The Back Row Baptists
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"WE’VE ALWAYS HEARD THAT WHISKEY AND DRIVING ARE A"

WE’VE ALWAYS HEARD THAT WHISKEY AND DRIVING ARE A
BAD COMBINATION:But all these press folks for Chris
Porter & The Stolen Roses keep playing up the fact
that this alt-country quartet’s sound is
whiskey-driven. Well, if they’ve got immunity, we’re
not going to keep it concealed. The Birmingham-based
band has won over quite a few local fans with their
gritty live performances and their new EP, More High
Than Lonesome, will now allow you to bring it home
> with you (just don’t drink and drive with it – the
> whiskey fuels the music, not the car). - Birmingham weekley


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The Back Row Baptists are currently booking shows in support of their freshman independent release "Me and The Devil" a 9 track honky tonk monster of a record scheduled for release late summer.

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When asked why Birmingham singer/songwriter Chris Porter assembled the back Row Baptists His reply is simple, and direct. "I wanted to make something real." After years of consistent touring and recording with his alt-country bar burners, The Stolen Roses. Porter seems to have finally found his voice. "Im sick of the lack of substance in country music! There has been so much heartache and turmoil to hit the Gulf Coast in the last decade its hard to believe that there hasn't been an honest voice to rise from the rubble." The Back Row Baptists are a collection of reluctant troubadours straight from The Magic City, who's musical roots are as deep as the iron buried in its soil. Sarah Green ( The Sunday Lovers, The Good Neighbors, and formerly of the Contraband) holds down duties as, vocalist, drummer, and band parole officer. Handling the task of providing the soul and wisdom that only he can, Heath Green's duties include vocals, piano, harmonica, and bartender. "If your going to play in Texas you've got to have a fiddle in the band." Thank God Jenny Obert (The Ridgetop Syncopators,Texas String Drive, Cooper's Uncle, Brennen Leigh, Erik Hokkanen & The Gypsy Tribe) came home. Next comes the incomparable Marcus Buckner (Looney Mill, countless other Birmingham Jamsters and Grassmasters) whose dobro, banjo, mandolin, and guitar can be heard gracing every uniquely southern track on the album. The Back Row Baptists will be touring in support of there freshman release "Me and the Devil" throughout the spring, and they will be looking to release the record before the summer comes down hard on Birmingham Alabama.