Voices In My Head (Genre Whiplash)

Recently-formed west coast roots rock outfit with rich acoustic tones, utilizing some stellar but lately idle players. This group may well have not ever come together were it not for the pandemic. Back pOrchEstra is a Shelter-in-Place-inspired musical outfit ...a small Singer-Songwriter combo befitting the newfound minimalism of the times... going back to the basics... dishing out new original material and yet also some historic American Roots heirloom selections. Formed for the first time in the locked-down summer of 2020, it started out as a back porch thing, just guitar & drums..since it was too hard to assemble bands at the time.. and when the 3rd person, a violinist, was added, it was jokingly called a back porch orchestra...then it kept growing as the pandemic allowed...to the point where the name actually became appropriate. They have since conducted many live shows and live streaming episodes as well as a recent foray into the Big-Pink-style living room recording facilities of Globe Records (as featured in the recent New Copasetics release) Back pOrchEstra is Tim Eschliman (Etta James, Commander Cody, New Copasetics), Bowen Brown (John Lee Hooker, Tommy Castro, Rhythmtown-Jive), Candy Girard (Tanya Tucker, Clint Black and Jerry Garcia), Beau Beaullieu (California Honeydrops) and Jackson Allen (Narada). The album, "Voices in my Head," has songs from all over the map... originals with 60s, 80s and 1920s roots, plus Roots Rock, Americana, country blues, Western Swing, Cajun, and New Orleans music... reworked classics by Hank Williams, Dan Hicks, Big Bill Broonzy, Bob Wills, Bobby Charles and Taj Mahal. Also appearing are Austin deLone (piano, Eggs Over Easy, Fab Thunderbirds), Jack Ohara (backing vocals, Eggs Over Easy), Vicki Randle (percussion, Dr. John, Mavis Staples, the Tonight Show Band) and Kathy Kennedy (backing vocals, Big Bang Beat).