Gila Bend "Kim Chee Cowboy" 1993

Gila Bend was born in on or around 1987. After a number of different attempts to find willing and able singers and drummers, Loren decided to fill the vacant vocal shoes and still hold down lead guitar duties…...High school friend Bart Blue took over on drums and the forging of the country metal sound began immediately. One of the bands first songs, Cantankerous, became the first single and appeared on the debut CD Kim Chee Cowboy(Still Sane). Cantankerous became a defining song for the Gila Bend sound.
The drum throne was occupied by a number of musicians including Marx Loeb, Ralph Gilmore, until Tommy Larkins was added to complete the Gila Bend sound. Al Perry joined after the recording of Kim Chee Cowboy bringing the band up to a four piece. The band’s second CD, Natureburger(San Jacinto) was released in 1997. Gila Bend gained in popularity and notoriety over the years, including the honor of being the first recipient of the Tucson Music Awards(TAMMIES) for Best Alternative Band. The band’s music was featured in Robert Loomis’ film Dog Years along with some original film score music from Dircks and a bizarre banjo-heavy version of Ode to Joy. Gila Bend still plays periodically and are rumored to have a future project in the works. - http://www.radioindy.com/trax:

01 Steak House 02 Face of an Angel 03 (The Day Before) You Said Goodbye 04 Shes My Witch 05 Lying On The Ground 06 Me And The Cat 07 Big Blue Ford 08 Where I Keep The Key 09 They Call The Wind Mariah 10 Cantankerous 11 In with the New

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