Statistics
Recent Songs
Contact
Updates
- Jan302010
- Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears added 1 new event
- Nov122009
- Oct102009
-
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears added 11 new photos
-
- Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears added 3 press reviews
- Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears added 1 new video
-
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears added 11 new photos
Influences and Skills These are musical styles (genres), artistic influences, and skills that this user has listed. You can rate each item for this user by clicking the correspoding bar.
Styles
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears
Anatomy texts might not show it, but the greatest soul and blues music leaves no doubt that the hip bone is directly connected to the heart -- a fact that’s driven home in every note laid down by Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears. As they prove on their Lost Highway debut, Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is, the Austin-based combo has the kind of gritty attitude and deliciously greasy groove-consciousness that’d pass muster in the toughest juke joint.
To paraphrase Ike and Tina Turner, Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is gives Lewis the chance to play nice and easy as well as nice and rough. He and his bandmates take the latter route more often -- as on the fiery, brass-laced opener “Gunpowder” and the unabashedly horndog anthem “Big Booty Woman.” But there’s far more than one trick up their collective sleeve, as borne out by the dark New Orleans march “Master Sold My Baby.”
To paraphrase Ike and Tina Turner, Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is gives Lewis the chance to play nice and easy as well as nice and rough. He and his bandmates take the latter route more often -- as on the fiery, brass-laced opener “Gunpowder” and the unabashedly horndog anthem “Big Booty Woman.” But there’s far more than one trick up their collective sleeve, as borne out by the dark New Orleans march “Master Sold My Baby.”
Comments (6)
-
Left by DKoi81, on Feb 3, 2010 - 0:43"Get yo shit" just made my night! Great stuff
Link
Report
-
Left by woodjean, on Feb 1, 2010 - 18:54You guys are great. When are going to play in Austin?Link
Report
-
Boogie!Left by Unregistered User, on Jan 27, 2010 - 19:32Did you summon James Brown through some dark incantation when you made this music? Sick stuff. I'm feeling the groove. Boogie indeed.Link
Report
-
Left by louk cox, on Oct 18, 2009 - 20:52Saw you guys for the first time ACL 2008 and I've been a fan ever since. Almost saw you in amsterdam at the Milky Way but the show was cancelled. Keep playing those blues. Gotta love that Austin musicLink
Report
-
Left by Darvin, on Jun 15, 2009 - 18:01aww jeah you guys got it figured out, great songs, great production, nice work all aroundLink
Report
-
Left by Aaron Robert Hall, on May 5, 2009 - 7:30Sick! I'm super stoked for the show at Emo'sLink
Report