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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Rosco Bandana -- Bands on ChiIL Live Shows' Radar @summercampfest #SCamp13




Rosco Bandana Premieres "Woe Is Me" Video With CMT



Bandanas and outdoor music fests like Summer Camp Music Festival (or SCamp to those in the know) go hand in hand, but you'll never think of bandanas quite the same way after you get an ear full of Roscoe Bandana.   ChiILin' in Chillicothe this weekend?   These guys are on ChiIL Live Shows' must see list.   Check 'em out.



Remaining Tour Dates


05.23 - Founder's Brewing Company - Grand Rapids, MI
05.24 - Summer Camp - Chillicothe, IL
05.25 - Summer Camp - Chillicothe, IL
05.26 - Summer Camp - Chillicothe, IL

06.01 - Howlin' Wolf - The Den - New Orleans, LA
06.08 - Riverbend Festival - Chattanooga, TN
06.09 - Unplugged In The Park - Atlanta, GA
06.13 - Hill Country Live - Washington, DC
06.14 - SummerSounds - Greensburg, PA
06.15 - North Star Bar - Philadelphia, PA
06.20 - The Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall - Asheville, NC
06.21 - Border Dash - Bristol, VA
06.22 - U.S. National Whitewater Center - Charlotte, NC
06.27 - 17th Annual Gulley Park Summer Series - Fayetteville, AR
06.28 - Levitt Shell Memphis - Memphis, TN
07.04 - Fun Fourth Festival - Greensboro, NC
07.06 - Rockin The Docks - Lenoir City, TN
07.12 - Kessler Air Force Base - Biloxi, MS
07.13 - Woodstock Summer Concert Series - Woodstock, GA
07.24 - Café 939 - Boston, MA
07.25 - Madison Beach Hotel - Madison, CT
07.27 - RondeauFest - Long Lake, NY
07.28 - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
08.04 - Music Under The Stars - El Paso, TX
08.10 - Black Dog Wine & Music Festival - Floyd, VA
08.22  - Seven - Siloam Springs, OK
08.23  - Seven - Siloam Springs, OK
10.03 - Live After Five - Greenwood, SC
10.05 - Champion Square - New Orleans, LA*
10.06 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion - Woodlands, TX *
10.08 - Verizon Wireless Amiptheatre @ Encore Park - Atlanta, GA*
10.09 - Humphrey Coliseum - Starkville, MS*
* With fun.


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Rosco Bandana is thrilled to premiere the new video for "Woe Is Me" across multiple Country Music Television platforms including CMT EDGE, on-air at CMT PURE, online and more. Directed by John Deeb and produced by Deeb studios, "Woe Is Me" is the newest video release from Rosco Bandana's debut LP Time To Begin out now on Hard Rock Records. Head over to CMT.com now to watch the premiere of "Woe Is Me" and help vote Rosco Bandana into CMT PURE’s 12-Pack Countdown and don't miss "Woe Is Me" on air this Thursday 5/9 on CMT PURE during the 11am, 5pm, and 3am hours (all times Eastern).


The Mississippi septet Rosco Bandana are the product of teenage rebellion and its consequences; of lost love, false starts and, above all, lasting friendship. They're what happens when a group of kids take a chance on a long shot and – against all odds – it pays off.  There's also a Blur cover thrown in for good measure.

The group began – spiritually, if not specifically – when principle songwriter Jason Sanford, at that time acting in open and active defiance to his strict Christian upbringing, wandered into a tobacco store in a Gulfport mall to buy smokes and struck up a conversation with the kid working behind the counter. "He was like this real cool, hip, indie sorta character," Sanford explains, "and he ended up turning me on to people like Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, Iron and Wine, Neutral Milk Hotel. That's kind of how it all started." His parents were wary of encouraging their son's budding interest. "They wanted to keep me in this tiny bubble," Sanford explains.

Sanford would stay up late at night, teaching himself how to play the guitar his father had given him. He certainly had plenty to write about. Just a few months earlier, Sanford's relationship with Emily Sholes had come to an end, and the heartbreak of that separation powered most of his early songs. At the same time, a childhood friend of Sanford's, Barry Pribyl Jr., had just moved back to Mississippi from Michigan, and his mother suggested he get in touch with his old friend soon after their return.
"At the time, I was into metal," Pribyl says. "So I went to this open mic night, and Jason was playing this honky-tonk stuff. I remember thinking, 'What the hell is this?'"

But the best friendships are built on compromise and the more Pribyl and Sanford started playing together, the more a specific sound started to emerge – one that blended a ragged bar-rock attitude of bands like Uncle Tupelo with a few mild nods toward the iconoclastic end of contemporary country, like Jamey Johnson. Their core in place, Pribyl and Sanford soon began looking to expand their lineup. "Jason started an open mic night at a wine bar," Pribyl said. "From there, we'd invite 10 or 15 people to come with us out to this abandoned house and we'd just jam. We sort of hand-picked the band from there." 

In the kind of romantic twist all great rock stories require, one of them was Jason's old flame Emily Sholes. Another was Jennifer Flint, whose fiery vocals serve as a scorching counterbalance to Sanford's down-home croon. "I first met Jason in 2006," says Flint. "He was in one of his first bands, and I honestly just fell in love with the way he wrote." Local attention inspired the band to enroll in a Battle of the Bands contest sponsored by Hard Rock, which they handily won, and they soon flew out to Los Angeles to work on their debut with acclaimed producer Greg Collins (U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, No Doubt) at The Nook Studio.

The results are spellbinding. They turn Blur's "Tender" into a rousing, gospel-informed hymn, and work similar magic on their own compositions: "Time to Begin," the first song Sanford, Pribyl and Flint wrote together, hip-swivels like something off Exile on Main Street; the trembling, minor-key vocal melody of "El Luna" recalls both Elliott Smith and Abbey Road-era Beatles and "Woe is Me" is a rollicking country stomp in the vein of Steve Earle. "I was trying to write a real Depression Era-style country song," Sanford explains, "and so I tried to put myself in the mindset of what people back then were going through." Though it began as an attempt to channel the loose rootsiness of Old Crow Medicine Show, the result is a barnburner – a big, raucous number with a booming backbeat and deep-fried electric guitar. Whether loud and rowdy or quiet and contemplative, Rosco Bandana balance both extremes perfectly.

"It might sound cliché," Pribyl says, "but we're just these humble, good ol', down-to-earth Mississippi people. And when we play live, you can just see in our faces the joy of music."

"I want people to feel like they know us," says Flint. "I want them to feel like they can relate."

"I hope people get something honest out of our music," says Sanford. "I hope they're able to feel something, and to empathize with it when they hear the lyrics." He pauses, becoming momentarily philosophical. "You know, life and death is in the power of the tongue. And I want to put out music that's going to heal people."




Monday, January 14, 2013

TONIGHT: Rosco Bandana To Perform National Anthem At NBA Dallas Mavericks Vs. Minnesota Timberwolves Game

Rosco Bandana To Perform National Anthem At NBA Dallas Mavericks Vs. Minnesota Timberwolves Game
Tonight, 7:30PM Central
Post-Game Concert To Follow At Hard Rock Cafe Dallas



Click To Order Time To Begin oniTunes and Amazon

'Time To Begin' Tracklisting
01  Time To Begin
02  Woe Is Me
03  By And By
04  Radio Band Singer
05  Tender
06  Heartbreak Shape
07  Black Ol' Water
08  El Luna
09  Tangled Up
10  Long Way Down


Rosco Bandana are taking their talents to the NBA and performing the National Anthem before the Dallas Mavericks take on the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday, January 14th.  The band, fresh off the release of their Mississippi State Song hopeful “Feels Like Mississippi”, will then head down the street to Hard Rock Cafe Dallas for a free special post-game concert starting directly after the Mavs game.

National Anthem:
American Airlines Center
2500 Victory Avenue, Dallas, TX 75219
Monday, January 14th
Game time: 7:30 PM Central

Post-game Concert:
Hard Rock Cafe Dallas
2211 North Houston Street
(Southern end of Victory Park)
Dallas, TX  75219
Directly after the Mavericks game

Who is Rosco Bandana?
Rosco Bandana is a seven - piece band from Gulfport, Mississippi made up of Jason Sanford, vocals/guitar; Barry Pribyl Jr., vocals/percussion; Jennifer Flint, vocals; Emily Sholes, vocals/keyboard; Jackson Weldon, mandolin/lap steel; Josh Smith, bass; and Patrick Mooney, guitar/banjo.  The group was discovered as part of Hard Rock’s 2011 Hard Rock Rising competition and is the first group signed to Hard Rock Records.  Their debut album Time To Begin is out now on Hard Rock Records.

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Saturday, December 1, 2012

MIDNIGHT TONIGHT: Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band & Rosco Bandana at Bottom Lounge






Gulfport, Mississippi's Rosco Bandana have released their debut album Time To Begin on Hard Rock Records this fall and they're kicking off their December tour with Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band in Chicago this Saturday 12/01 at Bottom Lounge.






In 2011, the seven-piece band, Rosco Bandana, entered Hard Rock's international 'Hard Rock Rising: Global Battle of the Bands' competition and won among 12,000 entered bands. The band became the first group signed to Hard Rock Records. After winning the competition the group flew out to Los Angeles where they recorded their Americana inspired debut LP with producer Greg Collins (U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, No Doubt).




Rosco Bandana Announces December Tour
Time To Begin Out Now On Hard Rock Records



Click To Order Time To Begin oniTunes and Amazon now!
Tour Dates
12.01 - Bottom Lounge - Chicago IL*
12.02 - The Magic Bag - Ferndale, MI*
12.05 - The 8X10 - Baltimore, MD*
12.06 - Appalachian Brewing Company - Harrisburg, PA*
12.08 - Cafe 939 - Boston, MA*
12.09 - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY*
*with Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band



'Time To Begin' LP Tracklisting
01  Time To Begin
02  Woe Is Me
03  By And By
04  Radio Band Singer
05  Tender
06  Heartbreak Shape
07  Black Ol' Water
08  El Luna
09  Tangled Up
10  Long Way Down




The Mississippi septet Rosco Bandana are the product of teenage rebellion and its consequences; of lost love, false starts and, above all, lasting friendship. They're what happens when a group of kids take a chance on a long shot and – against all odds – it pays off.  There's also a Blur cover thrown in for good measure.

The group began – spiritually, if not specifically – when principle songwriter Jason Sanford, at that time acting in open and active defiance to his strict Christian upbringing, wandered into a tobacco store in a Gulfport mall to buy smokes and struck up a conversation with the kid working behind the counter. "He was like this real cool, hip, indie sorta character," Sanford explains, "and he ended up turning me on to people like Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, Iron and Wine, Neutral Milk Hotel. That's kind of how it all started." His parents were wary of encouraging their son's budding interest. "They wanted to keep me in this tiny bubble," Sanford explains.

Sanford would stay up late at night, teaching himself how to play the guitar his father had given him. He certainly had plenty to write about. Just a few months earlier, Sanford's relationship with Emily Sholes had come to an end, and the heartbreak of that separation powered most of his early songs. At the same time, a childhood friend of Sanford's, Barry Pribyl Jr., had just moved back to Mississippi from Michigan, and his mother suggested he get in touch with his old friend soon after their return.

"At the time, I was into metal," Pribyl says. "So I went to this open mic night, and Jason was playing this honky-tonk stuff. I remember thinking, 'What the hell is this?'"

But the best friendships are built on compromise and the more Pribyl and Sanford started playing together, the more a specific sound started to emerge – one that blended a ragged bar-rock attitude of bands like Uncle Tupelo with a few mild nods toward the iconoclastic end of contemporary country, like Jamey Johnson. Their core in place, Pribyl and Sanford soon began looking to expand their lineup. "Jason started an open mic night at a wine bar," Pribyl said. "From there, we'd invite 10 or 15 people to come with us out to this abandoned house and we'd just jam. We sort of hand-picked the band from there." In the kind of romantic twist all great rock stories require, one of them was Jason's old flame Emily Sholes. Another was Jennifer Flint, whose fiery vocals serve as a scorching counterbalance to Sanford's down-home croon. "I first met Jason in 2006," says Flint. "He was in one of his first bands, and I honestly just fell in love with the way he wrote." Local attention inspired the band to enroll in a Battle of the Bands contest sponsored by Hard Rock, which they handily won, and they soon flew out to Los Angeles to work on their debut with acclaimed producer Greg Collins (U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, No Doubt) at The Nook Studio.

The results are spellbinding. They turn Blur's "Tender" into a rousing, gospel-informed hymn, and work similar magic on their own compositions: "Time to Begin," the first song Sanford, Pribyl and Flint wrote together, hip-swivels like something off Exile on Main Street; the trembling, minor-key vocal melody of "El Luna" recalls bothElliott Smith and Abbey Road-era Beatles and "Woe is Me" is a rollicking country stomp in the vein of Steve Earle. "I was trying to write a real Depression Era-style country song," Sanford explains, "and so I tried to put myself in the mindset of what people back then were going through." Though it began as an attempt to channel the loose rootsiness of Old Crow Medicine Show, the result is a barnburner – a big, raucous number with a booming backbeat and deep-fried electric guitar. Whether loud and rowdy or quiet and contemplative, Rosco Bandana balance both extremes perfectly.

"It might sound cliché," Pribyl says, "but we're just these humble, good ol', down-to-earth Mississippi people. And when we play live, you can just see in our faces the joy of music."

"I want people to feel like they know us," says Flint. "I want them to feel like they can relate."

"I hope people get something honest out of our music," says Sanford. "I hope they're able to feel something, and to empathize with it when they hear the lyrics." He pauses, becoming momentarily philosophical. "You know, life and death is in the power of the tongue. And I want to put out music that's going to heal people."

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