$12 Adv. / $ 12 Door

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4/16 - 8PM

Teddy and The Rough Riders were born in Nashville, TN. A group of childhood friends who grew up in the spotlight of “music city”, they’ve cut their teeth in the local honky tonk/ country scene, as well as rock clubs across the US. They play their own modern style of Country Rock that sets them apart from the Americana folk scene encompassing New Nashville. TRRs newest release “The Congress of Teddy and The Rough Riders” was recorded at their home in the alleys behind legendary Music Row, and combines heavy hitting rockers full of screaming pedal steel with their Appalachian bluegrass style close harmony. Country-Rock is just a genre, but Teddy and The Rough Riders are able to truly branch both sides of the spectrum, turning Rock fans into cowboys, and hillbillies into head bangers.

MEADOW ROCK is the debut album from singer/songwriter Joe Bourdet. Optimistic, inviting, brimming with natural beauty, but in total existential crisis, much like his home state of California, MEADOW ROCK is a place of contradictions. The sound of the album, like the theme, is very natural. Music called MEADOW ROCK, after all, should be as easy on the ears as a virgin alpine meadow, and that it is. This is due to the careful diligence in recording and mixing done primarily by Bourdet himself in his home studio near Los Angeles, CA, with portions of engineering also done by his long time collaborator Jason Soda. It is also due to Bourdet’s insistence that little to no limiting be applied to the mixes or masters. This has the effect of preserving the micro dynamics of the music, and avoiding the shallow imaging and harsh artifacts of modern “industry standard” productions, the tradeoff being that MEADOW ROCK plays quieter than contemporary pop releases in apparent loudness. However, a small upward turn of the gain control on your stereo rectifies this intentional idiosyncrasy and reveals to the listener a record of surprising dynamics for its genre.