22nd Annual Tumbleweed Calf Fry begins today in Stillwater
Josh Abbott Band
STILLWATER – The 22nd Annual Calf Fry, a celebration of red dirt and Texas country music as well as the deep-fried Rocky Mountain oysters, begins today and continues through Saturday at the Tumbleweed Dance Hall.
The lineup for this year’s “Testicle Festival,” as it is affectionately known, includes Josh Abbott Band, Randy Rogers Band, Casey Donahew Band, The Departed, Wade Bowen, Whiskey Myers and more.
Look for my interview with the frontman of the Randy Rogers Band Friday. To read my interview with Texas “bandito country” band Crooks, which will make its Calf Fry debut playing Saturday night’s after-party, click here.
GOING ON
22nd Annual Calf Fry
When: Thursday-Saturday. Shows start at 5:30 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m.
Where: Tumbleweed Dance Hall, Lakeview and Country Club roads, Stillwater.
Information: www.calffry.com.
2013 Calf Fry lineup:
Thursday
Josh Abbott Band
Whiskey Myers
The Cadillac III
Bri Bagwell
After-party with Taylor Atkinson Band
Friday
Randy Rogers Band
Wade Bowen
The Departed
Jake Moffat Band
After-party with The Quaker City Nighthawks
Saturday
Casey Donahew Band
JT Hodges
Kyle Park
Chad Sullins
After party with Crooks
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Interview: Texas ‘bandito country’ band Crooks joins lineup for Tumbleweed Calf Fry, kicking off Thursday in Stillwater
A version of this story appears in Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.
Texas ‘bandito country’ band Crooks joins Calf Fry lineup
The emerging Austin six-piece outfit will perform for its first time at the long-running Stillwater festival, which plays Thursday through Saturday at the Tumbleweed Dance Hall.
Crooks happens to be a pretty apt name for a Texas band playing what they’ve dubbed “bandito country.”
“It’s like outlaw country but you’ve got the Mexican flair in there,” explained multi-instrumentalist Sam Alberts in a recent phone interview his home in Austin. “It’s definitely not polished. It’s kind of a little bit more raw.”
The roguish name also suits the attitude of the six-piece group, who might not steal something just to live up to it — but again, they just might.
“It doesn’t mean we’re not going to,” Alberts said cagily.
The emerging Texas country band wouldn’t mind stealing the show when it plays one of the legendary after-parties at Stillwater’s 22nd Annual Calf Fry at the Tumbleweed Dance Hall.
Crooks has developed a reputation in the past few years for putting on rowdy late-night shows that should help them fit in nicely with Josh Abbott, Randy Rogers, Casey Donahew and the other bands at this year’s Calf Fry, which kicks off Thursday and continues through Saturday.
The “bandito country” band — Alberts, 28, who plays guitar, banjo, mandolin and trumpet in their live shows; Josh Mazour, 31, singer/songwriter/guitarist; Rob Bacak, 29, drummer; Joey McGill, 24, stand-up bass player; Doug Day, 32, trumpet player/guitarist/percussionist; and Anthony Ortiz Jr., 20, accordion player — crossed the Red River for the first time earlier this year. They’ve played just two Sooner State shows — at Grady’s 66 Pub in Yukon and the Mercury Lounge in Tulsa — but considered both successful.
“None of us are very familiar with Oklahoma in general, but we all really liked Tulsa. We liked the downtown where we were staying. We took kind of a scenic route out of town and went by a little flea market in Shawnee. Saw a classic car show there and bought about 30 VHS movies for our van at the flea market. So it was pretty cool. We’ve had a good time there,” Alberts said.
“We’ll play a little Merle Haggard there to get the Oklahoma crowd on our side and then launch into the set. We’ve been pretty well received. We’ve got a lot of followers from both of the shows that we played there,” Alberts said.
The band’s sound has been steadily evolving since Mazour founded it as a stripped-down duo back in 2007, but Haggard has always been among their influences.
“Josh he’ll write most of the lyrics, and … his heroes are like Townes Van Zandt and Billy Joe Shaver and Hank Williams Sr. You know, he tries to convey a certain level of just honesty through his lyrics, and when we’re writing music around that it kind of tends to fall in those same veins,” Alberts said.
“We’ve not really done a whole lot of planning of our sound. When Josh and I got together, it just kind of came out that way: He was writing some country songs; I was coming at it with a trumpet and a desire to kind of paint these large cinematic pictures. And our sound kind of came together for that.”
The multi-instrumentalist became one of the first additions to the growing band when Mazour posted a Craigslist ad looking for a trumpet player to perform on his dark story-song “My First Gun.”
“We both grew up in San Antonio, so there’s a lot of Hispanic culture that we’ve kind of grown up around. That’s part of the reason we wanted to … have this southwestern-y feel rather than just straight-up outlaw country,” Alberts said.
“You definitely don’t think trumpet in traditional country. But everyone thinks trumpet in spaghetti westerns, and you know, it used to be country-western (music). So there is kind of a natural progression there.” when you think of old western movies and the trumpet flourishes. People kind of seem to realize that and connect to it.”
The band has let its sound develop organically. While recording the 2012 album “The Rain Will Come,” they wrote two songs — “Pull up Your Boots” and “Heart Achin’ Town” — that cried out for an accordion. So they recruited accordion legend Flaco Jimenez of the Texas Tornados to play on the album and then added “accordion wunderkind” Ortiz to the live lineup.
“We to kind of do everything we can to bring our recordings to life live, but when we’re in the studio, we just kind of see it as a canvas. And we just try and paint the picture we’re imagining,” Alberts said.
Along with regional acclaim, “The Rain Will Come” garnered Crooks national attention from American Songwriter, CMT.com and MTV Hive, which has made it possible for the band to expand its reach outside Texas and join the Calf Fry festivities for the first time.
“We’re pretty excited to do it,” Alberts said. “We’ve heard that it’s gonna be pretty crazy there at the after-party, a lot people are gonna be a little bit tipsy, gonna be in there shoulder to shoulder, having a good time. That’s kind of where we thrive. We like our crowds drunk and rowdy.”
He doesn’t yet know if he likes the event’s signature delicacy, but he’s willing to find out if someone slides a basket of calf fries his way.
“That’s my philosophy: You’re crazy if you don’t try something once.”
GOING ON
22nd Annual Calf Fry
When: Thursday-Saturday. Shows start at 5:30 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m.
Where: Tumbleweed Dance Hall, Lakeview and Country Club roads, Stillwater.
Information: www.calffry.com.
2013 Calf Fry lineup:
Thursday
Josh Abbott Band
Whiskey Myers
The Cadillac III
Bri Bagwell
After-party with Taylor Atkinson Band
Friday
Randy Rogers Band
Wade Bowen
The Departed
Jake Moffat Band
After-party with The Quaker City Nighthawks
Saturday
Casey Donahew Band
JT Hodges
Kyle Park
Chad Sullins
After party with Crooks
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Best Bets for Jan. 25-27, 2013: OKC Philharmonic’s “Music of Michael Jackson,” Artspace at Untitled’s “Reflections,” Trail Dance Film Festival, Gretchen Peters and The Departed
James Delisco will be the featured vocalist for “The Music of Michael Jackson” performance by the Oklahoma City Philharmonic today and Saturday at the Civic Center.
Here are my Best Bets for entertainment around the state this weekend; a version is listed in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
1. Listen to featured vocalist James Delisco perform “The Music of Michael Jackson” with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker. The Discovery Family Series continues with “America the Beautiful” at 2 p.m. Sunday. Information: 842-5387 or www.okcphilharmonic.org.
2. NORMAN — Hear Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters play a Winter Wind Concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Norman Depot, 200 S Jones. Information: 307-9320 or www.pasnorman.org.
3. View the new exhibition “Reflections: The Photographs of Allison V. Smith & Stanley Marcus,” featuring 64 prints taken by legendary merchandiser Marcus and his granddaughter, at Artspace at Untitled, 1 NE 3. An opening reception is set for 5 to 8 p.m. Friday; a gallery talk and book signing will take place 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday. Information: 815-9995 or www.artspaceatuntitled.org.
4. DUNCAN — See 90 independent films screening Friday and Saturday at the Simmons Center, 800 Chisholm Parkway, and Chisholm Trail Heritage Center, 1000 Chisholm Trail Parkway, during the sixth annual Trail Dance Film Festival. Information: www.traildancefilmfestival.com.
5. TULSA — Hear red dirt rockers The Departed and Bo Phillips Band at 7 tonight at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main. Information: www.cainsballroom.com.
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What to do in Oklahoma on Jan. 1, 2013: Hear Cody Canada, Jason Boland, Stoney LaRue and more at the Wormy Dog Saloon’s Hangover Ball
Cody Canada
Today’s featured event:
Spend the first day of 2013 listing to red dirt and Texas country stars Cody Canada, Jason Boland, Stoney LaRue, Wade Bowen, Charlie Robison, Bruce Robison, Seth James, Evan Felker, Adam Hood, Eric Middleton, Jason Eady and Brison Bursey at the annual Hangover Ball at 9:30 tonight at the Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan.
Doors open at 6 p.m. For more information, go to www.wimgo.com.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
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Best Bets for Dec. 28-31, 2012: Rodney Carrington, Mannheim Steamroller, Spaghetti Eddie, Parquet Courts and New Year’s Eve with The Departed and Jason Boland
Mannheim Steamroller
Here are my picks for the top events happening in central Oklahoma over the next few days, as listed in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
1. SHAWNEE — Laugh with Tulsa comedian Rodney Carrington at 5 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday at Grand Casino Resort, Interstate 40 at Exit 178. Information: 964-7777 or www.grandcasinoshawnee.com.
2. Keep in the holiday spirit with Mannheim Steamroller’s Christmas tour, playing at 5 and 8 p.m. Saturday at the Civic Center, 201 N Walker. Information: 297-2264 or www.okcciviccenter.com.
3. Hear local kindie rock duo Spaghetti Eddie play at noon Friday at Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52 Street. Information: 602-3760 or www.sciencemuseumok.org.
4. Listen to Brooklyn, N.Y.-based punk rockers Parquet Courts at 8 p.m. Sunday at Bad Granny’s Bazaar, 1759 NW 16 Street in the Plaza District. Information: 528-4585.
5. STILLWATER — Ring in the New Year with red dirt stars The Departed and Jason Boland & the Stragglers at 9:30 p.m. Monday at the Tumbleweed Dance Hall, Lakeview and Country Club roads. Doors open at 8 p.m. Information: www.calffry.com.
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CD review: The Departed “Adventus”
A version of this review appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. To read my recent column on The Departed, click here.
Rock
The Departed “Adventus” (Underground Sound/Thirty Tigers)
The introductions are over. The Departed have not only arrived, but they’re ready to rock ‘n’ roll, whether their one-time fans are or not.
After two years of writing, touring and recording, the red dirt band — former Cross Canadian Ragweed singer/guitarist Cody Canada, ex-Ragweed bassist Jeremy Plato, Texas singer/guitarist Seth James, Tulsa keyboardist Steve Littleton and new drummer Chris Doege — released last week its first album of original material, “Adventus.”
Although it is the group’s second album, the title, which is Latin for “arrival,” proves entirely fitting. The ensemble’s freshman effort, last year’s sublime homage to Oklahoma songwriters dubbed “This Is Indian Land,” seems more than ever like a lovingly crafted bridge between its Ragweed past and its future as a much different band. They maintain red dirt roots via sinewy songwriting — one or more of the band members wrote all 14 tracks, with James and Canada splitting most of the songsmith duties — but with “Adventus,” The Departed clearly establish themselves as unabashed rockers who feel more kinship to the blues, funk and the Tulsa Sound than folk or country.
Even the cover art, photographer Carl Dunn’s black-and-white image of a Texas cop who plugged his ears with bullets during a Led Zeppelin concert back in the day, reinforces The Departed’s rock identity.
The best known of the bunch, Canada’s name top-lined the quintet with “Indian Land,” but appropriately, the band is known just as The Departed for its sophomore release. The Oklahoma-bred singer-songwriter isn’t fronting his new band the way he did his former outfit; Canada and James each take lead vocals on six songs, Plato croons the folky traveling tune “Hobo,” and the whole band shows their considerable stuff on the four-minute genre-shifting instrumental “Mark It Wrong.”
Beyond the vocals, The Departed’s sound is defined by the interplay between James’ and Canada’s divergent guitar styles, Littleton’s mastery of the keys and the crisp, unflagging rhythms Plato and Doege supply. Canada opens the album with the defiant anthem “Worth the Fight,” a driving declaration that the band isn’t going to let anything stand in their way of creating music. The Yukon product provides much of the blunt emotional force of “Adventus,” whether he is bringing to life the cautionary tale “Blackhorse Mary,” expressing his love for his sons on “250,000 Things” or cutting former friends and ex-fans off at the knees with “Cold, Hard Fact,” the album’s standout track.
James’ smooth, soulful voice contrasts effectively with Canada’s sharp twang, but more importantly, the Texan’s subtler style soothes the raw nerves his counterpart so boldly plucks. His kiss-off “Burden” starts as a simmering waltz that eventually bubbles into a roiling crescendo, while his funky plea “Prayer for the Lonely” channels its despair through a potent groove reminiscent of Booker T. & the MG’s. James closes the album with, “Sweet Lord,” a lovely acoustic hymn that will have open-minded fans singing The Departed’s praises and hoping that a follow-up will come soon.
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Interview: The Departed announce rocking arrival with its first album of original material, “Adventus”
A version of this story appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
The Departed announce rocking arrival with its first album of original material, “Adventus”
Column: The red dirt band follows up its acclaimed 2011 Oklahoma songwriters tribute album “This Is Indian Land” with a raucous yet soulful collection of 14 new tracks.
With its first album of original material, the Oklahoma-Texas band is firmly rooting its music in a rocky spot in the fertile red dirt soil.
The group — former Cross Canadian Ragweed singer/guitarist Cody Canada, ex-Ragweed bassist Jeremy Plato, Texas singer/guitarist Seth James, Tulsa keyboardist Steve Littleton and new drummer Chris Doege — released Tuesday “Adventus,” a raucous yet soulful collection of 14 new tracks.
“I’m finally starting to see people slowly starting to let go of … that Ragweed split,” Canada said in an interview over the summer.
“Coming out with this Departed record of all original tunes and what we have to say — you know, there’s been a lot going on in our lives in the last couple of years — as usual, it’s therapy. I’ve written about the good times and the bad times, and people are gonna hear it. And hopefully, they’ll dig it because it’s us … we’ve just got different people playing more instruments.”
Although the title is Latin for “arrival,” “Adventus” actually is the second album in the brief existence of The Departed, which formed in 2010 shortly after the breakup of Ragweed, a seminal red dirt outfit planted in Yukon and sprouted in the musical hotbed of Stillwater.
“Well, we don’t mess around,” Canada said with a laugh. “Seth led his band for 15 years, and I was with Ragweed for 15 or 16, so we’re very accustomed to keeping the ball rolling. And we keep writing. Getting the two of us together and then adding Plato in the mix, Jeremy is a fantastic songwriter. I know that he doesn’t get the credit he deserves sometimes; he doesn’t give himself the credit. … And Steve Littleton playing the keys, he’s been a songwriter for 20 years. So it’s real easy to get a whole bunch of songs before you know it.”
The new band released its initial effort, “This Is Indian Land,” an 18-track salute to the Sooner State songwriters, from Leon Russell and J.J. Cale to the Red Dirt Rangers and Tom Skinner, in June 2011 and made my top 10 albums list of the year.
There are no signs of a sophomore slump with “Adventus,” just a firm statement that the fledgling red dirt band is going to roll with the rock aspect of the distinctly Oklahoma musical subgenre that mixes rock ‘n’ roll, country, folk, honky tonk, blues and Americana.
“Seth and I talked about doing a record, not necessarily touring it, but just throwing a band together with top-notch players and doing a rock ‘n’ roll thing that we’d never done before. People do it all the time, you know, and then a couple months after that was when we realized Ragweed was splitting. So that’s when we got real serious about it,” said Canada, who grew up in Yukon and Stillwater but now makes his home in New Braunfels, Texas.
“We did ‘Indian Land’ … just to kind of buy a little bit of time and fulfill my promise to my Okie friends that the record label (for Ragweed, Universal South) wouldn’t let me do.”
With the new band perpetuating Ragweed’s road-warrior ways, the quintet made “Adventus” at Yellow Dog Studios in Austin, Texas, squeezing in the recording sessions between tour dates.
“We were just gonna go home and hang out, but once we started thinking about it, it was like ‘Man, if want to get this thing out in the fall, we need to get in there and get it finished,’” Canada said. “That’s a good thing, you know, but you start missing the smell of your house and you miss your kids.”
While some fans may still long for the old Ragweed days, Canada said he hopes they will give The Departed’s singular red-dirt rock style a fair shot.
“As to pressure of what people will think, I don’t want to be an (expletive) and say I don’t care ‘cause I really do. But I want people to know that this is what we are. This is me singing and Seth singing and Jeremy singing. Some songs I don’t even have a guitar solo because we have Steve Littleton in the band, and there’s other songs that have a lot of guitar solos because there’s two lead guitar players in the band,” he said.
“What’s the really cool thing about it, as soon as we got everything tracked, I wrote another tune and Seth wrote another tune. It’s like we instantly started over,” he added.
“We gotta keep everything rocking.”
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Wednesday Video Spotlight: The Departed releases first album of original material “Adventus”
Oklahoma-Texas red dirt rockers The Departed released Tuesday their first album of original material, “Adventus,” which is Latin for “arrival,” on Underground Sound through Thirty Tigers.
The band consists of former Cross Canadian Ragweed singer/guitarist Cody Canada and bassist Jeremy Plato, who formed The Departed with Texas guitarist Seth James, Tulsa keyboardist Steve Littleton and Yukon drummer David Bowen when Ragweed split up in 2010. Drummer Chris Doege has since replaced Bowen, who retired for medical reasons, in The Departed lineup.
“Adventus” is the follow-up to The Departed’s 2011 debut album, “This Is Indian Land,” an 18-track salute to the Sooner State songwriters, from Leon Russell and J.J. Cale to the Red Dirt Rangers and Tom Skinner.
Check out my column on “Adventus” Friday, and in the meantime, check out this video interview with The Departed, along with the official video for album opener “Worth the Fight”:
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New releases for Nov. 13, 2012: The Departed and Tom Skinner release new albums
It’s a big day for red dirt music fans, with two eagerly anticipated new albums now available for our listening enjoyment.
Oklahoma-Texas red dirt rockers The Departed have released their first album of original material, “Adventus,” which is Latin for “arrival,” on Underground Sound through Thirty Tigers.
The band consists of former Cross Canadian Ragweed singer/guitarist Cody Canada and bassist Jeremy Plato, who formed The Departed with Texas guitarist Seth James, Tulsa keyboardist Steve Littleton and Yukon drummer David Bowen when Ragweed split up in 2010. Drummer Chris Doege has since replaced Bowen, who retired for medical reasons, in The Departed lineup.
In June 2011, The Departed released their debut album, “This Is Indian Land,” an 18-track salute to the Sooner State songwriters, from Leon Russell and J.J. Cale to the Red Dirt Rangers and Tom Skinner.
Speaking of Skinner, the beloved red dirt singer-songwriter dropped today a new album simply titled “Tom Skinner,” a rare collection of original music released n 598 Recordings, a new upstart label headed by Mike McClure and partner Chance Sparkman. Skinner plays in McClure’s eponymous band.
An Okie through and through, Skinner grew up in Bristow and started playing music in Stillwater with his brothers during the time Brooks was trying to making a name for himself. Now an Owasso resident and musical megastar, Brooks called on Skinner and his brothers to create the Sante Fe Band, and after a stint of playing around the local clubs, they all moved to Nashville in the pursuit of landing a record deal. As Brooks was turned down by everyone in town, Skinner became homesick for Oklahoma moved back home.
In the late 1990s, Skinner found himself in Louisiana, where he landed a small record deal with Binky Records and recorded two albums. He played the Louisiana circuit for a few years and again found himself back in Oklahoma where he became a favorite of the musicians in the red dirt scene and was a mainstay at the now-fabled Farm, a safe haven on the outskirts of town where musicians ended up at the end of the night. It was at The Farm that Skinner met longtime friend, bandmate and producer McClure for the first time, and their mutual respect and camaraderie is just as legendary as the music they have both created.
Skinner joined the Mike McClure Band in 2007 and has played bass ever since. McClure felt that Tom needed a definitive recording that could bring to the world what Stillwater musicians have long since known. The recording was made at McClure’s Boohatch studios in Ada with longtime Skinner fan and friend Steve Ripley (the Tractors, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell). The album was produced by McClure and the legendary Joe Hardy (Steve Earle, Georgia Satellites, ZZ Top).
In addition, the soundtrack for “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2,” the fifth and final movie in the blockbuster film franchise, debuted today. The soundtrack features Oklahoma-born singer/songwriter/guitarist St. Vincent, punk rockers Green Day, Canadian singer-songwriter Feist and many others. I attended the pres junket for the final “Twilight” film earlier this month in Los Angeles, and I will be bringing you many features, as well as reviews of the movie and the soundtrack, later this week.
Here is a list of more new CDs, DVDs and books, from Amazon.com and VideoETA.com:
CDs
The Departed, “Adventus.”
Tom Skinner, “Tom Skinner.”
Various artists, “Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.”
One Direction, “Take Me Home.”
The Rolling Stones, “GRRR!”
Green Day, “Dos.”
Susan Boyle, “Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs From The Stage.”
Christina Aguilera, “Lotus.”
Deftones, “Koi No Yokan.”
DVDs/Blu-rays
2 Days in New York
Brave
Dark Horse
Doctor Who: Series Seven, Part One
Nitro Circus: The Movie
Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2
The Queen of Versailles
Savages
Vamps
The Watch
Books
The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7) by Jeff Kinney
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham
The Last Man: A Novel by Vince Flynn
My Year in Meals by Rachael Ray
Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers by Anne Lamott
The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor by Jake Tapper
Sweet Tooth: A Novel by Ian McEwan
The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage by Greg Gutfeld
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Wednesday Video Spotlight: The Departed “Worth the Fight”
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Oklahoma-Texas red dirt rockers The Departed have released the black-and-white music video for “Worth the Fight,” the raucous first single from their upcoming sophomore album “Adventūs.”
“Adventūs,” which is also the band’s first album of original material, is due out next Tuesday, Nov. 13.
The band consists of former Cross Canadian Ragweed singer/guitarist Cody Canada and bassist Jeremy Plato, who formed The Departed with Texas guitarist Seth James, Tulsa keyboardist Steve Littleton and Yukon drummer David Bowen when Ragweed split up in 2010. Drummer Chris Doege has since replaced Bowen, who retired for medical reasons, in the lineup.
In June 2011, The Departed released their debut album, “This Is Indian Land,” an 18-track salute to the Sooner State songwriters, from Leon Russell and J.J. Cale to the Red Dirt Rangers and Tom Skinner.
In an interview this summer, Canada said he and his bandmates had plenty of material to make “Adventūs”:
“Really, for the last two years we’ve just been writing a lot. Once we got to the studio to start this thing … I don’t know if Seth did or not, but I didn’t realize that we had so many songs. I hadn’t really assessed how many we had written in the last two years; I knew we had a bunch of ideas. Then once we got in there and started recording stuff, it hit 12 songs and it was like ‘OK, cool,’ and then it hit 15 and it was like ‘Oh, wow.’ And you get to like 18 tunes, and it’s like ‘OK, we’re way, way, way ahead of the game.’ So this is a good place to be.”
He album was recorded at Yellow Dog Studios in Austin, Texas.
“I think the people that are ready to accept it will love it, and I think the people that haven’t got over other things, man, that’s completely up to them,” Canada said. “If they have faith in the music that was made before, then they’ll have faith now, they’ll dig it now.”
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