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Spring cleaning-- A grab bag of discs buried by winter snow. By SAM PFEIFLE March 26, 2008--Loveless, The Streaking Healys-- It’s been a while since this area’s been introduced to a new alt-country band, but the Healys do their best to recall Uncle Tupelo, with much of the wry humor Diesel Doug and the Long Haul Truckers used to captivate Portland for much of the late 1990s. Like the Truckers, they can be fairly Nashville from time to time, but the tunes are generally over the top enough to let you know there’s irony intended.“Anyway” is the single, with Steve Black using a pretty piano to back vocals that are particularly nice when he tosses off the “anyway” that ends most lines. It’s a lonely singalong ballad and well-timed mid-album. Directly following a tune about a “neon redneck mama,” it’s a good reminder these guys are serious about their music.Late in the disc, the Healys show some versatility, too, with a jam aesthetic infusing “Barstool Away from Heaven” and a ZZ Top vibe driving “I’ll Be Gone.” Fans of cowboy boots, grimy jeans, and Jack Daniel's ought to be pleased in general.
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Member Since: 05/06/2006
Band Website: www.thestreakinghealys.com
Band Members: Steve "Big Time" Black-vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica/Aaron "Uncle Myron" Despres-vocals, bass, banjo/Mike "Angus" Trundy-vocals, guitar/Kirk "Captain" Niese-vocals, drums
Influences: Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, Buddy Guy, Phish, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Allen Coe, John Hiatt, Aerosmith, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Lucinda Williams, Waylon Jennings, Snoop Dogg, Public Enemy, Merle Haggard, Tom Waits, Warren Zevon, J.J. Cale and The Velvet Underground.
Sounds Like: Dusty back road cruising on a hot summer's day bliss.
Record Label: Broken Train Wreckords
Type of Label: Indie

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A Dust Up at the Empire 9/26/2008

PORTLANDThe Molenes, a band the Portland Phoenix called "one of New England's premier alt-country/Americana bands," headlines "A Dust-Up at the Empire" at Empire Dine & Dance, Sept. 26. They join...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:43:00 GMT

'Always make time for music and ice cream'

Click here to read an article on Steve Black printed in the Times Record (7/3/2006).
Posted by on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:16:00 GMT