Lone Star Underground, Swampadelic
Gus Samuelson
Swampadelic by any other name could be Swamp-a-Honky-Tonk, and there could be a few more, judging from the versatility of their new music. The band played Thursday night (Jan. 12) in the second Lone Star Underground Series at Love & War in Texas (Plano) since the series moved to Thursday nights. Just a note: This next Thursday will be a skip for the popular series which features, as Big Gus calls it, another side of Texas music!
Big Gus Samuelson, who leads the group with his original songs, vocals, and lead guitar, and fiddler/back-up vocalist Ric Denker have been together in a previous incarnation called “Shootin’ Doubles,” then moved more into the blues side of music, that being Gus’ first love. The evolvement continued over time until it has reached the current five-piece group known as Swampadelic.This, in addition to Gus and Ric, includes Chad Allen Ford on drums, Greg Waits on trombone, and Bill Sallee on double bass, which he said goes by many other names, such as doghouse, stand-up, and such — in other words, acoustic.
Big band sounds, Louisiana/old school mix of blues, zydeco, jazz, boot-scootin’ dance hall licks — it all parades from one song to the next, and the result is a toe-tappping, happy, goose-bump inducing night of music.
When Swampadelic shares the Feb. 10 Loose Wheels (Denison) stage with Marcia Ball and her Louisiana blues sounding band, Gus said they will be including their sixth musician, who will bring another horn to the group, giving it even more dimension and fullness.
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