Reverend Organ Drum @ Lee Harveys 8/18/06
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:36 pm
This should probably be mandatory. Just the essence of this TX music conglomoration should be enough to cause most to yell "Yee-Haw"
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The band is Jim Heath ("The Reverend Horton Heat") on guitar and vocals, Tim Alexander ("Asleep At The Wheel"/"Elvis T. Busboy & The Blues Butchers") on Hammond organ, and Todd Soesbe on drums.
Driven by Tim's Hammond B-3, this band steers a different musical course than Reverend Horton Heat. They take on nuggets like "Soulfinger," the "James Bond Theme," "Route 66, " "Can't Buy Me Love," "St. James Infirmary" and Freddy King's "Hideaway."
Reverend Organ Drum also marks a distinct change in Jim's role. Rather than being the point man, musically, he is playing the part of sideman. "There's roots, retro...loungy." Jim said, trying to define their sound. "These guys will haul off and do anything, but yeah, we are a good lounge band."
They're much more than a good lounge band, and Jim doesn't stay a sideman for long. When it's solo time, he steps up with all the authority you'd expect from the Rev. They make a bigger sound than most four or five-piece bands. They've ended some shows with a very musical drum solo (Todd smiling all the while), only to come back with Black Sabbath's "War Pigs." (Excerpted from a story that originally appeared in Buddy Magazine, December 2004.)
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The band is Jim Heath ("The Reverend Horton Heat") on guitar and vocals, Tim Alexander ("Asleep At The Wheel"/"Elvis T. Busboy & The Blues Butchers") on Hammond organ, and Todd Soesbe on drums.
Driven by Tim's Hammond B-3, this band steers a different musical course than Reverend Horton Heat. They take on nuggets like "Soulfinger," the "James Bond Theme," "Route 66, " "Can't Buy Me Love," "St. James Infirmary" and Freddy King's "Hideaway."
Reverend Organ Drum also marks a distinct change in Jim's role. Rather than being the point man, musically, he is playing the part of sideman. "There's roots, retro...loungy." Jim said, trying to define their sound. "These guys will haul off and do anything, but yeah, we are a good lounge band."
They're much more than a good lounge band, and Jim doesn't stay a sideman for long. When it's solo time, he steps up with all the authority you'd expect from the Rev. They make a bigger sound than most four or five-piece bands. They've ended some shows with a very musical drum solo (Todd smiling all the while), only to come back with Black Sabbath's "War Pigs." (Excerpted from a story that originally appeared in Buddy Magazine, December 2004.)