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Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Genre: Rock
Bound by a love for the sounds of Townes Van Zandt, Slobberbone, James McMurtry, Lucero, and the Drive By Truckers, these boys decided it was time to wake up the cover band sated denizens of the Queen City with some original music that would exhilarate, challenge, and, yes, even offend, the staid mindsets of the financial district.
Armed with a cache of original material that covered such topics as murder, suicide, self-destruction, and various other forms and consequences of bad decisions, they unleashed themselves on an unsuspecting public.
The punk rock scene was the first to embrace Cattletruck's hard-edged take on Outlaw country, and, not soon after, the singer/songwriter crowd caught on to the literate, gallows humor infused tales of things gone wrong. Such luminaries as David Childers and Bill Noonan have become supporters of Cattletruck's Carolina Black Country.
In a short period of time, Cattletruck has built a loyal and very vocal fan base that runs the social gamut from motorcycle clubs to academes, and has created a stir in Charlotte's original music scene with a style that been described as everything from "Goth Country" to "Outlaw Americana."
Whatever you want to call it, climb onboard and buckle up, because it's going to be a dark ride.
"I gotta say you guys are one of the best kept secrets in this business."
Dog Bite Harris - Dog Water Radio
“They sound like Assjack fronted by Johnny Cash.”
Luke Edwards - Tater Family Travelling Circus
"It’s a brutal...little record, this one. It’s also insightful, probing, and intelligent on a level rarely seen anywhere in the music business these days. Cattletruck will question your faith and question your beliefs and make no apologies for stoking the firing of every synapse in your brain.
David Pilot - Miss Lana's Texicana Music Central
"Few ever venture into the darkness of the persona that these guys do. their style has been called Outlaw Americana, to Outlaw Country, to Goth Country. Call it what you want, jump in, listen, and be prepared for a wild and sometimes dark ride!"
Kevin Baldner - Amps 11
"Cattletruck has some hard living stuff -- good for an angry long drive or probably pretty terrific live."
Tamar Alexia Fleishman - Southern Fried Magazine
"It’s brutal, and maybe it’s dark, but it’s also something you and me and that guy over there and the girl behind the bar and everybody else in the whole damned world has thought and felt at some point."
Tailgunner - A Bottle and Six Strings
