"Alligator Stew"
"Alligator Stew"
Alligator Stew plays kick-ass southern rock and these guys seem tough enough to actually stew an alligator. Carrying on in the tradition of Molly Hatchet and Blackfoot, their music is little bluesy with twang of country-style boogie, but at its core it's hard as nails.
Alligator Stew front man Gary Jeffries have had a long career in music business even before he put together one of the best southern rock groups of the new millennium. With John Andrews on guitar, Doug Richardson on bass, Chris Turbis on piano and TC Markle on drums they recorded self-titled debut in 2000.
Their first album introduces a rich blend of piano, harmonica and the accompanying acoustic guitar that together form a solid southern rock sound. From the opening riff to closing song this album burns with captivating sense of danger. Blood Money and Rose Thorn Bed are highlights, but all of them are of equal caliber.
Follow-up, To Monticello… Live!!!, holds eleven live tracks and four new songs recorded in studio. On live part the band does couple excellent covers including Bob Seger’s Turn The Page and new tracks introduced new, more mellow side of them.
Alligator Stew had a good following and performed regularly with bigger acts like The Marshall Tucker Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Blood Money was also made into video, that got lot of airplay, but sometimes bands don’t get the recognition they deserve, as was the case with Alligator Stew.
Jeffries moved back to Midwest in 2003 and Alligator Stew played their last gig in July 2006. They have been on a break since. Jeffries' also formed a new band, Gator Stew, in late 2006 and Gary Jeffries Band after that, but many people still hope, that Alligator Stew will release new music some day.
Discography:
2000 A First Taste of Alligator Stew
2003 Welcome to Monticello…Live!
Links:
Official Myspace: www.myspace.com/alligatorstew
Gary Jeffries (vocals, guitar, harp)
Doug Richardson (bass, vocals)
Johnny Andrews (slide, lap steel, guitar, dobro)
Chris Turbis (organ, piano, keyboards, vocals)
Chad Clark (drums)
T.C. Markie (drums, percussion, washboard)
Danny Beirne (piano, organ)
Одной из групп следующих традициям южного рока стала Alligator Stew из Лос Анджелеса. В 2000 году выходит их одноименный альбом, который переиздается для европейских слушателей в 2002 году в Германии под названием A First Taste Of Alligator Stew. Группа много гастролирует и в 2003 году выпускает альбом Welcome To Monticello…Live!, куда помимо записи концерта в Монтичелло, штат Индиана, включены новые студийные записи. В июле 2006 года состоялся прощальный концерт Аллигатора, однако ходят слухи о возрождении группы и выпуске нового альбома.
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