Aron F. Gibson
Gettin' Lucky With The Whiskey Saints
I was at O’Brien’s Irish Pub (on Main St.) in Santa Monica a few weeks ago checking out the back room, where they have live music, in anticipation of a show I had booked to play with my band later that month. I figured I’d find a half-empty room with some crappy cover band cranking out Oasis covers.
Boy, was I in for a surprise. First of all, this band wasn’t playing covers. And second, they had fans, lots of them, and for good reason: they sounded amazing.
IÂ squeezed through the crowd over to the sound guy working the show and yelled, “Hey, who are these guys?”
“The Whiskey Saints,” he shouted back, “Their new CD just came out and they were just featured on The Boot, AOL’s alt country music site.
It turns out that the soundman that night was also the band’s producer, Jim Dineen, who worked on the band’s first full-length CD “West”, which is now available on iTunes and CD Baby.
The Whisky Saints influences include Ryan Adams, The Jayhawks, Tom Petty and Wilco so and if you like alt country combined with a high energy performance, then you’re going to want to check out one of LA’s most exciting up-and-coming bands.
And speaking of Ryan Adams, since Adams annouced his “retirement” a couple of weeks ago, the best thing for you to do is get to a The Whiskey Saints show now before these guys head off to the big time. Something tells me that once Ryan Adams fans discover this band it won’t be so easy to get into their shows in the future.
~AFG Must Rock
The Whiskey Saints on MySpace:
www.myspace.com/thewhiskeysaints Â
Interview with The Whiskey Saints in The LAist:
 http://laist.com/2009/01/09/interview_the_whiskey_saints_-_gots.php
Nice write up. These guys rock. I’m glad they’re starting to get some more recognition. It’s not easy to find a band who plays original music and actually sounds good live these days… especially in LA.
I am glad you care about quality. The problem is that not enough individuals take the time to embrace talent. It’s a bigger issue at hand. The business as a whole is oversaturated. We need to begin to teach the youth and new generations about the culture as a whole.
