The Jompson Brothers
Nashville, Tennessee, United States | SELF
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“I have seen the future of rock ‘n’ roll...So here's this voice coming out so loud I'm glad the mayor's still in the crowd, glad he's smiling, too, and he's older than I am. This voice...somewhere between Noddy Holder (Slade) and Bon Scott (AC/DC, but you knew that), except distinctly from Eastern Kentucky, because Stapleton's from a few counties south of here. This piercing, keening, wailing voice, a unique and powerful instrument which he deploys without visible effort, his face hidden beneath an old hat and a long wad of hair....Three songs in my back shivers. It's an involuntary muscular thing, and I can remember every time it's happened: The last time I saw Nirvana, Cobain a shell of himself and still able to sing from the Coliseum stage with such want and hurt and power and anger; the first few times I saw Whiskeytown, when they were right; Sam & Dave, again at the Seattle Center Coliseum, singing without microphones; Steve Earle & Del McCoury at the Station Inn. Not very many times (there are others, but lists become lists for their own sake, and I wish to move on.) My back shivers in the presence of magic, that's my theory...And the Jompson Brothers, heaven help them, have the magic. Every last bit of it. McKee is a formidable guitarist, the rhythm section is click-track tight just on instinct and rehearsal time."
-Grant Alden - No Depression
"Recorded, lead singer Chris Stapleton’s howl sometimes recalls Chris Cornell, as punched in the chest after a bar fight. Live, Stapleton’s voice is a good-ole boy’s kind of soulful. His brand of Sam Cooke operates in two modes—with his voice ranging from shit grit to a smooth cream of wheat. Above country-fried steak riffs of the AC/DC/bar band variety, Stapleton sangs, and I mean sangs, in a confessional authenticity that commanded the audience...Zooming through eight unreleased tracks, The Jompson Brothers’s blitzkrieg momentum would sometimes slow for air, with a slightly more heavy metal stomp, with a setlist consisting of a mostly loud, loud-quiet-loud cadence...But it was the quiet stuff that was really special. Under the genre-defining Led Zeppelin leitmotif of blue-collar songs about bad girls and good times, punctuated by lighter songs with a heavier emotional center of gravity, The Jompson Brothers shined."
-Christopher Benton - Flagpole Magazine
"Their steady blunderbuss attack was absolute catharsis, and Chris Stapleton’s vocals exceeded even my high expectations. Lead vocals are even more important than guitars in making this kind of music stand or fail, and Stapleton – the rough and soul-saturated voice formerly behind the Steeldrivers – blew our minds like some kind of hillbilly Robert Plant...Their encore was well-deserved."
-Craig Havighurst - Music City Roots
Discography
The Jompson Brothers - The Jompson Brothers (LP - 2010)
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Bio
The Jompson Brothers were born in a garage in Nashville, TN as a result of late-night jam sessions between former SteelDrivers frontman and 3X Grammy nominee, Chris Stapleton (vocals, guitar) and Greg McKee (guitar). Bard McNamee (drums) and J.T. Cure (bass) were soon added to the equation, more jamming ensued, and the band was complete.
In September of 2010, the band was invited by Zac Brown Band to come along as a performer on the Sailing Southern Ground Cruise.
The Jompson Brothers' self-titled debut (produced by Frank Rogers) was released in the Fall of 2010 and has drawn comparisons to Led Zeppelin, Gov't Mule, and Drive-By Truckers. The band has begun 2011 by playing shows all around the Southeast to eager and enthusiastic crowds. During that time, the guys have shared stages with North Mississippi Allstars, J. Roddy Walston and The Business, The Felice Brothers, The Whigs + more.
Chris has also found much success as a songwriter, having his songs cut by Adele, Joss Stone, Darius Rucker, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney, and many others.
PRESS:
I have seen the future of rock n roll...Three songs in my back shivers My back shivers in the presence of magic, that's my theory. And the Jompson Brothers, heaven help them, have the magic. Every last bit of it They are a stunning band, a classic rock 'n' roll band of the old school A muscle car in a Prius world the Jompsons are the best rock band I've seen in twenty years
-Grant Alden (No Depression)
"The band lays down a deep groove like early Led Zeppelin. You can tell when they get together their sound just comes out naturally heavy."
-Davis Inman (American Songwirter)
"Their steady blunderbuss attack was absolute catharsis, and Chris Stapletons vocals exceeded even my high expectations. Lead vocals are even more important than guitars in making this kind of music stand or fail, and Stapleton the rough and soul-saturated voice formerly behind the Steeldrivers blew our minds like some kind of hillbilly Robert Plant...Their encore was well-deserved."
-Craig Havighurst (Music City Roots Blog)
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