ONION CREEK CRAWDADDIES: Irons In The Fire

Onion Creek Crawdaddies

Irons In The Fire

© 2007 Onion Creek Crawdaddies (733792725423)

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A hearty hoedown full of quick-pickin’ and high lonesome harmonies woven with witty hooks. “Dusty, dusty Bibles lead to dirty, dirty lives,” brilliant. - Austin American-Statesman

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Onion Creek Crawdaddies
Irons in the Fire

Quarter moon shining down a long, lonely stretch of highway. Suddenly, headlights from over the pass blind your eyes. As the RV approaches, you hold out your thumb, hoping that this will be the ride. Stepping aboard, you almost trip over the instrument cases trying to find a seat. From somewhere, a cold beer is handed to you as the driver pulls back onto the road. To your left, the fiddle player gives a quick smile before starting a song, followed quickly by a harmonica, banjo, guitars, and washboard. Taking a sip of cold beer, you sit back, relax, and forget where you were trying to go in the first place.

Or that’s how it feels, at least, when you put on the Onion Creek Crawdaddies’ sophomore album Irons in the Fire. The critically acclaimed Austin, TX quintet have been playing their unique style of Americana music for the past five years, a unique blend of old country, rock, bluegrass, and even gospel, all delivered with an honest voice. From small town main street hoedowns to inner city punk rock clubs, the Crawdaddies have a unique gift for bringing the blue hairs, spike hairs, and all hairs in between together on the dance floor with their assortment of love songs, lost songs, breakup songs, breakdowns, drinking songs, and spiritual songs.

Trent Shepherd and Ryan Hunter provide most of the group’s songwriting and lead vocals throughout the self-produced Irons in the Fire, in addition to playing mandolin, fiddle, and banjo. Besides anchoring the band on upright bass, Brink Melton penned and sings, “I Never Learned”, a pop single with grit. Jay Harward gives the songs textured depth, playing all guitars, pedal steel, and mandolin. Drawing the crowd in closer is Brian Reed, the band’s live emcee who blows a bluesy harp when not holding down the rhythm with his washboard or snare. As an ensemble, the Crawdaddies’ music, with its richly layered harmony vocals and eclectic styles, shoots like lightning straight through your nodding head all the way down to your tapping toes.

So maybe, if you’re lucky, the Onion Creek Crawdaddies’ RV will pull over in your town someday soon. Just have your dancing shoes ready.

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  • Best Damn Beergrass Record..EVER!!!!
    author: Matt Epps

    As a Crawdaddy fan from the begining I waited for their 2nd album for more than two years and let me tell ya'll it was worth the wait. "Far Side of Nowhere", "Tortilla Moon","Off the Wagon" & "Llano Uplift" really deliver the goods on this record. The banjo is plinkin', the bass is thumpin' and the mandolin is cluckin' all in perfect time while Jay Harward dazzles on guitar and pedal steel. Brian Reed ties it all together with his snare and harmonica tootin'. My only complaint: no washboard. This go 'round the Crawdaddies do it all bigger and better. Excellent songwriting, tight accoustic arrangments and keening 3 part harmony makes this record sing. It's a great mix of honkey tonk and bluegrass that will have you stompin' your feet before you even realize it.

  • SUPER CD- - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
    author: LYNNE MCCULLOUGH

    SUPER CD - I PLAYED OVER & OVER. GLAD I HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO THIS GROUP AS I WILL LOOK FOR MORE OF THEIR MUSIC. THANKS TO ALL.

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