" The Black Diamond Heavies hail from the Southern States of America, but currently live as "vagrants/citizens of the world." Their music is urgent,raw,and full of ass-shaking soul. The live show has been described as both "Pentecostal"and "Demon-Possessed". Most of the material is original, although covers are sometimes thrown in as tribute to gods, generals, heroes, and vampires such as John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Lou Reed, T-Model Ford, and Tom Waits. The Heavies continuously gain momentum on their quest to unleash the punk-ass blues on the world. The Black Diamond Heavies tour internationally and constantly and have shared the stage with many notable acts including Son Volt, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, The Immortal Lee County Killers lll, Thee Shams, Jimbo Mathus, T-Model Ford, Paul "Wine" Jones, Kenny Brown, Bob Log lll, The Legendary Tigerman, Black Moses, Mudlow, The High Plane Drifters, and Scott H Biram.--------------- The band consists of ::: John Wesley Myers : bass keys, fender rhodes, organ, knife and vocal . Left hand of rhythm, right hand of soul. The son of a Baptist preacher, John Wesley is from Port Arthur, Texas and has been shaking his....... "testimony" all over the south for 25 years, playing gospel as a child till the devil got hold of him. John Wesley also fools around with fellow blues-evangelists, the Immortal Lee County Killers lll.-------- Van Campbell : Drums and vocal . Van is from Louisville , Kentucky and comes from a family of bourbon distillers. He holds a degree in Mandarin Chinese from a small girl's college in New York and has drummed professionally on three continents . Upon deportation from England, Van returned to the states after a three year stint with The Invisibles, and the art punk explosion now known as The Rum Circus. "
*Bio taken directly from www.myspace.com/blackdiamondheavies
www.blackdiamondheavies.com
Posted on 10/06/2006
Tags: John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles, MC5, Robert Johnson, Otis Spann, Shellac, Larry Brown, R.L. Burnside, Muddy Waters, Junior Kimbrough, The Rolling Stones, Charles Bukowski, The Stooges, Harry Crews, piece of shit cars, The Criminal Justice System, crazyass women, and southern religious hypocrisy
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great post! this bio is hilarious. i love a lot of the bands mentioned, including the heroes, gods, and touring bands. (yay bob log!) definitely checking out the myspace. thanks for the info and links!