JUNKYARD ANGEL
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Used, abused, and rhinestone-infused … that’s how the guitar-strumming Brothers Marshall (Stewart and Jim) refer to the music, style, and soul of their Peach State twang-rock band Junkyard Angel. With strong ties to UGA, the Marshalls regularly traverse the corridor in East Georgia between the Savannah lowcountry to the Athens foothills and back. Stewart (pictured) is best known in both towns as one of the two frontmen in the roots-rock veteran act Stewart & Winfield (alongside Winfield Smith). Other members include lead guitarist and banjo player Scotty Rahn, drummer Joe Ippolito, and bassist Scott Tanner. The sextet recently released a full-length studio album titled Medicine Jar on the Cedar Hammock Records label. The melodic, slow-drawl collection of tunes draws from The Eagles, Steve Earle, The Jayhawks, and Uncle Tupelo — with a very healthy dose of vintage outlaw country and Willie Nelson. They bring their peachy music to Sullivan’s Island this Saturday. — T. Ballard Lesemann
- Charleston City Paper - October 22, 2009
Used, abused, and rhinestone-infused … that’s how the guitar-strumming Brothers Marshall (Stewart and Jim) refer to the music, style, and soul of their Peach State twang-rock band Junkyard Angel. With strong ties to UGA, the Marshalls regularly traverse the corridor in East Georgia between the Savannah lowcountry to the Athens foothills and back. Stewart (pictured) is best known in both towns as one of the two frontmen in the roots-rock veteran act Stewart & Winfield (alongside Winfield Smith). Other members include lead guitarist and banjo player Scotty Rahn, drummer Joe Ippolito, and bassist Scott Tanner. The sextet recently released a full-length studio album titled Medicine Jar on the Cedar Hammock Records label. The melodic, slow-drawl collection of tunes draws from The Eagles, Steve Earle, The Jayhawks, and Uncle Tupelo — with a very healthy dose of vintage outlaw country and Willie Nelson. They bring their peachy music to Sullivan’s Island this Saturday. — T. Ballard Lesemann
- Charleston City Paper - October 22, 2009
"the Dead meet Bromberg and Pure Prairie League....all good, all raw and all fresh...good stuff....while i enjoyed every cut, hands down favorite was Wrecker's Ball - that is one of the most haunting recordings i have heard in a long time.....so well under-done, and i mean that as a compliment"-Tony Arata, Nashville songwriter, penned "The Dance", recorded and performed by Garth Brooks, and won song of the year by The Academy of Country Music, CMA and Grammy nomination, and most performed song in Radio and Records Magazine.
- Tony Arata, Grammy Award Winning Nashville Recording Artist
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Medicine Jar, 2009
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This gritty, “Cosmic American” roots-rock sextet, with members drawn from notable groups on both the Savannah and Athens alt.country scenes, has a fairly distinguished pedigree. Lead vocalist and acoustic guitarist Stewart Marshall made a name for himself in the late '90s as one of the leaders of the nationally touring "Y'allternative" band Stewart & Winfield, and other members have done stints in The Park Bench Trio, Remy Zero and other established acts. Their sound is a slow-cooked goulash of wine-soaked No Depression clichés (which in this context is a positive rather than a negative). Those who appreciate the woozy, beleaguered, pedal steel-glazed ennui of vintage Steve Earle, Jayhawks or Gram Parsons records will find Junkyard Angel's well-chosen covers and bittersweet pastiches of classic rock and roadhouse country a fine complement to a cold beer and a momentary twinge of regret for a lost love. This group seems to play rather infrequently, which probably has something to do with the fact that their members are split between Savannah and Athens. With a handle straight off of Highway 61 Revisited, and a loose and caterwauling way with Cosmic American covers like Neil Young’s “Cowgirl In The Sand”, Townes Van Zandt’s “Waitin’ Around To Die”, and Uncle Tupelo’s “Give Me Back The Key To My Heart”, it’s no wonder the rip-snortin’ sibling combo anchored by Stewart & Winfield’s Stewart Marshall and his brother Jim (of Backwoods) describes their setlist as “Used, abused, rhinestone-infused tunes.”
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