Firewater is a band founded by Tod Ashley in 1995. He describes them as a "wedding band gone wrong".After Tod left his previous group, Cop Shoot Cop, he quickly regrouped and formed Firewater to explore the styles of music Cop Shoot Cop had only hinted at, including klezmer, cabaret, ska, jazz, and gypsy forms. More than one source described the original Firewater lineup as an "indie rock supe...
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Firewater makes my kind of rocknroll. Reverent to tradition without being bound by them, adventurous without self-indulgence, Firewater plays blood n guts rocknroll with swagger & style.
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Have posted on these guys before... no wonder I like them.... this is awesome..Added to the list to check out live based on this for sure...
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Seen quite a few posts about how good these guys are live, this session at KEXP definitely gives credence to that...
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In 2005, Firewater’s Tod A embarked on what would become a 3-year sabbatical through the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia. As the leader of a loose collective that has included a few dozen of the best players in rock today, he has always loved the act of collaboration, incorporating klezmer, ska, cabaret and gypsy elements into his songs in ways that were far ahead of hi.
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... Firewater doing a wonderful version of "is that all there is" by Peggy Lee...
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So, I caught of the first of two homecoming shows by Firewater last night. Saturday's show found them at Southpaw in scenic Park Slope, Brooklyn. I'd never been to this venue before, but it's amazing. Great space, very roomy, nice sight-lines. Very nice.The band was completely on fire, pardon the pun. Along with Erik Sanko of Skeleton Key filling on bass detail, Tod was flanked by a female trom...
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Back from a self-imposed three-year exile from American shores, erstwhile Brooklynite Tod [A] has reinvented Firewater, his versatile hell-bent wedding band as more of a multi-culti force than ever before. Writing and recording the band's 6th album, The Golden Hour while traveling through India, Pakistan, Turkey and Israel, Firewater's new material crackles with the inimitably exotic character ...
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I am addicted to this damn song. aaarg.I am so sick of seeing pills for every problem you could have on tv. its like a simple way to deal with your problems instead of ACTUALLY dealing with your problems (like religion). this song is basically expressing my hate for such things right now.When the little things are tearing you apartThey should have warned youThis is how it startsAn answering mac...
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Firewater is playing at the Roxy Theater in Hollywood on Saturday, June 7th...should be an amazing show!
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I've got it, after watching this video of my radio friends up at KEXP doing the island-native backup vocals for Firewater's "Borneo" (about which and for free mp3, see earlier post).We here at SoundRoots global headquarters want to be backup singers. It's a little dream we have...is it really so much to ask?~~
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Tod A's band, Firewater, has been around for more than 10 years, however Saturday night's performance at the intimate Art House venue was their live debut in Athens.My initiation to Tod A's music goes a long way back. In August '92 I had the opportunity to see him live with his first band, the excellent Cop Shoot Cop, at the Marquee in London playing a deafeningly loud mixture of industrial
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The tour dates listed on the Firewater page (which is sadly devoid of any other information) are for a VENUE called Firewater in Dallas, TX.Hopefully the BAND Firewater will tour someday soon, but for now there are no known tour dates.
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