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This has been an exciting year for Betsy and the Bareknuckle Band. One of the band's songs "Lowdown", was featured on the Annually distributed, "Athfest CD"which brought the band national acclaim. "Lowdown" was also released on the sampler CD in the October Relix issue.
The New Album "Still Waiting"came out March 23rd 2010. It features the song "Lowdown" but will sound different than the original version as a three piece horn section was just added including Athens greats Randall Bramblett, Kevin Hyde, and JR Beckwith. "Lowdown" is reminiscent of 50's style do-wop, while the rest of the album inter twines everything from jazz, rock, blues, and gospel with a hint of country twang always breathing its way into the natural folky style of Franck's song writing.
Currently The new album is for sale in Hard Copy @ athensmusic.net, and @ live shows, it is also available on i-tunes. Download it today!!
Betsy has just returned from a two week tour of Colorado, promoting the new album. She got to open for Jerry Joseph and Wally Ingram in Fort Collins, and was able to spread the BKB name around the beautiful mountain towns prepping them all for a Winter tour with the full band. Stay tuned for tour dates.
Also stay tuned for Betsy's release of a solo album currently being recorded @ Full Moon Recording Studios.
Read below for some excerpts of some new album reviews:
Jeff Clark from Stomp and Stammer says: (3/01/2010)
Betsy Franck and the Bareknuckle Band do a playful, soulful style of Southern roots music, steeped in the ingrained sounds of Memphis, Muscle Shoals, Macon, Nashville, New Orleans and other historically musically-rich regional locales. Impressively, Franck and crew manage to blend it all together in seamless fashion on their new CD, Still Waiting. She has a terrific voice, bleeding humid weariness and sultry determination at once, and the tunes match it note for organic note. Definitely a group to watch.
Athens own Flagpole Magazine:
Locals Betsy Franck and the Bareknuckle Band straddle the line between barroom blues and alt-country on Still Waiting, the group’s sophomore release. The centerpiece of the group is frontwoman Franck’s soulful Southern vocals, which are on par with those of veterans like two-fisted country femme Shelby Lynne and former Little Feat vocalist Shaun Murphy.
Check out the whole article at the link below:
http://flagpole.com/Weekly/RecRev/BetsyFranckAndTheBareknuckleBand-17Mar10
Stay tuned for more Tour dates to see when the BKB is coming to a town near you!!
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The New Album "Still Waiting"came out March 23rd 2010. It features the song "Lowdown" but will sound different than the original version as a three piece horn section was just added including Athens greats Randall Bramblett, Kevin Hyde, and JR Beckwith. "Lowdown" is reminiscent of 50's style do-wop, while the rest of the album inter twines everything from jazz, rock, blues, and gospel with a hint of country twang always breathing its way into the natural folky style of Franck's song writing.
Currently The new album is for sale in Hard Copy @ athensmusic.net, and @ live shows, it is also available on i-tunes. Download it today!!
Betsy has just returned from a two week tour of Colorado, promoting the new album. She got to open for Jerry Joseph and Wally Ingram in Fort Collins, and was able to spread the BKB name around the beautiful mountain towns prepping them all for a Winter tour with the full band. Stay tuned for tour dates.
Also stay tuned for Betsy's release of a solo album currently being recorded @ Full Moon Recording Studios.
Read below for some excerpts of some new album reviews:
Jeff Clark from Stomp and Stammer says: (3/01/2010)
Betsy Franck and the Bareknuckle Band do a playful, soulful style of Southern roots music, steeped in the ingrained sounds of Memphis, Muscle Shoals, Macon, Nashville, New Orleans and other historically musically-rich regional locales. Impressively, Franck and crew manage to blend it all together in seamless fashion on their new CD, Still Waiting. She has a terrific voice, bleeding humid weariness and sultry determination at once, and the tunes match it note for organic note. Definitely a group to watch.
Athens own Flagpole Magazine:
Locals Betsy Franck and the Bareknuckle Band straddle the line between barroom blues and alt-country on Still Waiting, the group’s sophomore release. The centerpiece of the group is frontwoman Franck’s soulful Southern vocals, which are on par with those of veterans like two-fisted country femme Shelby Lynne and former Little Feat vocalist Shaun Murphy.
Check out the whole article at the link below:
http://flagpole.com/Weekly/RecRev/BetsyFranckAndTheBareknuckleBand-17Mar10
Stay tuned for more Tour dates to see when the BKB is coming to a town near you!!
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