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Formed as The Rivers in Edmond, OK, in late 2005, The Righs is a Celtic-Punk band dedicated to bringing on an unforgettable live experience as well as infectious recordings.
Originally planned as a fusion of folk and emo by Nate Williams, the band soon changed direction after drummer Jackson Smith pulled up the song "My Life In The Bike Scene," an Irish-twinged look back at Smith's emo days.
Williams, having attempted forming a Celtic-Punk band once, was eager to try the new direction and quickly retooled several of the songs he had written for the project to have a more punk rock feel.
Thus, The Rivers' brand of Irish-American Folk-Punk was born.
After taking on bassist John Slawson and mandolin player Omid Nowrouzi, who learned mandolin only after joining the band, the band kicked it into high gear with Bryan Cross, who learned banjo specifically for playing with the band. After a year of playing gigs to much success, the band decided to crank it up a notch. Cross departed amicably from the band in order to pursue his college career. Soon afterward, the band incorporated Jian Azimi on the fiddle and Rian Dillard on the drums, while Smith moved to lead electric guitar and Williams began playing acoustic rhythm guitar.
After several sets, Dillard parted with band and drummer Kenny Taylor came on board.
The summer of 2007 signified a lot of changes within the band, including the departure of Taylor to pursue opportunities in LA.
The band also realized that a name change was in order. Another band called The Rivers, this one in the UK, was signed to a subdivision of Universal Records. After much deliberation, the band decided upon The Righs, "righ" being the Gaelic word for "king."
July of 2007 saw the band begin work on their debut album, titled "The Rivers Run Deep," with veteran sound man Chris Harris at Bell Lab (owned by Trent Bell, formerly of The Chainsaw Kittens) and at Harris' own Atomic Sound.
The album features:
Nate Williams - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals
Jackson Smith - Drums, Electric Guitar, Polymoog, Vocals
John Slawson - Bass
Omid Nowrouzi - Mandolin, Vocals
Jian Azimi - Fiddle
Tom Lynn - Banjo, Tin Whistle, Trumpet, Electric Guitar, Vocals
The Righs hope to release "The Rivers Run Deep" by the end of 2007 and to continue bringing on one of the best live shows the Oklahoma City area has to offer.
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Member Since: 7/19/2005
Band Members: Nate (Acoustic Guitar/Vocals)
Jackson (Electric Guitar/Vocals)
John (Bass)
Omid (Mandolin)
Jian (Fiddle)
Doyle(Drums)
Influences: Traditional Irish & American music
Flogging Molly
The Pogues
Johnny Cash
Social Distortion
blink-182
Woody Guthrie
Tom Waits
Taking Back Sunday
Queen
80's Metal
The Rolling Stones
The Police
Alkaline Trio
Bruce Springstein
Bob Dylan
Damien Rice
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Stray Cats
Reggae

Sounds Like: Nothing else.
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Name change and some big updates

Hey guys, it's Nate. We thought now was the right time to let you guys know of some big changes and exciting things on the way.First of all, you'll have noticed that we are no longer called The Rivers...
Posted by The Righs on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:16:00 PST

Two members are leaving, which means we need to new members

It really breaks my heart to have to tell you guys this, but we are in need once again.Omid Nowrouzi, our mandolin player and one of our original members, has decided to move out of state, for reasons...
Posted by The Righs on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:03:00 PST

We've been in the studio for the last couple of days...

So, we've been recording our album at Bell Lab and Atomic Sounds, both in Norman, with Chris Harris. First of all, Chris is an awesome guy and he definitely knows how to set up stuff to make amazing r...
Posted by The Righs on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:16:00 PST

News from The Rivers

Hey guys, it's been quite a while since we've done a blog to update you guys on anything. So here you go.The first bit of news is that you guys ought to welcome yet another member to The Rivers. Tom L...
Posted by The Righs on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:22:00 PST

Quickstar Productions presents Rock 4 Life (featuring The Rivers)

Around late February (this is subject to change), Quickstar Productions will be releasing their compilation Rock 4 Life, the proceeds of which will go to help a young man get a liver transplant. And, ...
Posted by The Righs on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:41:00 PST

Update, November 28, 2006

In response to a recent comment on Rian picture by our good friend Aaron Barney, reading: "when the hell did this guy come into play? and wheres bryan? and what the FUCk is a fiddle? HOW BOUT WE GET ...
Posted by The Righs on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:34:00 PST

June 23rd show, photo-journal

So, hello to the many, many of you who missed our show on the 23rd. Here's a nice photo-review of what you missed out on! At first, we were all just kind of hanging around, waiting for 8:30 and more p...
Posted by The Righs on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 12:05:00 PST

Different drummer

For those of you who don't know, Scott didn't quite work out. So we've been working with Adam Loghides (That's pronounced "Log-AI-Dis"). Hopefully he'll get trained up soon and we can start with shows...
Posted by The Righs on Mon, 15 May 2006 07:44:00 PST

Our day, plus some changes in the band

Well, today proved to be an interesting day for The Rivers. We were supposed to play a few songs for Bryan's sister's birthday party, so, with Omid in Rhode Island, we were having a good buddy of...
Posted by The Righs on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 07:37:00 PST

Work on "The Place I Call Home" is in progress

That's right, we've begun work on our upcoming debut album, "The Place I Call Home". And just for you fans, we have full band versions of "I Hope I Never See You Again" and "That Guy" (which has never...
Posted by The Righs on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:52:00 PST