Bodeco is an American rock band formed in 1984 in Louisville, Kentucky by guitarist, singer and songwriter Ricky Feather and drummer Brian Burkett. It later grew into a full band, with its most famous line-up featuring Feather, Burkett, guitarist Wink O'Bannon, bassist Jimmy Brown and multi-instrumentalist Gary Stillwell. Only Feather, Brown and Stillwell remain from that version.
Bodeco | |
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| Origin | Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Members | Ricky Feather Jimmy Brown Gary Stillwell Gene Wickliffe Freddie Wethington |
Titled after a portmanteau of "Bo Diddley" and zydeco, the quintet typically plays a fast-paced country- and blues-tinged rock and roll. The band has recorded four studio albums, including the November 2009 release of "Soul Boost", and a live album.
Bodeco has had a considerable impact on the Louisville music scene, finding a place at No. 80 on WFPK's "top 1000 albums of all time"[1] and inspiring Trouser Press to dub them "[o]ne of the most underappreciated combos in the early-to-mid-'90s indie roots-rock movement".[2]
Style
editBodeco was classified by Trouser Press as "celebratory party rawk".[2] In 1992, The New York Times described the quintet as "a skunky country-rockabilly outfit",[3] noting in 1993 that "[t]here's nothing quaint, cute or five-and-dime about Bodeco's brand of rockabilly. Greasy as a truck-stop burger and bumpier than a high-speed ride in the back of a pickup, this band of Louisville wild men eschews retro contrivances in favor of gristle, marrow and the occasional backwoods yowl".[4]
Members
edit- Ricky Feather – vocals, guitar
- Jimmy Brown – bass
- Gary Stillwell – percussion, keyboards
- Gene Wickliffe – drums
- Freddy "Southside" Wethington – guitar
Former members
edit- Wink O'Bannon – guitar
- Brian Burkett – drums
- Rick Mason – guitar
- Nick Reifsteck – guitar
- Bill Barney - guitar
- Dave Rapp - guitar
Discography
editStudio albums
edit- Bone, Hair & Hide (1992)
- Callin' All Dogs (1995)
- Crazy Wild (2003)
- Soul Boost (2009)
Singles
edit- High Window (1995)
Compilation contributions
edit- Wreck Room, Vol. 3 (1996)
- Sourmash (1998)
References
edit- ^ 2000 WFPK Radio Louisville's top 1000 of the best albums ever Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine hosted at Timepieces.nl. Accessed November 10, 2007.
- ^ a b Woodlief, Mark. Bodeco Trouser Press. Accessed November 10, 2007.
- ^ Schoemer, Karen. (June 20, 1992) Review/Pop; Tripping Back to the 60's (but a Kilt?) The New York Times. Accessed November 10, 2007.
- ^ Schoemer, Karen. (February 26, 1993) Sounds around town The New York Times. Accessed November 10, 2007.