Wayne Hancock, Bobby Bare, Jr, and Split Lip Rayfield at Austin City Limits! September 22, 2005

BLOODSHOT RECORDS at Austin City Limits Festival
September 23-25, 2005
Zilker Park - Austin, TX
http://www.austincitylimits.com/festival

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day one
11:45-12:30
Bobby Bare Jr.

day one
2:50-3:30
Wayne "The Train" Hancock

day two
11:45-12:30
Split Lip Rayfield

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Wayne "The Train" Hancock has been called "the master of hillbilly swing" a "roots Renaissance man," a "country singer's country singer" and "Hank Williams meets Gershwin." But the phrase most frequently echoed throughout this career is "Wayne Hancock is the real deal" when referring to his authentic and original blend of honky tonk, western swing, blues and big band that he calls "juke joint swing!" Hancock's vision, as he puts it, is "to bring people together and make them feel good about music. There ain't much on the radio that strikes me as being original or from the heart; most of it's from the pocketbook and it shows."

Electronic press kit: http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artists/waynehancock

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With his big-as-the-room persona, the ability to rock the doors off the most jaded of clubs and the genius for arrangement they display on the stage and previous records, you would be forgiven for thinking that Bobby and his band of merry makers have the musical focus of a laser beam. They are, however, at the mercy of the muse at the head of their musical leash. And make no mistake about it, she is a rambunctious, freewheeling, unfettered, and, at times, unhinged little beast.

"Alt country as it should be, and so rarely is: Stax horn charts, Sticky Fingers desperation, and get-in-the-van punk immediacy, nailed by an unruly son of Nashville who used to front a twangy grunge band." -- Alex Pappademas, SPIN

Electronic press kit: http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artists/bobbybarejr

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On "Should Have Seen It Coming," Split Lip Rayfield has traded up from their bored-out, jacked-up, four-barrel power to a machine that's finely tuned and high precision. It's punk and bloody fingers at their finest, but with killer four-part harmonies and songs that combine a world-view that's equal parts Carter Family and "American Chopper," Split Lip stretches their one-of-a-kind sound, borrowing the bluegrass traditions of the hollers and backwoods and making it relevant for the flatlands, suburbs and strip-malls of the 21st Century.

"Split lip Rayfield have the ability - and propensity - to inspire the next generation of bluegrass fans." - Memphis Flyer

Electronic press kit:
http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artists/splitliprayfield