Dishwalla
Listen closely to Dishwalla, and you discover there is blood on these tracks.
Twelve years and five albums after the band from Santa Barbara, California made their
debut, Dishwalla endures. Together the group lead singer JR Richards, guitarist Rodney
Browning, bassist Scot Alexander, keyboardist Jim Wood and drummer Pete Maloney -
have survived record company musical chairs, countless musical trends, and even the
curious challenge of having their very own smash hit right out of the box. Through it all
the good, the bad and the ugly Dishwalla have emerged stronger than ever, and in the
process have established themselves as that rock & roll rarity: a real, working band that
stays together to play together.
Fittingly, then, Dishwalla (a self titled CD) is very much an album about survival
and transcendence an inspired song cycle about rising "Above The Wreckage" to borrow
a phrase from one of the album's numerous standout tracks. Recorded with three......
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