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Smokewagon .44

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About Me

Smokewagon .44 is the perfect sing-along, dance-along and drink-along band. They are best described as “a rock band with a lot of southern style.” The phrase, “Hearty Texas Rock" was coined in the early days of the band's career and seemed to set the overall mood and tone for the band. You can expect to hear meaty guitars (Priest), booming drums and bass (Segars and Bradbury), and the trill of a piano and warmth of a blues harp carrying the melodies along (Tillman). The vocals (John Priest, lead and Dan Tillman, backing) are powerful, melodic and harmonious and tell rich tales that everyone can seem to relate to. The songs seem to flow evenly in an upbeat manner, telling stories of both successful and failed relationships, stories of too much drinking, or the story of where life leaves you from past experiences.All members of Smokewagon .44 are from the North Texas area. The band came together in the fall of 2003 and have stayed rock solid since. With all members coming from such different backgrounds in music such as Rock, Folk, Punk, and even Classical, it is hard to say what influenced the sound they have today. Most would say they are “New Country” or “Alt. Country”, some say they are “Southern Rock” and some are happy with simply, “Rock and Roll”. After several months of hammering away at writing and finding the right chemistry, the boys of Smokewagon .44 emerged with a set of songs and stage presence that ultimately displays the bands look, thoughts, ideas and demeanor.Their first full length CD, “Broken and Beer Stained” was recorded and produced by Smokewagon .44 along with the aid of renown local producer/engineer Alex Gerst at the Indian Trail Studios in Krum, Texas. His expertise lent well to capturing the melodic power and soul that only Smokewagon .44 can provide. You'll find the same expertise from Alex when listening to such greats as Doosu, The Mermaid Purse, Flickerstick, Hagfish, Ministry, Jibe and The Feds. He has provided extensive work for the producers of Godsmack, Nine Inch Nails, Tripping Daisy, Stabbing Westward, and The Toadies.So grab a beer or a whiskey and whatever, raise it high in the sky and let your boys in Smokewagon .44 do the rest to bid you farewell to the boring “cookie cutter” music you’re used to listening to. This is the real thing!

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Member Since: 7/16/2004
Band Website: smokewagon44.com
Band Members: John Priest, Alex Bradbury, Rob Segars and Wade Holland
Influences: Neil young, Drive By Truckers, Slobberbone, Ween, Son Volt, Johnny Cash, Supersuckers, Matthew Ryan, Ryan Adams, etc...
Sounds Like: When someone asks you, "so who do you sound like?" I feel somewhat bad in saying, "Nobody". You tell us, we dont know. Some say "Southern Rock" some say "Rock n' Roll". We're just playin' what we play.
Record Label: Waiting on that one...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Been slow the past couple of months... New guitarist

Yes, well... you all have not seen us in the past couple of months because we laid somewhat low in the Dallas area to catch up on things.  One of those things is implementing a new "True Lead" gu...
Posted by Smokewagon .44 on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:44:00 PST

Denton and the R Bar

"If you're driving, dont drink and if you're drinking DONT DRIVE!"  Seems these words slipped by me Friday night out in Little D.  The drinks went down just too damn easy and I somehow made ...
Posted by Smokewagon .44 on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:19:00 PST

Looking on to May

Big shows coming up for us Wagoneers.  We'll be making our Austin Debut down on 6th St at the Troubador Saloon, Saturday night, May 20th.  Good times, no cover and a caravan of Dallas Peeps ...
Posted by Smokewagon .44 on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:53:00 PST

5 to See Live Blurb

Just wanted to post a little blog about Ayo's blurb in the 4/20 Edition of Quick in the "5 to See Live" section for Live Music acts to check out. "Smokewagon.44: Alt-Country with Springsteen-esque blu...
Posted by Smokewagon .44 on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:32:00 PST

The Inferno Review

Well, for those of you who made it out to Denton and braved the TABC invasion I applaud you and thank you.  We had a good time.  Unfortunately I was coming off of a 5-day virus so my enthusi...
Posted by Smokewagon .44 on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:50:00 PST

St. Patty's Weekend

Yep, we made it through yet another St. Patty's weekend and two pretty crazy shows to talk about in the years to come.  We've gotta give a shout out to the people of Aparicio's in McKinney. ...
Posted by Smokewagon .44 on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 08:40:00 PST

Wed Night, What?Bar Review....

Well, I hope everyone who went to the What?Bar show enjoyed what they saw even though the hearing part may be a little impaired.  Here we are, 2 days later and my ears are still, in fact ringing....
Posted by Smokewagon .44 on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:52:00 PST

Big Thanks

Hello all, just wanted to drop everyone a line and thank you for being at the CD Release show this past Friday night.  We don't have the words to thank you enough for your support.  You all ...
Posted by Smokewagon .44 on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:57:00 PST

CD Release Coming Up and CD's are in...

Lookin forward to the show this weekend.  Eastwood and Pants Mandolin should heat up the stage just fine for the final MELT-DOWN coming from Smokewagon.44.   It's gonna be a good time f...
Posted by Smokewagon .44 on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 02:38:00 PST

Denton Shows and the Denton Love

You have got to love the response you get out of Denton when you play there.  So many open minds to the music and so much love to give back.  I want to give a big shout out to those of you w...
Posted by Smokewagon .44 on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:58:00 PST