SUGARLAND cures what ails ya

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Calling all fans of Jennifer Nettles/Soul Miner’s Daughter, Kristen Hall, Billy Pilgrim, Indigo Girls, John Mayer, Country, Southern Rock…and anyone else looking for a few Premium Quality Tunes…

The Atlanta music scene has churned up a winner, ladies and gents. The band is called Sugarland and they were signed by MCA Records over the summer (after one roadtrip north to a Nashville gig). They also recently opened a few shows for Dwight Yoakam.

Quoting some Nashville Skyline/CMT press found on their site:

They’ve been together as a group less than a year. How interesting to see a group with a woman as drummer, a drummer who also sings. She’s Simone Simonton, who had her own group, Lift, and played with the Indigo Girls. Singer-songwriter-guitarist Kristen Hall is well known in Atlanta clubs and has recorded a series of solo CDs. Singer-songwriter-mandolin player Kristian Bush was half of the folk-rock duo Billy Pilgrim. Electric guitarist Bret Hartley performed with Billy Pilgrim. Bassist Clay Cook co-wrote songs on John Mayer’s album Room for Squares. (Cook and Mayer once made up the acoustic duo Lo-Fi Masters). Steel player Mark Van Allen rounds out the group’s sound – churning, driving roadhouse, slightly pop-ish country.

Their secret weapon is lead singer Jennifer Nettles, who has presence and attitude to spare and a set of pipes that can knock you down at 20 paces. And a vivacious sense of humor. How could she be otherwise, for someone who once fronted a group named Soul Miner’s Daughter? She knows how to control a stage and has a sly, bluesy vocal delivery that floats seemingly effortlessly above the music. Her big voice alternately caresses words languorously and then kicks them out with a fury. In a word – three words actually – she kicks ass.

As a long-time fan of this band’s individual members (and their previous groups/endeavors) for many years, and as someone who was fortunate enough to attend their first ever concert at Decatur Georgia’s Eddie’s Attic …I cannot even begin to describe the overwhelming energy and chemistry that slammed into the audience with the very first notes and lyrics delivered by this collective powerhouse of talent.

So buy thier CD of demos, Premium Quality Tunes (samples there too), keep your eyes open for their first MCA offering, and enjoy the ride.

[ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies]

:smack: bah…I boffed the link to the CD and samples

Here it is, typo-free.