Donkeyhonk
Company
Company
Long
Way Home
Way Home
No
Limb to Shake 2:55 Bonewalk 5:15 the Broken Pledge 2:10
Limb to Shake 2:55 Bonewalk 5:15 the Broken Pledge 2:10
Tomorrow
Comes from Behind 3:53 My Last Old Dollar 3:40 Winter Days 5:15
Comes from Behind 3:53 My Last Old Dollar 3:40 Winter Days 5:15
Dog
Howl 3:48 Donkeyhonk Company Store 2:22 Go Home 2:23
Howl 3:48 Donkeyhonk Company Store 2:22 Go Home 2:23
The
Lonesome Traveler 4:03
Lonesome Traveler 4:03
Oh
how I can feel this music this week. No
Limb to Shake, begins
with a bass thumping, banjo strumming, foot stomping, head bobbing
beat that sounds as if it came straight off these Blue Ridge Mountain
I’ve been venturing across. A few pit stops into crystal clear
waterfalls helped me rock the Cradle of Forestry from the Sapphire
Valley up onto Whiteface Mountain then beyond.
how I can feel this music this week. No
Limb to Shake, begins
with a bass thumping, banjo strumming, foot stomping, head bobbing
beat that sounds as if it came straight off these Blue Ridge Mountain
I’ve been venturing across. A few pit stops into crystal clear
waterfalls helped me rock the Cradle of Forestry from the Sapphire
Valley up onto Whiteface Mountain then beyond.
Bonewalk,
has a grim eerie sounding banjo with some devilish vocals. This is a
lot different than the opening yet seems very welcoming. The sounds
in the background almost pull each lyric from the singer’s throat,
tugging harder and harder as the song progresses. I’m not quite
sure what instrument it is yet. Let me move on. The
Broken Pledge
has a fiddle or two added to the mix. Just listening to it has you
feel the wood floor beneath kicked up in a jig from the Highlands.
This is not the same old music, or even the same old genre I’m
accustomed to reviewing. It has me stopping to take a good look at
them.
has a grim eerie sounding banjo with some devilish vocals. This is a
lot different than the opening yet seems very welcoming. The sounds
in the background almost pull each lyric from the singer’s throat,
tugging harder and harder as the song progresses. I’m not quite
sure what instrument it is yet. Let me move on. The
Broken Pledge
has a fiddle or two added to the mix. Just listening to it has you
feel the wood floor beneath kicked up in a jig from the Highlands.
This is not the same old music, or even the same old genre I’m
accustomed to reviewing. It has me stopping to take a good look at
them.
Okay,
there is Lametto who is on vocals, banjos, guitar, dobro, and Uillean
pipes. The Uillean pipes have got to have made the eerie background
sounds from Bonewalk
that I heard. Next, Hable is on vocals as well, but also is playing a
mandolin, and violin. Pedl plays stand up bass and a tenor horn.
Later on Wig joined the band playing drums.
there is Lametto who is on vocals, banjos, guitar, dobro, and Uillean
pipes. The Uillean pipes have got to have made the eerie background
sounds from Bonewalk
that I heard. Next, Hable is on vocals as well, but also is playing a
mandolin, and violin. Pedl plays stand up bass and a tenor horn.
Later on Wig joined the band playing drums.
It’s
not often I have to do a review with such learned musicians, and I
hope I can do them justice. The next song, Tomorrow
Comes from Behind, has
a nice acoustic, and a plucking that most likely comes from the
dobro. This song is really driven by the vocals. They hold a rough
and tough, been through this, jaded sound. You really can notice the
Tom Waits influence on this song.
not often I have to do a review with such learned musicians, and I
hope I can do them justice. The next song, Tomorrow
Comes from Behind, has
a nice acoustic, and a plucking that most likely comes from the
dobro. This song is really driven by the vocals. They hold a rough
and tough, been through this, jaded sound. You really can notice the
Tom Waits influence on this song.
My
Last Dollar, has
some great purely evil laughter in the background and here comes that
horn. I myself play a B-flat trumpet, so I really appreciate the horn
in this song. So far, it is my favorite. Winter
Days opens
up with the Uillean pipes producing the desolation of winter. I
believe the steel guitar sound is the dobro. Just closing my eyes and
listening to this makes me remember the cold winter gusts and that
freezing feeling, the treeless leaves, the white snow, just the black
and white with no real color beyond that.
Last Dollar, has
some great purely evil laughter in the background and here comes that
horn. I myself play a B-flat trumpet, so I really appreciate the horn
in this song. So far, it is my favorite. Winter
Days opens
up with the Uillean pipes producing the desolation of winter. I
believe the steel guitar sound is the dobro. Just closing my eyes and
listening to this makes me remember the cold winter gusts and that
freezing feeling, the treeless leaves, the white snow, just the black
and white with no real color beyond that.
Dog
Howl makes
use of the pipes and banjo. Both singers work together to produce an
echoing sound that makes up for the few lyrics that are in this song.
And the song I’ve been waiting to listen to and write about comes
up.
The Lonesome Traveler
has some great overlapping vocal tracks and the banjo sets the pace
for this song. I don’t believe I’ve really ever heard a band that
uses the banjo such as Donkeyhonk Company does.
Howl makes
use of the pipes and banjo. Both singers work together to produce an
echoing sound that makes up for the few lyrics that are in this song.
And the song I’ve been waiting to listen to and write about comes
up.
The Lonesome Traveler
has some great overlapping vocal tracks and the banjo sets the pace
for this song. I don’t believe I’ve really ever heard a band that
uses the banjo such as Donkeyhonk Company does.
So
far I cannot say I’ve enjoyed listening to a band that I’m
writing a review about as much as Donkeyhonk Company. They have spun
their own web of music that reflects a cultural blend. I’d love to
be able to say that I love one song more than the rest but as I look
back at the list of tracks all I want is to listen to each again. The
mix of instruments, the rough and gruff vocal tracks, and the lyrics
all produce something that’ll not only leave your head spinning,
but also make you wanting more. This is a band that I’d love to see
live. I can envision them in a city I once called home, New Orleans,
Louisiana.
far I cannot say I’ve enjoyed listening to a band that I’m
writing a review about as much as Donkeyhonk Company. They have spun
their own web of music that reflects a cultural blend. I’d love to
be able to say that I love one song more than the rest but as I look
back at the list of tracks all I want is to listen to each again. The
mix of instruments, the rough and gruff vocal tracks, and the lyrics
all produce something that’ll not only leave your head spinning,
but also make you wanting more. This is a band that I’d love to see
live. I can envision them in a city I once called home, New Orleans,
Louisiana.
Jeremy Frost for Country Music News International Magazine