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The Cowboy Killers

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"In a time when acoustic music means anything played on acoustic instruments, it's refreshing to find a band who is consciously trying to bring the music back to the roots, without yielding the tendency to contemporize, or, at the very least, to bury their other influences in the name of perceived authenticity. It is authentic and fun, an album worthy of late night jam sessions, and the cops who come calling when provoked." Michael Haeflinger Carpe BerlinRead the whole review here: http://www.carpeberlin.com/english/web/new-single-e/article/ can-i-bum-a-smoke-the-cowboy-killers-greatest-hits-vol-iii/Get MySpace Layouts from nUCLEArcENTURy .COM OR create your own using MySpace profile editor !!!
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Member Since: 11/7/2007
Band Members: Mike Ellison - Guitar, Harmonica, Charles Booth - Banjo, Kazoo Sully Morland - Washboard, Jug
Influences: Elder J.J. Hadley, Hank Williams, Blind Willie McTell, Buell Kazee, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Hobart Smith, Woody Guthrie, Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Boy Fuller, Patsy Cline, Jelly Roll Morton, Howlin Wolf, Leadbelly, Willy Gantrim, Rambin' Jack Elliot, Son House, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Bill Monroe and the Tennesse Grass, Flatt and Scruggs, Doc Watson, Gaiter Carlton, Johnny Cash, Memphis Jug Band, Koerner Ray and Glover, the Arkansas Sheiks, Memphis Minnie, the Baka Forest People, the Band, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Chuck Berry, Hazel Atkins, Roscoe Holcomb, Dock Boggs, the Carter Family, Luke Jordan, and the Notorious B.I.G aka Biggie Smalls aka Christopher Wallace.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Dearly Departed

Listen: barring any severe legal complications, the Cowboy Killers should be back in action in yee grand old Berlin starting in Early February. Our prolonged absence is due in part to circumstances be...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:37:00 GMT

CD For Sale at Room 77

Dear Hungry Souls:For the unfortunate among you who have not had the opportunity to pick up our fantastic CD, we offer yet another lifeline. You can as of now (7/6-7/6) pick up a copy of our CD at Roo...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:36:00 GMT

CD Release Notes

Dear Americana-Enthusiasts:We made a CD. We recorded it, we pressed it, and now we're selling it. If you would like your very own copy of it, we'd be more than happy to send (or home-deliver) you one,...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 07:42:00 GMT

The Cowboy Killers sell Morland Brand Snake Oil for King Hazan at the Karmanoia Bar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q7V-s7vIA8
Posted by on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:37:00 GMT

We risk the feeling of risk

Dear Everybody!Hallelujah! Come watch us play at Kuschlowski’s (Weserstrasse 202 - take the U-8 to Hermannplatz). Get there around 9, and we’ll play at some point after that. Free entry, ...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:51:00 GMT