Member Since: 22/05/2008
Band Members: Enus Durell - Vocals, Guitar, Lap Steel /
Lorelei Durell, Vocals, Guitar /
Cousin Daniel, Double Bass
Influences: Jim White, Johnny Dowd, Johnny Cash, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, The Willard Grant Conspiracy, Alison Krauss, Giant Sand, The Handsome Family, Lambchop, Nick Cave, Mazzy Star, Ryan Adams, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Sparklehorse, Dixie Chicks, Frida Khalo
Sounds Like: Complete with Texas drawls, lap steels and honky tonk tales of heartbreak, THE DURELL FAMILY are as country as a cow pie in the jaws of a hungry cowboy.But are they pranksters? To look at them, you'd certainly think so; the shexshy singer is dolled up in a big blonde wig and check shirt. Stage left, the double bassist is wearing a prison jump suit (no time to change after the jailbreak, we're told). So - joke band, yep?Well... almost. Instead, the facade simply disarms the audience, opening their minds through their grins while some rattling, rolling, snake-wrestling anthems travel through their ears. It's opium, it's Mazzy Star, it's Dolly Parton on toast... and they're rather fantastic. (Artrocker Magazine, 2008)
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned