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Wikipedia / Bodeco

Bodeco is an American rock band formed in 1984 in Louisville, Kentucky by guitarist, singer and songwriter Ricky Feather and drummer Brian Burkett. It later grew into a full band, with its most famous line-up featuring Feather, Burkett, guitarist Wink O'Bannon, bassist Jimmy Brown and multi-instrumentalist Gary Stillwell. Only Feather, Brown and Stillwell remain from that version.

Titled after a portmanteau of "Bo Diddley" and zydeco, the quintet typically plays a fast-paced country- and blues-tinged rock and roll. The band has recorded four studio albums, including the November 2009 release of "Soul Boost", and a live album.

Bodeco has had a considerable impact on the Louisville music scene, finding a place at No.80 on WFPK's "top 1000 albums of all time" and inspiring Trouser Press to dub them "[o]ne of the most underappreciated combos in the early-to-mid-'90s indie roots-rock movement".

Style

Bodeco was classified by Trouser Press as "celebratory party rawk". In 1992, The New York Times described the quintet as "a skunky country-rockabilly outfit", 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".

Members

  • Ricky Feather – vocals, guitar

  • Jimmy Brown – bass

  • Gary Stillwell – percussion, keyboards

  • Gene Wickliffe – drums

  • Freddy "Southside" Wethington – guitar

Former members

  • Wink O'Bannon – guitar

  • Brian Burkett – drums

  • Rick Mason – guitar

  • Nick Reifsteck – guitar

  • Bill Barney - guitar

  • Dave Rapp - guitar

Discography

Studio albums

  • Bone, Hair & Hide (1992)

  • Callin' All Dogs (1995)

  • Crazy Wild (2003)

  • Soul Boost (2009)

Singles

  • High Window (1995)

Compilation contributions

  • Wreck Room, Vol. 3 (1996)

  • Sourmash (1998)

References