The Reverend Horton Heat, Southern Culture on the Skids & Throw Rag
The Brick Works, Chico, CA
2003-07-28
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Decrease Font SizeWith this lineup, I knew this show was going to completely rock and I just love
it when I’m right. It has been a while since I enjoyed a show at The Brick
Works this much.
Throw Rag started off the night the only way they know how, a full bore attack
on the crowd. These guys have a British sailor/pirate motif going on and they
play punk rock the way they look. It’s a little strange at first but the
energy the band exudes is hard to ignore if you have a beating heart and a love
of rock ‘n’ roll. The most remarkable member of the band is the nutjob
they have playing the washboard. He bounced around the stage like a village drunkard
with way too much energy and the punk kids in the front row sensed that they had
found a kindred spirit. Besides the Mohican crew up front, middle-aged couples
on the dance floor and greasers up on the balcony dug the Throw Rag set.
While the Reverend Horton Heat was the headlining act, the high point of the night
came when Southern Culture on the Skids stepped on stage and ended when they left.
I’ve been a fan of this group for years but had never seen them live. They
lived up to my expectations. Their musical blend of country and rock with a tinge
of punk here and there is the ideal backdrop for humorous lyrics with their white
trash roots unabashedly shining through. It was also a personal treat to see the
SCOTS’ bass player in action — she has always been the best example
I can think of where an electric bass is played with the perfect mix of country
and rock. And she ended up being way cuter than she looks on the CD cover art.
This band was awesome with a capital A.
On top of stellar musicianship (in a sloppy white trash sort of way) the stage
show was great. The diminutive drummer stood throughout the set playing a raised
drum kit. The guy playing keyboards looked like he was more suited to driving
a truck than rockstardom. I have a trashy uncle who the singer reminds me of and
the bass player...well, she’s just all around goofy. And they ended the
set with a group of women from the crowd dancing onstage and eating fried chicken.
The main attraction of the night immediately got people dancing as the Reverend
Horton Heat took the stage with his blazing guitar talent. I’ve seen the
Rev. play a bunch of times before and I’m sad to report that I basically
saw the same performance the last time the band came through Chico. What saved
the set for me is that it is an incredible show with impressive skill on every
instrument. The bass player Jimbo, as always, stole the show with his antics as
he slapped his upright around the stage between stunts where either he or the
Rev. would climb on top of the bass in the middle of a song. It really is something
to see, but I remember the show being a bit more harrowing when the Rev. was a
few years younger.
– Brad Lambert
– Photo by Alyssa Starkey
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Bio[+]Formed in the dying breath of the 1980s, Reverend Horton Heat has been converting audiences far and wide to the hedonistic sermons of the unholy trinity: Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll. Their brand of music is purely Texan; an mixture of rockabilly, swing, punk, surf and metal, with lyrics that typically consist of girls, cars, drugs and booze. The group has released eight albums to date, their first Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em (1990) on Sub Pop Records. They eventually moved to Interscope Records for 1994’s Liquor In The Front, and then later to Artemis Records for their latest album Lucky 7 (2002). The band consists of Jim Heath on guitar and vocals, Scott Churilla on drums and Jimbo Wallace on stand-up bass.
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- The Reverend Horton Heat & the Mr. T Experience at the El Dorado Saloon, Sacramento, CA
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- Flogging Molly, Supersuckers & Throw Rag at the BMU Auditorium, Chico, CA
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