Member Since: 8/24/2005
Band Website: www.broadmoorrecords.com
Band Members: Label catalog: Blue Mountain 'Midnight In Mississippi',Blue Mountain 'Omnibus',The Autumn Defense 'The Autumn Defense'The Autumn Defense 'Circles' gatefold vinyl LP,The Autumn Defense 'Green Hour',Healthy White Baby 'Healthy White Baby',Laurie & John 'Arabella',Blue Mountain 'Roots',The Gimmecaps-demos of John Stirratt's from 1992,The Hilltops- 'Big Black River'
Influences: BLUE MOUNTAIN - Neil Young, The Faces, Led Zeppelin, Junior Kimbrough, RL Burnside, Rolling Stones, X. THE AUTUMN DEFENSE - Bread, Cat Stevens, early Bee Gees, Colin Blunstone, Nick Drake, Simon and Garfunkel, Love, CSN&Y, Byrds, 70s Soft-Rock
Sounds Like: Here are some reviews and press bits about our Broadmoor artists... ONE TO WATCH/SUNDAY SUN-TIMES - September 11, 2005Black is back on Chicago's rock scene:Healthy White Baby has a "Beatles-in-Hamburg sound, all sharp pop hooks played with bare-knuckled abandon through a grimy lo-fi haze." - Chicago Sun Times"Healthy White Baby's raucous 10 songs go straight for the gut. Instead of woozy bitterness or self-pity, the trio opts for stripped-down, bluesy rock 'n'roll somewhere between Dr. Feelgood and 'Live at Max's.'" - HARPLaurie & JohnUNCUT - four stars Twins born in 1967, the Stirratts last played together in '80s countryites The Hilltops. Since then John's played with Uncle Tupelo (and now Wilco and Autumn Defense) while Laurie helped form the late, lamented Blue Mountain. Arabella distills their influences, boasting woody acoustics, soft-shoe shuffles and flights of melody. "Juniper" sounds like a Dylan original, and "Mistral" like early Neil Young (with Jeff Tweedy on guitar). But they spin their own colours on "We'll Meet Again" - all blended harmonies - and the slide-and steel-riddled "Canadian Noon". Brad Jones, Will Kimbrough and Wilco's Glenn Kotche also star.MOJO - three stars Dreamy, drifting and melancholy, this is The Carpenters meets Autumn Defense the latter another of John (Stirratt of Wilco)'s side-projects. Laurie is his twin sister, whose pure innocent voice makes a perfectly bittersweet foil.Go to www.theautumndefense.com for reviews of the Autumn Defense.
Record Label: Broadmoor Records
Type of Label: Indie