Roadhouse Clams
Centreville, Maryland, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2010 | SELF
Music
The best kept secret in music
Press
"Thank you Clams for a great show at Dirty Dave's Tiki Bar Saturday night. We hope to have you back for more!" - Dave & Tammy Harper, owners of Dirty Dave's
"Raw Barn is loaded with excellent, high energy material that is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. More Clams, please."
- The Record Observer
"With a fun, first-rate stage show that features tight harmonies, vibrant acoustic & electric guitars, groove-laden percussion, mandolins, and more, it's clear that the Roadhouse Clams are well on their way to becoming one of the mid-Atlantic's premier live acts." - Chesapeake Music Guide
"This is what live music is supposed to be: fun, raucous rock & roll with get-nasty guitars, tight harmonies, down and dirty lyrical themes, and a superbly locked-in rhythm section. I could see these Clams sharing the bill with artists like the Old 97s, Drive By Truckers, or Rev Horton Heat, no problem." - The Backbeat blog
"One of the best names in regional music." - Michael Rhian Driscoll, The Examiner
"I love this CD. Raw Barn is loaded with diverse influences and fresh songwriting. There's a familiarity throughout, but it's not derivative in the least." - Jerry Hoyt, CBS Radio
"Shore Girl" changed my life! It's one of the funniest and best-written songs I've heard in a very long time. I freakin LOVE the Roadhouse Clams--are you kidding me? - Jen Richer 94.7 Fresh FM, Washington DC
The Roadhouse Clams are one of our favorite bands that play here. Always a blast! - promoter Mark Mangold, NightCat, Easton, MD
"Check out them Roadhouse Clams! That's good ol' redneck music right there, the way it's supposed to be played! " - Big Don O'Brien WINX FM, Easton, MD
Discography
"Raw Barn" 2010 [full length]
RAW BARN SINGLES
"I Like You Better" 2010
"Shore Girl" 2010
"Trailer Park UFOs" 2010
"Workin For the IRS" 2011
"The Girl I Love is in Love With a Girl" 2011
"Hard Times For Softshells" 2012 [EP]
HARD TIMES SINGLES
"Buy Me An Island" 2012
"Brave" 2012
"Sand On the Tires"2012
"Southbound Breeze" 2012
[all singles listed receiving terrestrial + streaming airplay]
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Bio
WHO ARE WE?
A banged-up collection of veteran touring and recording musicians from the mid-Atlantic, coming together to play good-time roots music that makes us grin like mental patients. If our songs also make YOU grin in this manner, all the better.
Beyond the music, our lead singer is a recognized authority on beach bars. Our mandolin player comes from a long line of SW VA moonshiners. Our keyboardist is a world traveling International Man of Mystery. The bass player has a lead foot and nearly lost his license in TWO states at the same time. And our drummer is just plain bad-assed.
WHAT DO WE SOUND LIKE?
Well, WE call it 'Drinkin Music', but others have much more eloquently described us as "Redneck Rock n Roll", "Durty Country", "Southern Blues", and "the intersection where Nashville meets Key West".
INFLUENCES
The Clams are easily swayed by most anything bright & shiny, but some of our favorite things include [in no particular order]:
The Band
Merle Haggard
60-70s Stones
Good rum
Waylon Jennings + Willie Nelson [together AND separate]
Zac Brown
4-wheel drifting
Irish Kevin's
Old 97s
Chuck Berry
Cake [the band AND the dessert]
The National
Wild Bill's
Dylan (Bob yes, Jakob sure, Thomas meh)
Kenny Chesney
McKinley Morganfield
Fleet Foxes
Buddy Holly
Tom Petty (and his brother Richard)
Dire Straits
Good slamgrass, like Leftover Salmon
Elmore James
steel drums
Brian Wilson
beach bars
Johnny Cash
Eastern Shore Blue Crabs
Beat Farmers
Rush [the band, not the radio guy]
Designated Drivers
Rodney Carrington
Porky's BBQ at MM47
Albert Lee
Carroll Shelby
Los Fabuloso Cadillacs
Ry Cooder
string bikinis
Half-Mile Dirt Tracks
Jimmy Buffett [before he became a brand]
The Ventures
palm trees
Allman Brothers
Ween
small-block V-8s
Toots & the Maytals
Lugs Harvey
B.O.'s Fish Wagon
...and the Beatles and Elvis too
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