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Rockridge Brothers
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Out of 32 votes - Similar Artists: Crooked Jades, Bad Livers, Uncle Dave Macon, Bubba George Stringband, Richie Stearns
Out of 32 votes
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- Genre: Folk » Appalachian Folk
Editor's review
It's as if a fistful of bluegrass and folk tunes escaped from the Appalachian Mountains and smuggled themselves across the ocean to Sweden, where a squad of local punk rockers found them washed ashore in a coffee can. Foot-stompin' good.
Biography
The first time I meet the Rockridge Brothers is at Mosebacke Etablissement in Stockholm spring 2003. I am waiting for tonight’s band, keeping a straight face and a beer in my hand. Without any presentation a group of men climb the stage. Beside the fact that I recognise one of the members, I also notice a fiddle and a banjo. Apparently this is not the rock band of young girls I have been waiting for. The man with the guitar leans towards the microphone and says We’re the Rockridge Brothers. They start to play. I forget my straight face and I think Wow, Punk! Later the singer explains to me that it is called Old time. I inform him that I want to record them. He looks at me suspiciously and says that this is something you discuss when you are sober.
I see them several times during the year and repeat my intention to record them. Peter every time responds that; this is something you discuss when sober. They play songs about drinking, adultery, killing and eating small mammals and then expect you to be sober when listening?! After approximately nine months I lure them into Studio 9 at Sveriges Radio (Swedish National Radio Station). I wire 3 Neuman microphones into a 3 channel Scully 280 tape recorder from the sixties and make sure the brothers are ready. I push the button and say play. They do and I think Wow, Old time!”
J. F. Andersson
Stockholm 19/4 2004
Taken from unreleased CD "Straight outta Rockridge" A limited edition of 500 numbered copies exist (thank you J.F.) with hand made linen cover (TöNT design).
Anyone with a label who want to release it?
