redboy: indie folk revolutionBuy the 2005 album, "Save Me" at Cdbaby.com! redboy's sudden popularity among audiences from their base in Gainesville, FL to Orlando, Tampa/St. Pete, West Palm Beach, St. Augustine and Jacksonville is a testament to the uniqueness of their sound. The band played its first show in January 2005. At their debut album release in Gainesville in September 2005, they packed a local bar to standing room only and sold 70 copies of their album in a single night.
Lead by two singer-songwriters, Meredith McCall and Maria Carter, redboy's live performances feature an uncommon charisma. In spite of the band's youth and quirky sincerity, the musicianship that they exhibit is as professional as that of a band with many times their experience. Five members, each with incredibly diverse musical influences and personalities, combine to create some of the most passionate, organic, and wholly independent music in their genre.
Maria Carter (lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars) has been writing songs since she was 10. At 25, she's come in to her own as a child of the indie/grunge revolution. Her intense performances and metaphor-packed lyrics evoke images of Ani DiFranco playing punk rock. Her guitar work is a natural extension of her songwriting style: fresh, raw and emotional.
Meredith McCall (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, djembe) was raised in an acapella church. Both of her parents performed and traveled with a well-known gospel choir, the Crossroad Singers. She grew up singing classically, with major influences from gospel, R&B, soul and old-timey blues. The 26-year-old's song-writing style brings out the best in her rich, smoky voice and percussive, melodic guitar.
Anne Peters, 25, (violin, gong) has been playing violin since she was 3 years old, traveling all over the world with the Preucil School of Music Orchestra. She plays almost as another vocalist, giving shape to layered harmonies in the creation of redboy's unique sound.
Denise Burnsed (bass guitar, piano) has played in just about every kind of band imaginable, including an all-male, African-American gospel quartet. The most experienced member of the band, she excels in jazz and funk, but molds her style to better suit the undercurrent in each of Meredith's and Maria's songs.
T.J. Baker, 24, (drums, electric piano) plays a strange, Frankenstein-like drum kit, including several percussive elements and "instruments" that many drummers would overlook (like an empty beer keg). His primary influences are from the Goth-metal genre, and he frequently jams on what he calls “internal metronome†– a crazy/amazing series of beats which he plays while keeping time only in his head. He also writes music and plays bass, guitar, piano and almost anything else he picks up. Baker also plays drums in local Gainesville band Trumps Wig.
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Click here to see a redboy fan dancing to "Save Me" at Calliope Fest in South Florida in 2005 :)
