Black Joe Lewis

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BLACK JOE LEWIS

Austin-based Black Joe Lewis is a contemporary singer and guitarist with a bent toward vintage blues, soul, and R&B. Backed by his band the Honeybears, Lewis draws inspiration from such legendary "shouters" as Howlin' Wolf, Wilson Pickett, and James Brown, as well as smoother crooners including Sam Cooke. Black Joe Lewis released his debut album on Weary in 2007. Around the same time, his appearance at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas garnered increased fan and press support. In 2009, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears released Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!, produced by Jim Eno (Spoon), on Lost Highway. The band toured relentlessly over the next year before reconvening at Austin's Public Hi-Fi studio with Eno to record its even grittier follow-up, Scandalous. The set contained an appearance by the gospel group the Relatives on "You Been Lyin'." Scandalous was released on Lost Highway in March of 2011. In 2013, Lewis returned with his fourth studio album, the raw and raucous Electric Slave. The album was credited to simply Black Joe Lewis, as he'd grown tired of the Honeybearsmoniker. But Lewis soon discovered fans and promoters thought this meant he was now working as a solo act. After taking some downtime, Lewis brought back the Honeybears billing for 2017's Backlash(his first album for INgrooves Music Group), which also found him exploring harder grooves and a stronger rock & roll influence.

CHICKEN SEDAN

Chicken Sedan is a rockin' and boppin' trio featuring Cullen Winter with Conrad Cooper on bass and Paul Greenhaw on skins. Dance to originals and classic roadhouse favorites. The sound is all Americana, rockabilly, surf, hot rod twang, and country. Cullen first cut his teeth in rockabilly as the lead guitarist with Johnny and the Blades, a Taos favorite that packed the house at Tim's Chile Connection back in the '90s. His country chicken pickin' guitar  and down home vocal style were honed in Red River as a member of the Damn Band, then the house group at the Motherlode Saloon. Cullen's love for surf guitar spawned the legendary trio, Tsunami Squad who wowed audiences all over the Southwest. 

Chicken Sedan is a fun project that ties all of that together with an infectious blend of styles that will get everyone out on the dance floor. Longtime Taosenos will recognize tunes from all of the previously mentioned groups as well as lots of honky-tonk classics and originals. Grab a friend and your dancing shoes (or boots) and get on out to whoop it up!