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
OriginLouisville, Kentucky
Genres
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MembersRicky 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

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Bodeco 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

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  • Ricky Feather – vocals, guitar
  • Jimmy Brown – bass
  • Gary Stillwell – percussion, keyboards
  • Gene Wickliffe – drums
  • Freddy "Southside" Wethington – guitar

Former members

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  • Wink O'Bannon – guitar
  • Brian Burkett – drums
  • Rick Mason – guitar
  • Nick Reifsteck – guitar
  • Bill Barney - guitar
  • Dave Rapp - guitar

Discography

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Studio albums

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  • Bone, Hair & Hide (1992)
  • Callin' All Dogs (1995)
  • Crazy Wild (2003)
  • Soul Boost (2009)

Singles

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  • High Window (1995)

Compilation contributions

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  • Wreck Room, Vol. 3 (1996)
  • Sourmash (1998)

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Woodlief, Mark. Bodeco Trouser Press. Accessed November 10, 2007.
  3. ^ Schoemer, Karen. (June 20, 1992) Review/Pop; Tripping Back to the 60's (but a Kilt?) The New York Times. Accessed November 10, 2007.
  4. ^ Schoemer, Karen. (February 26, 1993) Sounds around town The New York Times. Accessed November 10, 2007.
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