#THE JAYHAWKS DISCOGRAPHY RAR FULL#

#THE JAYHAWKS DISCOGRAPHY RAR FULL#

This down time allowed The Southerners to reassess their direction and the decision was made to move forward with a full time drummer, Chris Heth, and a new lead guitarist, Sean Dunn. In 2009, Hector Mattos made the tough decision of relocating to El Paso, Texas, and therefore had to leave The Southerners. They have also had the privilege of sharing the stage with many talented artists including Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, The Reverend Horton Heat, Lee Rocker (The Stray Cats), The Blasters, Royal Crown Revue, The Dickies, The Quakes, Big Sandy and the Flyrite Boys, Throwrag, and Blazing Haley. The Southerners went on to play hundreds of shows through out 2005-2010 at such venues including The Viper Room (LA), The Troubadour (LA), The Derby (LA), The Galaxy Theater (OC), The Knitting Factory (LA), The Key Club (Morongo), The Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LV), The Ink-N-Iron Festival (Long Beach) and the annual NASCAR Racefest at The Autoclub Speedway in Fontana, CA. 'Barstool Rodeo' captured the early, 'drum-less' style of The Southerners, and included many crowd favorites including 'Lonesome Love', 'Goodbye '53', 'Lovesick Man', 'I Want A Love' and 'Reachin' For The Bible'. 'Barstool Rodeo' was quickly recorded and released in early 2005. Within a few months, they had written a handful of original music and decided to enter the studio. The Southerners played their first gig at the legendary Doll Hut in Anaheim, CA just a few short weeks after their inception.

Since the main percussive instrument in the band was now the Upright Bass, Justin soon developed a heavy, thunderous style of playing which proved to not only be effective but also very unique to the genre. The musicianship of the entire band progressed rapidly due to the demands of maintaining a tight and aggressive sound without the use of a drummer. This approach proved challenging, yet rewarding in a very short time. Their initial goal was to take a stripped down approach to creating outlaw and rockabilly music, so the decision was made not to have a drummer in the line up. The Southerners were formed in the fall of 2004 by Celeste Gilstrap, Byron Williams, Justin Williams and Hector Mattos. I think about how songs written by people like John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Mike Ness and even Kurt Cobain make me feel, and then I try to evoke that same power of emotions from people who hear our music.' Love, revenge, loss and regret are common underlying themes to many of The Southerners' songs. 'The best songwriters in history have always been able to see past the superficial things and write about themes that have personal importance to them.

'Not every outlaw, rockabilly songs needs to be about drinking, and hot rods.' says Byron. Songwriting is also of huge importance to The Southerners. When it comes to vocals, Celeste likes to reflect on the styles of Billy Holiday and Etta James combined with the attitude of early punk rock music. There are many influences that The Southerners credit for their style of music and songwriting. Their lead singer's style is often likened to 'if Patsy went Punk', and has a soulful quality that always gets the message across. One album & 2 EPs, and hundreds of shows later they began to perfect it. They began with a mission to create music that reflected their own diverse styles and influences, ranging from Johnny Cash to the Misfits.

The Southerners are an Outlaw Rockabilly band based out of the Southern California area.

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