In terms of forging a formative role defining the 'original' music scene in the tri-cities, the Bay City band known as The Burdons can certainly be regarded as living legends.
When the group first formed 27 years ago in the Spring of 1981, New Wave, Punk, and Rockabilly were shaking fresh signals into the airwaves, and The Burdons (along with The Flies) were two very singular groups filling clubs with set lists heavily laden with original material, and shedding an entirely brilliant light on what a local music scene could be and was destined to become.
Mind you, this was before the days of CD's and the Internet, when it was an uncommon occurrence for a local band to release a vinyl album of 12-original songs, which The Burdons seemed to effortlessly accomplish with their landmark self-titled album, paving the way for national road trips and dance floors packed shoulder-to-shoulder.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that The Burdons shared many qualities in common with The Beatles back in their pre-Brian Epstein period performing in the clubs of Hamburg - a propensity to incite mass hysteria & constant dancing among their legion of fans; a joyous & remarkable ability to write jubilant and infectious songs that were 3-minute wonders, all fueled by teenage hormones and tightly woven 4-part vocal harmonies.
With fundamental bonds dating back to childhood when the 'dynamic duo' of brothers David Davenport and bassist/songwriter/singer Jim Davenport hung out together with guitarist Paul Schultz and drummer Scott Causley as 11-year olds in the parks and neighborhoods of Bay City, today the band is still intact - with only one personnel change - and spreading their gospel of unabashed joy and enlightenment from the discovery of up-tempo interplay to a second-generation of newfound fans.
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