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Bodeco
were a 1990s rock and roll band out of Louisville, Kentucky. Titled after a portmanteau of "Bo Diddley" and zydeco, the quintet typically played a fast-paced country- and blues-tinged rock and roll that prompted journalist Piero Scaruffi to label them "manic 'punkabilliers'". [1] Although the band released only two albums, it made a considerable impact on the Louisville music scene, finding a place at #80 on WFPK's "top 100 albums of all times" [2] and inspiring Trouser Press
to dub them "[o]ne of the most underappreciated combos in the early-to-mid-'90s indie roots-rock movement". [3]
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BODECO TICKETS
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Style
Praised by Trouser Press
for "celebratory party rawk", the band's psychobilly approach to music garnered comparisons to The Cramps, '68 Comeback and Southern Culture On The Skids." In 1992, The New York Times
described the quintet as "a skunky country-rockabilly outfit", [4] 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". [5]
Personnel
- Ricky Feather – vocals, guitar
- Matthew "Wink" O'Bannon (also of Eleventh Dream Day) – guitar
- Brian Burchett – drums
- Jimmy Brown – bass guitar
- Gary Stillwell – percussion
Discography
Studio albums
- Bone, Hair & Hide
(1992)
- Callin' All Dogs
(1995)
Compilation contributions
- Wreck Room, Vol. 3
(1996)
- Sourmash
(1998)
References
- Scaruffi, Piero. (1999) Bodeco. Scaruffi website. Accessed November 10 2007.
- 2000 WFPK Radio Louisville's top 100 of the best albums ever hosted at Timepieces.nl. Accessed November 10 2007.
- 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.
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