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THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE BRAZOS RIVER IN DENNIS, TX, MAY OF 2007, IN THE BACKGROUND, TAKEN BY MAMA KOBETICH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Booking also handled through email, [email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Born of THE ELECTRIC MOUNTAIN ROTTEN APPLE GANG, in December 2007, this is the Dallas/Fort Worth based off-shoot of the band. Adam Kobetich, the core member, banjo picker/vocals/creative force behind the GANG has been residing in Austin, TX for the past year, and is building a chapter of the band, there. So, there are select gigs when the entire GANG plays together, wherever it may be. That said, the D/FW members decided to chose a name for themselves recently, to avoid confusion while performing under the name THE ROTTEN APPLES without certain members being present. That name, BLACKLAND RIVER DEVILS is the result of what happens when members Mark Deffebach and Darrin Kobetich waged an email war - of course with participation and insight from members Erich Schriefer and Bond... Andrew Bond. Erich suggested localizing the name. Mark suggested something to the tune of Blackland Praire. Darrin stomped and jumped up and down, exclaiming that he wanted a name with devils in it. So, they decided on BLACKLAND RIVER DEVILS. Andrew said that was kick-ass . . . also adding that he was easy. The name Blackland refers to the prairie land in Texas, that stretches south from just below the Red River, to the San Antonio area, known as the "Blackland Prairie". The Trinity River flows through Dallas and Fort Worth and Darrin thinks it should be named "Blackland River", because it sounds cooler. In keeping with the tradition of folklore and songs about murder woven through turn-of-the-century mountain music, "devils" was added. Now . . . get ready for a serious GRASS KICKIN' and some FAST PICKIN', too. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Member Since: 12/20/2007
Band Members: Darrin Kobetich - guitar/dobro/mandolin/hard-headedness - - - - - - - Mark Deffebach - guitar/mandolin/fiddle/singin'/banter - - - - - - - Erich Schriefer - stand-up bass/guitar/mandolin/back-up singin'/positivity - - - - - - - Andrew Bond - fiddle/mandolin/guitar/banjo/singin'/easiness

Influences: ........Eric Weisberg, Raymond Fairchild, Hylo Brown, High on the Hog, the Freight Hoppers, Tim O'brien, Earl Scruggs, Ralf Blizzard, the new lost city ramblers, faun fables, gogol bordelo, slayer, everly brothers, the Dillards, The osbourne brothers, MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS, the reverend glass eye and his wooden legs, ANTISCHISM, refractory period, marty robins, tony matola, jd crowe, BADLIVERS!, split lip rayfeild, ani defranco, pj harvey, poe, eli browning, Sixteen Horsepower, cluan, napalm death, extreme noise terror, nick cave, gorilla biscuits, jimmy rogers, two horse combo, gamacide, nashvile grass and betty gene robinson, kelston hernson, rosco holcom, ricky scaggs, the books, tung, Dad, brother, Jimmy Page, Zeppelin, Uli Jon Roth, old Scorpions, Michael Schenker, UFO, Leo Kottke, Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath, Alex Lifeson, Rush, Jimi Hendrix, old Judas Priest, old Iron Maiden, Exodus, Deicide, Dead Can Dance, Cream, Chuck Berry, Arthur Smith, Deep Purple, Michael Hedges, John Fahey, Ravi Shankar and anything middle-eastern-Indian, Celtic, African, bluegrass, jazz, classical, delta and Chicago blues, Spanish, Gypsy, Native American, South American, Mongolian, Austrailian, anything ancient from around the world in it's rawest form, anything experimental, Fantomas, Soundgarden, Slayer, Orbital, Steve Vai, Al Dimeola, Allman Bros, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Robbie Basho, Bill Monroe, Annihilator, Carlos Montoya, Zorba the Greek soundtrack, electronic, trance, ambient, Minor Threat, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, DRI, Yes, Frank Zappa, Mr. Bungle, The Ventures, Massive Attack, Nile, Secret Chiefs 3, Doc Watson, John McLaughlin, Les Paul, Morcheeba, Nick Drake, Burt Jansch, Dillinger Escape Plan, Tommy Emmanuell, Suffocation, Kreator, Cactus, Trapeze, Jethro Tull, Morbid Angel, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, High On Fire, Peter Lang......
Sounds Like: The blood-curdling scream of the Blackland River Devil (a distant relative of the Jersey Devil) What? You ain't heard it? Oh...you will. People try and say it's the screechin' of the brakes as the train rolls past Trinity Park in Fort Worth, TX, but they don't know nuthin' like I know. If 'n' yer ever down at the Trinity River, late on a summer evenin', best watch yer back...

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None