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APRIL 2004:
Weekend 101 - Patrick Rules...
"Me Love Big Cookie!"
Okay so like over a month or so ago, Chaz hands me this press kit from a band called "Big Cookie & the Crumbs." Quite honestly, the name seemed so hokey, I threw the whole packet into my "take a listen sometime this century" pile.
This morning as I sat here loading more Texas Country music for the "Country" side of www.TexasRadio1.com, I came across Big Cookie and the Crumbs' CD, "Heartbreak Hideaway."
Just a little insight as to how things work around the TexasGigs Corp., first we usually open the CD case, take out the insert and peruse the info inside. Next we head on over to the website and take a look around. Then we'll insert the CD and listen intently, fingers crossed that it's a good one.
Thankfully, this morning I popped the CD in as I finished off an email. Much to my surprise, this is a great band! Very old-school blues/rock, really good stuff! The website is an ass-whip, that's for certain.*** Please-o-please musicians, I beseech you; keep your website simple and easy to navigate, with at least 3 MP3's. However in this case, the music more than made up for the site.***
From BC&C's press kit:
Cookin' the Blues with the best rock & blues act in North Texas! Fronted by larger than life 44 year veteran lead guitarist Len "Big Cookie" Francis, Big Cookie & the Crumbs will take you on a trip back to the "old school" days of smoke-filled nightclubs and after hours city life. Francis' throaty vocals and smokin' guitar licks shred blues greats like Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughn, B. B. King, Hound Dog Taylor, Roy Buchanan and many more... AND be ready to groove to renditions of classic rock heavy weights like Hendrix, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Foghat, and George Thorogood and the Destroyers.
A rock solid groove from Crumbs' rhythm section Kevin Rothstein (drums) and Bobzilla (bass guitar) gives this band a powerful edge in a world full of sloppy bottom end. Providing added punch to the Crumbs' lineup is ax man Dean Pauley. Pauley's severe chops compliment Francis' leads as they explode together into a guitar solo frenzy. Big Cookie & the Crumbs is the real deal in North Texas.
Two late additions to the Crumbs' lineup, Rush Olson (vocals) and Pat Elza (keyboards), are the final pieces to this wild music puzzle. Rush has the force to belt out tunes in front of the Crumbs' powerful attack. Pat Elza moves seamlessly from subtle background fill to monster solo fury showing-off his hard rock/heavy metal influences. Big Cookie & the Crumbs ROCK!
I highly recommend this band, along with their CD, "Heartbreak Hideaway." **
You can get yo Big Cookie on at The Octagon Pub & Grill on Saturday, May 1st! I'll be turning this CD over to the Buddy Blues guys to play on www.TexasRadio1.com "Blues" genre.
***Patrick is referring to our OLD Crumbs' web site (cookiecrumbs.tv - no longer online) managed by the label. Hey, we didn't care for it much either. THIS web site you're on right now (WWW.BOBZILLA.TV) is a BRAND NEW creation designed for your drinking & dancing pleasure and is managed entirely by none other than Bassman Bobzilla himself. So, if this one is an "ass whip" you can blame it on him.
**Of course, you can download the new MISSISSIPPI QUEEN CD/EP "GHOST" for FREE right now (just click on the "GET THE CD NOW" tab). Most of the material from the "Heartbreak Hideaway" CD has been digitally re-mastered for quality enhanced audio and re-released as a courtesy to our fans... because we appreciate them.
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One Response to "Me Love Big Cookie"
kerry okie Says:
April 23rd, 2004 at 2:38 pm In addition to being a fine guitarist, Big Cookie is also a hellafine tube amp repairman.
