Dallas Moore
Dallas Moore
Cincinnati, OH
Country / Southern Rock / Rock
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2009 CEA Award for Best Country Band! Ayeeeeee! http://bit.ly/4JNJIX
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Mixing dirty honky-tonk and southern rock with elements of down home bluegrass and raucous roadhouse blues, Dallas Moore has developed a nationwide grass-roots following as a modern day icon of Outlaw Country Music.
Stewed and brewed in the honky-tonks, motorcycle rallies and concert halls of America, Dallas and his band The Snatch Wranglers have kept up a relentless tour schedule averaging 300 dates a year supporting the royal heirarchy of Outlaw Country and Southern Rock, touring with like-minded legends, David Allan Coe, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, The Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd as well as modern day keepers of the Outlaw flame such as Shooter Jennings and white hot country duo Montgomery Gentry.
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Can't Tame A Wildcat finds the DALLAS MOORE BAND back on the prowl ...
Set for release on February 27, 2009, the latest full length CD from Outlaw Country Troubadour, Dallas Moore, proves to be the band's most fully realized disc yet. Following fast on the heels of 2008's Tales From A Road King, the Dallas Moore Band comes back even stronger with the release of Can't Tame A Wildcat, Moore's seventh CD release and first with SOL Records.
From the defiant opening lyrics of Damn Sure Works For Me, it is apparent that Dallas Moore is charging full steam ahead with his own iconic blend of southern fried attitude, trends be damned! It's obvious as one listens to each track, that this is no mere batch of songs Moore is peddling, but rather a way life. Inspired lyrically by the roller coaster ride of Moore's 2008 release Tales From a Road King and both the triumphs and tragedies that came with it (the CD was hailed critically as a new beginning for Moore and his band and a fresh step in the right direction). Much of this was credited to the CD's producer, Ken Glidewell, who was fatally injured in a motorcycle crash just as the CD began to take off. Subsequently, Moore and his band hit the road and wrote the tracks that would become Wildcat while grieving over their loss, and at the same time trying to support the disc, which would go on to yield the hit songs King Of Bullshit Mountain and Hank to Thank on Sirius and XM Satellite Radio.
The energy and emotion that the band’s live shows have become known for is finally captured for the first time in a studio environment. "We just went into the studio with my old friend, Brian DeBruler at the helm engineering and kicked back and played just about everything live with very minimal overdubs. We just wanted to get the right feel for each song and have fun with it and I think you can both hear and feel that when ya give this one a listen. It's just us doin' what we do." says Moore. From the tongue in cheek irony of That Girl (as in, you all know that girl) to the foot-stompin' anthem of Outlaw Country, Dallas and his band (Chuck Morpurgo on guitars; The Reverend Bob Rutherford on bass, Wurlitzer and vocals; Miss Heather on vocals and percussion; Rocky Parnell on drums; and the newest addition of Mike Owens on harmonica and vocals) draw on a pool of influences that bring back the vibe of 70's-era Southern Rock and Country with with a big ol' size 12 boot planted firmly in 2009.
However, Can't Tame A Wildcat isn't completely awash in fist-pumpin', and chest-poundin' bravado. With All My Heart is a bonafide heartsick, love-gone-bad ballad that could easily have been recorded by Haggard, Jones or Twitty, yet here it recieves a gritty, emotive vocal performance by Moore thats worthy of more than one night spent down in the depths of the Jim Beam decanter. With this CD (as I suspect in real life), Dallas Moore doesn't stay down long however. Things pick up and get down right old timey with Reelin' 'Em In, Moore's happy-go-lucky take on fishin' and women, which finds the band in a musical time machine landing somewhere between Bob Wills and Johnny Cash circa 1959.
Two respective country rockers Best Thing That I Ever Did Was You and Hot Blooded Mama (penned by outlaw country innovator Billy Gant) put the peddle to the metal to round out the CD in true juke-joint fashion. The biggest curveball of the CD is the acoustic finale Why. The song features very sparse production, it's just Dallas and guitarist Chuck Morpurgo on acoustic guitar and 12-string in a performance lamenting the loss of friend and producer Ken Glidewell. Dallas says "that song was written by my friend, Dave Moody when his father passed away. The first time he played it for me, it just really struck a raw nerve 'cause we had just lost Ken. I rearranged it just a little to fit my vocal style and it was the last thing we recorded. I thought it would be a good way to close out the album with a song for our friend."
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