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Denton Record Chronicle, Denton TX 3/10
Boxcar Bandits offer mountain jams anyone can enjoy
by Tim Monzingo
Sat. March 13th 2010
There was hardly a foot that could stop tapping. The people on the dance floor cast aside all inhibitions for the sake of pure, unadulterated joy. The patio was packed with barely enough room to stand and bounce to the mountain tunes pouring out of the mandolin, banjo, snare and stand-up base. The accordion and violin player’s faces were contorted in ways that only lightning bolts of musical energy can create.
The Boxcar Bandit show at Sweetwater can be described as nothing less than religious for fans of the bluegrass genre. From classic bluegrass tunes to homegrown jams, the band played a show that could compete with such names as Old Crow Medicine Show and Yonder Mountain String Band.
The urban-rural feel that has been attributed to Denton has no better example than the people in cowboy hats dancing next to hippies and hipsters on the crowded Sweetwater Grill & Tavern patio. The end of each tune brought more than a cheer from the crowd; more like the enthusiastic death-by-bluegrass scream exhaled by Appalachia’s deepest rooted families.
They couldn’t get enough of it and if that was all they could stand in life, so be it. The fervor of the crowd was unrivaled by any show so far at the conferette. Fans of anything with a palpable soul and a living energy should look into Boxcar Bandits for a romping, roll-in-the-hay good time.
QuickDFW.com (DFW, TX)
“It’s nothing but fun when these Denton dudes get together to play loose, beer-soaked bluegrass. There are two shows this weekend – one in Little D and another in Fort Worth.”
Amarillo Globe News, Amarillo, TX 6/09
Boxcar Bandits Call Style “North Texas Skunkgrass”
Look for the beards.
That’s a sure sign you’ve arrived at a Boxcar Bandits show.
“We’re all very hairy fellows. Everybody has a beard of some form or another,” explained band member Rex Emerson. “When we roll up to a place, it’s like the barbarians have arrived.”
Barbarians, maybe, but with bluegrass in their blood.
The Denton-based five-piece band will play at 9pm Thursday at the Golden Light Cantina, 2906 S.W. Sixth Ave.
The group’s sound is rounded out by guitar, percussion, bass, fiddle and mandolin.
“We call it North Texas Skunkgrass,” Emerson said. “We’re influenced by that old ragtime style.”
The band’s first album, “Smells Like Grass,” was released in August. The nine-track record includes all original songs.
A second project is in the words. “Far Mountain Gravy” will be released later this year, Emerson said.
The band will play a series of shows in June, take a break for recording in July, and then hit the road again to wrap up the summer.
Performances are lively, with an emphasis on quickly paced bluegrass rhythms, Emerson said.
“A lot of people come out and start dancing around right away,” Emerson said. “It turns into a big party, beards and all.”
Tickets to Thursday’s concert are $6.
For information, call 806-374-0094.
www.dentonmusiczone.blogspot.com (Denton TX)
This Friday Night is your chance to bend Friday the 13th over and take proper care of it
Here’s what they had to say about us:
“And rounding it out are local bluegrass whiskey-killers The Boxcar Bandits.
I think these guys were Bukowski’s favourite bluegrass band, but i may just be abusing the eponymous editorial license for me to mention it.”
Hehe…
Fort Worth Weekly, 8/07
The Fort Worth Weekly published an article in their Hearsay on October 3, 2007, entitled “Newgrass, New Guard” regardin’ the Rolling Trainwreck Country Show, spearheaded by 100 Damned Guns, at our favorite place and yours, Fred’s Cafe in the Fort. Here’s what they had to say about us:
“Boxcar Bandits are fun and mix up time signatures to good effect”
Here’s a link to the article:
