The Resentments

THE RESENTMENTS
"The Resentments are not a band, yet they are exactly what a band should be:
five guys playing together for the sake of the song, the music."
Rob Patterson, Dallas Observer

The Resentments are what happens when no one is watching in a very visible music scene. Most observe that The Resentments remind them of what is best about music in Austin, what the scene was like before it became a bit self-conscious and a point of international focus.

Started 8 years ago as something to do on a Sunday night at a favorite South Austin bar, The Resentments are all seasoned musicians who front their own bands but enjoy the dynamic of being a sideman as well. Using an eclectic acoustic/electric format, they're free to try anything, newly written songs, old favorites, various styles and tunes unavailable to them in their respective bands, switching instruments like it's no big deal. A healthy disregard for each other plus an open door policy for any other friends that happen by, makes the Sunday Evening service at The Saxon Pub a uniquely Austin event.

Their only guarantee is that tonight's show will be different from last night's show, and that's about the only promise they'll make!

The Resentments:

Stephen Bruton - guitar player/movie star.
If you don't believe it, check out his website!
He has played and recorded with Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Barbara Streisand, T-Bone Burnett, Maria Muldaur, Marcia Ball, Lowell George, Bob Schneider's Lonelyland, Gene Clark, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, Delbert McClinton, Bob Neuwirth, and The Wallflowers.
His production credits include Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Chris Smither, Hal Ketchum, Storyville, Alejandro Escovedo, and poet Raul Salinas.
Hal Ketchum, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Patty Loveless, Jimmy Buffet, and Bonnie Raitt have covered his songs.
He has five solo albums full of hits, the latest, "From The Five" (New West) is the baddest of the bunch.

Jon Dee Graham - guitar wrestler/pugilist poet, he wields his word like a mighty fist.
He has played and recorded with The Skunks, The True Believers, Calvin Russell, Kelly Willis, John Doe, Michelle Shocked, The Gourds, Ian Moore, Chris Smither, Norway's Hellbillies and Kacy Crowley.
His solo releases, "Escape from Monster Island"(Freedom), "Summerland"(Freedom), "Hooray for the Moon"(New West) and "The Great
Battle"(NewWest) are all critically acclaimed, and his latest release "Full"(Freedom), his best work to date, sat at the top of the European Americana charts last year.

Scrappy Jud Newcomb - guitar player of all styles,
he fills the night air with light.
He has played and recorded with The Loose Diamonds, Ugly Americans, the Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers, Toni Price, Ian McLagan, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jerkuleez, and has produced fellow Austinites, Beaver Nelson, Mike Hall and Matt the Electrician.
He has two solo releases, "Turbinado" (Freedom), a timeless treasure, and his latest release, "Byzantine"( Freedom), has been called an instant classic by critics and fans alike.

Bruce Hughes- bass player of the rythym and soul variety.
He has played and recorded with The True Believers, Arthur Brown, Ronnie Lane, Dr. John, Poi dog Pondering, Abra Moore, Howe Gelb & Giant Sand, Teratoma, Ugly Americans, Cracker, The Scabs, Jerkuleez and Bob Schneider.
He presently plays six nights a week, and released his first solo Album, "Bluebird" (Freedom), a sophisticated Southern gothic, in 2006, and is releasing a new CD summer 2007.

John Chipman - drummer extrordinaire, pockets the size of west Texas.
He studied percussion at The University of Oklahoma, and has played and recorded with George Devore, Marcia Ball, Jon Dee Graham, The Band of Heathens, Walter Tragert, Debbie Walton, Michelle Anthony and other numerous Austin artists....
He also appeared on Austin City Limits with C&W artist Clay Walker.
Before joining up with The Resentments, John spent most of his time looking at the stars...now he is one.

for more insight to the band, see
No Depression feature article by Joe Nick
www.joenickp.com/music/resentments.htm
www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A84727

"On My Way To See You"
Latest release from The Resentments, recorded in one feverish week in July 2006 (in between tours) at Wire Studios in Austin Texas, they all brought new material to the forge to be hammered into shape, and with the expert help of their friend and engineer, Stuart Sullivan (Sublime, James McMurtry, Willie Nelson, Meat Puppets), mixed it in another week in August.
From the Muscle Shoals rhythm of 'Sole Satisfaction' to the New Orleans funk of 'Tip Me Over', from the Texas roadhouse meets T-Rex sounds of 'Jesse Taylor' to the cinematic storm of 'Ricebirds', this record is full of rave ups, shakedowns and heartbreaks, and these guys hit it like their lives depended on it.
Jud Newcomb's 'State of Dist