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OL’ SAVANNAH – UNDERNEATH THE OLD RED BARN
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2012 – Self Released
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Based in Montreal, Canada, this incredible ‘Hillbilly...2012 – Self Released
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Based in Montreal, Canada, this incredible ‘Hillbilly’ band are unlike anything else you are ever likely to hear, partly due to the blend of instruments on which the beautiful sound of an accordion has just as big a part to play as banjo and guitar, but also thanks to the vocals! Lead vocalist Speedy Johnson’s voice gives a whole new meaning to the word ‘gravelly,’ with ‘whiskey soaked,’ ‘Tom Waitsian,’ and any number of other descriptions being just as inadequate, although Waits is probably the nearest, but only if he was playing a strange eerie kind of hillbilly music!
The band consists of Speedy Johnson on vocals, guitar and harmonica, Bartleby J. Budde, guitar, lap steel, banjo and backing vocals, Kevin Labchuk, accordion, backing vocals, Chris Byrne, bass and backing vocals and Max Outerbridge on drums. Their instrumentation is sufficient
to ensure they don’t sound much like anyone else I can think of, but Johnsons vocals rubber stamp that uniqueness, although even he has a slightly softer side on a couple of near ballads! Having said that if you are a songwriter who wants to offer them any of your material, ‘crooning’is probably not his strong point! There is a huge amount of driving power from those battered vocal chords that
when combined with the bands instrumentation and all round abilities gives these already excellent songs a further lift.
This is their second recording and it is actually a better album than their nearly as good debut, giving the lie to‘that difficult second album’ syndrome. There are two traditional songs, with
the remainder of the songwriting being five songs by Johnson, three by Budde and two co-writes between the pair. Whiskey Stomp, penned by Johnson, gets the album underway with a lovely, mellow easy going banjo introduction, then in comes those vocals on a beautiful sparse song that has a feeling incredibly evocative of the mountains, but those vocals give it an atmosphere that few if
any can match. This is followed by the mid tempo In the Eye of the Moonshine, also written by Johnson, with a lovely accordion backing as a contrast to speedy’s vocals, on a song that says depite being the hurricane season we always have our ‘moonshine’ to ease the pain. It’s a really strong tale about losing a neighbor to the storm and evokes the heat, sentiments and unsettling air that must have been felt by those in the story. This is followed by Budde’s extraordinary American Civil War story and song from which the album takes it’s title, Underneath the Old Red Barn. It has a strange eerie sound with guitar, bass drum, accordion and those harshly atmospheric vocals on an incredibly sad haunting tale of a man forsaken by his lover for a soldier and their eventual return and burial! The traditional Coo Coo is a tremendous interpretation of this sinister old as the hills song that the originators would certainly have appreciated. The lovely haunting accordion is kept in the background throughout, adding to the edgy atmosphere. Won’t Get Drunk No More, is an excellent version of a song made famous by Uncle Dave Macon as ‘Way down the old plank road.’ It is fairly true to the original and just as entertaining, although actually containing more fire and aggression! Twisted Road starts with a nice easy going guitar, banjo and accordion which are then joined by Speedy’s vocals on a tale that is as close to a love song as those vocals will allow and tells a story on which the teller vows to give up on his self indulgent life style for the love of his woman! Every song repays a study of the lyrics with other excellent tales including She done gone to the Devil, on which the teller tries to reclaim his lover from the evil beast and album closer Big Fat mama is a really strong blues song with excellent driving guitar accompanied as usual by the accordion!
Whilst some may find Johnson’s incredible vocals a little 'difficult to take' the album should be given a chance for the atmosphere they create and for the excellent instrumentation and playing. There is also, of course, the tremendously well written songs that often tell darkly epic tales within a generic field that has enough scope for quite a few more raw and hugely entertaining albums of this quality.
http://www.olsavannah.com
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“Won’t Get Drunk No More” by Ol’Savannah
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Tonight (July 30th) at The Levee, a very special unplugged show will take place featuring local acts...Tonight (July 30th) at The Levee, a very special unplugged show will take place featuring local acts Baytown, Steve Maloney, Full Flavor, and come-from-aways Ol’Savannah. Hailing from Montreal, Ol’ Savannah consists of Speedy Johnson (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Bartleby J. Budde (banjo, lap-steel, vocals), Kevin Labchuk (accordion, vocals), Chris Byrne (bass, vocals) and Max Outerbridge (drums).
Stylistically, Ol’Savannah sounds like a mix of Tom Waits’ Mule Variations-era junkyard stomp mixed with old-school bluegrass, blues, and traditional à la Roscoe Holcomb, Muddy Waters and The Pogues. The group’s latest album Underneath The Old Red Barn (2012) is their best and most consistent sounding record yet. Songs range from the banjo-boogie of “She Done Gone to the Devil”, their twisted take on the traditional standard “Coo Coo” and today’s track, the bar-room brawler “Won’t Get Drunk No More”.
Check out Ol’Savannah tonight (July 30th) at The Levee with Baytown, Steve Maloney and Full Flavor. Show starts early at 9:30, so after the Sheepdogs are over make your way straight to the Levee.
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Ol’ Savannah bringing Deep South to Canada
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The American south is about to rise again.
Since Ol’ Savannah, the Appalachian mountain music ban...The American south is about to rise again.
Since Ol’ Savannah, the Appalachian mountain music band, rolled into Montreal in 2009, southern roots, blues and bluegrass bands such as the United Steelworkers of Montreal have been making Montreal’s music scene twang like the Deep South.
It all began in 2004 when David Speedy Clark, a native of Dayton, Ohio, moved to Montreal to learn French.
Seven year later, and the now bilingual 28-year-old Montrealer and his banjo-playing pal Bartleby J. Budde paired up to create the folk/roots duo.
However, these two go back to their childhood of salt marsh hoedowns and roaring Baptist hymns, which directly influence their songs today. They adopted the name Ol’ Savannah — named after the historic Georgian town — and recorded their debut album in 2009.
A year later, their musical ambitions had spread to include cajun, folk, bluegrass and something Clark calls “Appalachian Folk-core” that was too big to two to play, and necessitated the addition of Chris Byrne on bass, Max Outerbridge on drums and Kevin Labchuk on accordion to give Ol’ Savannah its multilayered sound.
“The basic difference is you pick the banjo in bluegrass, and claw it in mountain music,” Clark, the band’s songwriter, explains. “We’re getting back to basics. We started doing Appalachian songs from the 1920s but gradually started to modernize them and adding our own songs along the way.
“We have a real strong feel for this music. It’s music is very interactive with the audience. You don’t need a lot of sound and lighting equipment to put on a good show. No offence, but we think of ourselves as an alternative to Nickelback.”
While Ol’ Savannah has been making clubs in Ol’ Montreal sound like the Deep South, Clark insist it’s not incompatible with Canadian culture.
“There are some things that go well with this kind of music. Hiking, car chases, throwing the frisbee, drinking whiskey. There are others you don’t want to be doing, like making love when listening to mountain music.”
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Ol’ Savannah – Underneath The Old Red Barn (en français)
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Ol’ Savannah – Underneath The Old Red Barn
Julie Ledoux
5 juin 2012
Ol’ Savannah – Underneath The...Ol’ Savannah – Underneath The Old Red Barn
Julie Ledoux
5 juin 2012
Ol’ Savannah – Underneath The Old Red Barn (Indépendant)
À l’écoute du premier album de Ol’ Savannah, impossible de ne pas entendre les groupes roots, mélangeant ragtime, bluegrass et country, à la Lake Of Stew, Griffintown Jug Addicts et, du côté franco, Canailles. Les rythmes reviennent en boucles, entre l’harmonica, le lap steel et le banjo, l’accordéon et les guitares. Avec Underneath The Old Red Barn, Ol’ Savannah ne renouvelle pas le genre, mais le maîtrise franchement bien, plongeant tête baissée dans ce foisonnement musical qui réveille à nouveau les oreilles mélomanes depuis quelques temps.
Le groupe, qui se décrit comme un band de Moutain Music – Appalachian Folk-core –, n’a pas volé son attribut. On s’y retrouve bien, dans ces montagnes, remontant la côte vers le village, après une journée de labeur dans les champs ou à la mine. C’est précisément ce type de son qu’on veut entendre, après avoir usé ses mains jusqu’à la corde et marché dans de vieilles bottes dont la semelle s’effrite à vue d’œil.
Speedy Johnson crache les paroles, tandis que Bartleby J. Budde envoie les notes de son banjo, tout en harmonisant avec Kevin Labchuk, et suivant le rythme imposé par Max Outerbridge à la batterie – sur l’album -, et Chris Byrne à la basse. Un quintette bien installé au coin d’un rang, avec Scott Dunbar qui troque l’accordéon pour gratter la planche à laver avec le groupe. Entre le blues et le folk, se trouve Ol’ Savannah qui nous lance «Won’t Get Drunk No More» et son «Whiskey Stomp».
3,7/5
www.olsavannah.com
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Banjo-driven, whiskey-soaked vocals with a lot of stomping
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They won't get drunk no more.
That's a bold statement from a Canadian bluegrass band that's touri...They won't get drunk no more.
That's a bold statement from a Canadian bluegrass band that's touring the East Coast this summer, playing booze-soaked festivals and bars. Fortunately, Ol' Savannah named their tour and latest EP: Won't Get Drunk No More, after a folk tune, not a moral resolution.
"It's influenced by an old mountain music song from the late 1800s called Old Plank Road. The refrain line is 'won't get drunk no more' and it's repeated a few times," says Speedy D. Clark, one of the founders of the band. He says the band doesn't take the name literally.
"Oh no, we usually have our first beer at noon. Keep the whiskey in the cooler as well and sip on that throughout the day."
Here spoke to Clark over the phone from his post on a wharf beside the Halifax Harbour. Earlier this month, Ol' Savannah had a week-long presence at the Halifax International Buskers Festival armed with a small stage, a PA system and the whiskey-filled cooler. Surrounded by fire breathers, acrobats and jugglers, they were only one of two musical acts at the fest.
"Everything's been beautiful and the people are generous. We've been having a great time."
When asked how he'd like Ol' Savannah's sound to be described, Clark rattles off an answer: "banjo-driven, whiskey-soaked vocals with a lot of stomping." Although the band is now based in Montreal, the members' origins stretch from P.E.I. all the way down to Georgia.
Clark is from Ohio, which he says is close to the Appalachian Mountain Range that stretches through Kentucky into Tennessee. That's partly how mountain music, and all that stomping, got infused into the band's gritty sound. Now Ol' Savannah's bringing it to their new home.
"There's actually a lot of that rootsy, even bluegrass scene in Montreal. It fits well for us and we do pretty well for ourselves in our hometown."
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Upcoming shows at: www.olsavannah.com
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15 Roots Music Artists To Catch at NXNE
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Ol’ Savannah (The Central, Fri. June 17 @ 12 midnight)
What’s this? An old-timey band out of Mon...Ol’ Savannah (The Central, Fri. June 17 @ 12 midnight)
What’s this? An old-timey band out of Montreal playing mountain music from Appalachia? Well, okay then — lots of gruff vocals, banjo and accordion and drums. Singing along, foot stomping and yelling encouragement comes naturally to their audiences.
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Ol’ Savannah enflamme un lundi froid d’octobre
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OL’ SAVANNAH
Avant même d’embarquer sur scène, une forte odeur de whiskey et de bourbon en provenan...OL’ SAVANNAH
Avant même d’embarquer sur scène, une forte odeur de whiskey et de bourbon en provenance du bar où étaient confortablement juchés les gars d’Ol’ Savannah nous enivrait, question de bien s’acclimater à ce qui attendait l’auditoire présent. Après avoir avalé cul sec leur doux élixir, ils entament la pièce Cry Out Loud tirée de leur album homonyme endisqué en mai dernier.
La poignée de gens présents était alors transportée dans un voyage spatio-temporel dans la Lousianne des années 20, où la musique était le parfait baume pour toutes les petites balles courbes de la vie. Le quatuor montréalais composé de Speedy D. Clark à la voix et à la guitare acoustique, du multi-instrumentiste Bartleby J. Budde, de Kevin Labchuck à l’accordéon et du batteur Max Outerbridge, était accompagné pour l’occasion d’un bassiste. Celui-ci a solidifié une section rythmique déjà robuste et a donné une performance convaincante, très entraînante, grâce entre autres à un banjo endiablé, l’épine dorsale de la plupart des pièces à saveur country/folk/americana. Composant des chansons clairement influencées par une autre époque, Ol’ Savannah respecte avec finesse ses origines, tout en rendant le tout actuel et captivant pour l’auditeur.
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Ol' Savannah will drink, smoke & stomp their way into your living room whether you like it or not!
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Ol’ Savannah hail from Montreal, Quebec and are set to release their debut self titled album. I’ve h...Ol’ Savannah hail from Montreal, Quebec and are set to release their debut self titled album. I’ve had the opportunity to listen to the new LP and let me tell you, you’re in for a treat here folks. If you head over to their website, you can stream a couple of songs off the album. I highly recommend I Will Roam. Be sure to grab a copy of Pot Pie Heaven, which is available for free download.
The release party goes down May 6th at Divan Orange in Montreal. For additional live dates and more, visit Ol’ Savannah on Myspace.
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Folk, Rock, Country and Blues are on the menu
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Ol’ Savannah, Mind That Bird and The Jimmyriggers on stage at Divan Orange
By Maya Malkin
On...Ol’ Savannah, Mind That Bird and The Jimmyriggers on stage at Divan Orange
By Maya Malkin
On Sept. 8, The Jimmyriggers, Mind That Bird and Ol’ Savannah, all Montreal based bands, took on Divan Orange for a night of loud folk music.
The Jimmyriggers started off the night right on time at 10:00 p.m. with a half-hour set. Divan Orange was pretty empty, but 15 minutes into their set, the place was significantly busier.
Their music is light rock mixed with a little bit of a country twang. The band is made up of three members. Andre Kirchhoff, on electric guitar and lead/backing vocals, David Pearce on bass guitar and lead/backing vocals, and Robert Harris on drums. The crowd seemed semi-pleased.
Half of the people were sitting down and the people who were standing were only at the back of the venue. “We don’t smell that bad,” Pearce told the crowd. Most of the people were aged from age 20 to 40.
Mind That Bird took the stage right after, with an original folk/rock sound. A surprisingly low voice came out of the small Ryan Gosling look alike lead singer and guitar player, Dylan Perkons.
Their music stood out because of the wonderful Ari Swan, on the violin. Every song was accompanied by a very beautiful sound coming from her instrument, and Swan threw in some finger picking as well. Other members of the band include, Adrian Bergman on bass and vocals, Terry Boisvert on guitar and vocals, and Rob De Konick on drums.
“I’ve never heard either of the opening bands before, I’m here for Ol’ Savannah, but I’m going to have to look these guys up cause their great,” laughed Alex, one of the many attendees.
At 11:15 p.m. new people were still coming in to Divan Orange. Mind That Bird had a pretty big crowd and a good energy on stage. They ended their set by saying: “tip the bartender this place is great, I love Divan Orange!”
Finally, Ol’ Savannah, the main act was up and unfortunately the microphones were giving them a lot of feedback. “Can we fix that problem please?” said the lead singer, who calls himself Speedy D. Clark. The band definitely got people up on their feet. The back of Divan was empty because every one was dancing.
Ol’ Savannah’s sound is very upbeat and bluesy with a Southern folk/country vibe. Their music turned the room to an old southern bar, filled with men who spent all day working in the fields.
“Let’s slow it down and talk about killing people,” Clark said, and then went on to play yet another upbeat song. The other members that make up Ol’ Savannah are Bertleby J. Budde, on guitar, lap steel, banjo, and backup vox, Kevin Labchuk, on accordian, and backup vox, Chris Bryne, on bass, and Max Outerbridge on drums.
As the night went on, a couple people left here and there but overall they kept a large crowd of people dancing. “I’m here for my buddy, the lead singer of Ol’ Savannah,” said Samson Smith, a man present during the night. Their set was over at about 1:30 a.m. and ended with two guitarists going up on stage to jam.
“We were just hanging at Divan tonight,” said a man sitting at a table near the back. The girl sitting with him interrupted. “I really liked it though, really cool, all the bands were,” she said.
Whether people were there to support their friends, or to discover new music, all three bands gained some new fans.
You can catch these bands at upcoming shows in Montreal at venues like Hemisphere Gauche, L’Etranger, L’Escogriffe, Trois Minots, Brutopia and Il Motore within the next couple months.
www.myspace.com/olsavannah
www.myspace.com/mindthatbird
www.myspace.com/thejimmyriggers
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Ol’ Savannah – Self Titled
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Fronted by rough vocals and backed by banjo accordion, the five men that make up Ol’ Savannah have a...Fronted by rough vocals and backed by banjo accordion, the five men that make up Ol’ Savannah have a knack for creating music that sounds fresh out of bluesy New Orleans. They are founding members Speedy D. Clark (guitar, vocals, harmonica) and Bartleby J Budde (lap steel, banjo, guitar, backup vocals), plus Kevin Labchuk (accordion, backup vocals), Max Outerbridge (drums) and Chris Byrne (bass). Bringing back this old style of music that is rooted in the past, they promise to transport you to a world that can only be described as their own.
On May 6 2011, Ol’ Savannah released their debut full-length self-titled album. The first song on this 9-track record is called Bad Luck Lady, and wastes no time in showing just what the band is all about. The album contains a lot of great lyrics, and this song contains one of the most raw: “Oh, I love you so much / my heart’s bleeding through my shirt”. Like the sounds of this? Stay tuned; there’s plenty more where that came from.
Pot Pie Heaven is one of the standout tracks on the album. It begins with quiet bluesy picking, full of tension, and soon turns into a rollicking anthem, complete with strong bass, guitars, accordion and harsh vocals that resonate right into your core. Blast this one on your stereo. It’s a really magical thing.
I Will Roam displays a softer, more country side of the whiskey-drinkin’ boys, centered on some great chorus harmonies, and the oh-so-sweet sound of a crooning harmonica. Have I ever told you how much of a sucker I am for some good mouth organ playing? Well I am. This song definitely creates visions of a great countryside on a sweet summer day, and is my favourite on the record. Everything just comes together beautifully.
Another song from Ol’ Savannah that really transports you as you listen is When Trains Go By. This one is about busking by the trains, trying to get a day’s pay by playing music. If you’re like me, you’ll see Speedy D. Clark standing there with his guitar, singing and playing wholeheartedly as the trains rumble by on a hellishly hot day. And friends, it’s a beautiful thing.
If you’re really into stompin’, Amen is for you. This six-minute long song is stomp ready, at your queue. It’s self-explanatory, really. Can I hear an Amen?
Finally, this record ends with Empty Room, perhaps the most bluesy song not only on this record, but also that I’ve heard in a long while. Beginning with the line “I done drank so much whiskey/I staggered in my sleep.” and filled to the brim with moonshine, you truly cannot go wrong with a tune like this. Plus, it’s another great example of harmonica skills from Clark.
Ladies and gentlemen, this record is golden. What makes it so special? Well, can you think of another band these days putting out bluesy music filled with soul-filled lyrics and vocals, and the delicious sounds of accordion and harmonica combined? Yup, that’s what I thought. This is only the beginning, and it seems that Ol’ Savannah know exactly who they are and where they are going. Keep a strong lookout for these five men in the future.
Favourite tracks: Pot Pie Heaven, I Will Roam, Empty Room
Keep up with anything and everything Ol’ Savannah by means of their website, Facebook and Twitter. Want this record for yourself? Visit their Bandcamp page, and download this self-titled debut for the very low price of $9. It doesn’t get much better than this, folks.
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SOUND SEEKERS: O-town Hoedown highlights, plus more gigs to fill your weekend
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Sound Seekers by Fateema Sayani is published weekly at OttawaMagazine.com. Read Fateema Sayani’s cul...Sound Seekers by Fateema Sayani is published weekly at OttawaMagazine.com. Read Fateema Sayani’s culture column in Ottawa Magazine.
GET DOWN AT THE HOEDOWN
The O-Town Hoedown, which started last Friday, continues into the weekend with plenty of opportunities to horse around and soak up urbanized versions of country music.
Spurred on (sorry, couldn’t resist) by a rising tide of alterna-country-craving music followers, organizer Lefty McRighty, now in his fifth year of producing the fest, decided to boldly declare that the O-Town Hoedown would stay niche, promote those bands you’ve never heard of, and avoid the mainstream.
It ensures that he can differentiate his fest from That Other Hoedown and put to the rest that little squabble of yesteryear.
Lefty marked his territory in week one by programming a number of No Depression-style showcases. There was the night at the Elmdale which saw troubadour Trevor Alguire hop about on one leg. Alguire is also a long-time skateboarder — he launched the On Deck shop in 1988. He broke his femur during a board accident three weeks ago.
“I love how just picking up a guitar and singing keeps me going and really takes me away from the pain I am in,” Alguire says. The crowd was feeling for him and they were also feeling a tune called I Suppose, which Alguire will record in October, after he returns from a tour of Germany.
Last Saturday’s show at the Rainbow was “a delightfully weird mixture of jazz, bluegrass and foot-stomping country blues, but somehow it worked,” says Lefty, adding, “Ol’ Savannah from Montreal killed it, and made a roomful of new fans.”
The Monday show at the Manx Pub was the debut of The Whiskey Critters, a new group featuring Morgan Friend (Bible All-Stars), Max Cossette (Sick Sick Sicks), Joel Carlson (Jimmy George) and Dave Cooper on drums. It was Cooper’s first live show in 25 years — most people might know him from his other career . (Yes, THAT Dave Cooper).
The Hoedown continues this weekend. Check out the spare folk of The Rough Sea, who are playing an all-ages matinee show with The Kingmakers. Sunday, Oct. 3. 3 p.m., $8. Elmdale Tavern. Another solid choice is jam-packed concert that includes The Sick, Sick, Sicks, Big Tobacco & the Pickers, and King Rattler. Friday, Sept. 30. 9 p.m., $10 play the Elmdale Tavern.
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Review- “Ol’ Savannah”- Ol’ Savannah
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Never has a an album full of references to drinking, smoking and fighting been this much fun. Meet O...Never has a an album full of references to drinking, smoking and fighting been this much fun. Meet Ol’ Savannah and their self-titled debut disc.
The album emanates a rough and raw country-rock sound that the band was definitely aiming for in this recording. The scratchy vocals of lead singer Speedy D. Clark (whose name just seems perfect for this kind of music) are complemented by the frequent use of accordion and banjo along with guitar.
Their lyrics and song themes also match well with their rough-and-tumble musical style. In album closer “Empty Room” for example, the heavy use of harmonica and electric guitar perfectly support Clark as he sings “I done drank so much whiskey/I staggered in my sleep.”
Or in “When the Trains Go By” Clark sings about how one makes a living next to the train tracks- “I just sing a little louder/strum a little harder/I’ve got to when the trains go by.”
“Milk Clow Blues” could be called a straight Americana song- it’s more or less about the song’s protagonist chasing “his Susan” all across the United States before heading to Sault Ste Marie and ending the song with an absolutely brilliant line about Canada.
The most poignant song is “Never Killed a Man” in which Clark sings “I killed a man but I never killed a man who didn’t need a killing.” The lyric and song title should speak for itself.
The band shows a little bit of a softer side on “I Will Roam” which gives off a more country-folk feel. The first minute or so is just accordion, banjo and harmonica. When Clark’s vocals kick in, they still sound somewhat gravelly as they do in the other songs but are somewhat cleaner. It makes the chorus, where he harmonizes with guitarist Bartleby J. Budde that much more powerful. Even the lyrics are for more pretty and filled with imagery.
Ol’ Savannah are a pretty new band and they’ve already found, as far as I’m concerned, their niche. This is some top-quality stuff and the band’s future music will probably be just as good if not better.
This album will be available on May 6th, 2011. You can catch the band’s CD release show on the same day at Montreal’s Divan Orange.
Top Tracks: “I Will Roam”; “Amen”
Rating: Proud Hoot (Really Good) +*swoop*
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Formed by American ex-pats Bartleby J Budde and Speedy D. Clark, the group is now based in Montreal....Formed by American ex-pats Bartleby J Budde and Speedy D. Clark, the group is now based in Montreal. Ol' Savannah's songs about love and loss, joy and despair, and life and death take on an upbeat country drive that keeps folks on their feet. Budde and Clark's sweet twang of strings is accompanied by Chris Byrne, bass, Max Outerbridge, drums, Kevin Labchuk, accordion, and occasionally Scott Dunbar, percussion.
