much anytime is a good time to have dessert. But, duh.
The Worthless Son-in-Laws recently played at Merlefest 2007. Merlefest director Claire Armbruster wrote on the Merlefest discussion boards: “I think that the hot new bands for 2007 [include]...the Worthless Son-in-Laws....They’ve all really knocked my socks off.” There was no mention of the suitcase full of unmarked bills. The Son-in-Laws also play around the Carolinas and sometimes in Tennessee. They have a CD called “Sort of Back to Having a Life.” It’s even shrinkwrapped. Miracles do happen.
Rob Brown: electric guitar, vocals
Rich Crepeau: bass guitar
Aaron Cummings: drums
Jimmy Davidson: vocals, acoustic guitar |
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