About Ethan Nahté
Location: Dallas
Occupation: Video & Film Producer/Director, Journalist, Titan Comics, Broadcast Coordinator
Bio: Began playing music in clubs @ the age of 13 while simultaneously getting published in school mags. Moved on to TV and has shot everything from naked women to wolves! He's traveled a 1/2 mile under the earth and a 1/2 mile above with his cameras! Currently working on a documentary, a book and attempts to sleep. LIVE'N'LOUD
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Some fast-rockin’ country coming out of the Dallas/Fort Worth, TX area may not come as a surprise to many. But bluegrass is another creature all to its own. The Ozark and Ouachita Mountains are about as far west as the mountain music tends to travel. Albeit, Dallas/Fort Worth isn’t that far from the Ouchitas, so maybe that is part of the reason that the band 100 Damned Guns seems to be influenced by a hybrid of bluegrass and Arkansas’ Johnny Cash.
The band recorded an album in 2006 called Songs of Murder, Pain & Woe. It’s a blend of acoustic & electric guitars along with dobro, mandolin, upright bass and drums. It’s obvious that the sextet has musical talent and are tight with their arrangements, but that they also have a sense of humor (which is a good thing, considering mandolin player/vocalist Dave Sherrill draws comics). Songs such as”Living On Easy Street,” the only song not written by the band, which includes their dog and Persian cat; or digging a hole for “Put Me In The Ground” or the ironic death knell of “The Hangin’ “ which has the poor guy being hung in the tree he used to climb, maybe as a youth (obviously he committed his crimes in his own backyard).
Once again, the musical quality and integrity are pretty strong. The vocals aren’t quite as nasally as ol’ time country, but they do have more of a mountain music vocalization like you might hear in the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou. Even pieces of the music itself would fit well in a movie similar to that blockbuster hit. Occasionally, the background vocals are a little off and leave something to be desired, but not bad enough to make you want to shoot your dog and kick your wife… or is that the other way around?
So if you’re tired of the same ol’ country playing over and over on your favorite station, consider 100 Damned Guns. You can find out how to order their CD at 100 Damned Guns even if you don’t belong to Myspace you can click on a link that will take you to a site to buy their disc.
