"Roots in the Shadows of San Antonio" is a FREE music compilation that features ORIGINAL San Antonio music from artists that have been rocking the stages of Central Texas for decades. These bands are the "Roots" of the current San Antonio underground music scene. All these artists are still actively writing, recording and performing in San Antonio. Please download the music here then follow the links to learn more about these bands and their rich musical history.
THE BANDS
San Antonio bands that have been rocking the stages of Central Texas for over twenty five years. These bands are the "Roots" of the current San Antonio underground music scene. All these bands are still actively writing, recording and performing in San Antonio.
VOLUME I
Puppy Jet
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Puppy-Jet/115800128440072
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Rudy Abad - Drum/Vocals
Chris Lange - Guitar/Vocals
Shawn Leasure - Bass/Vocals
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For fans of Chuck Berry, The Stooges, MC5, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, The Lyres
Whiskey Ships
https://www.facebook.com/WhiskeyshipsTX​
Whiskey Ships recorded and released 'Love Aqueduct' in the summer of 2010. We played six shows in 2010, and plan to record another album in the summer of 2011. Go to our Reverbnation page for a free download of 7 songs from the album.
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For fans of Guided by Voices, The Clean, The Kinks, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Beach Boys, Cotton Mather
The Please Help
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For the past couple decades, Phil Luna’s sandpaper voice and salt-and-pepper ‘do has been a staple of SA music, tearing up dives and music halls with various cuts of rowdy rock ‘n’ roll. With his new project, The Please Help, Luna looks to change that rude attitude, opting for an image of positivity.
Apache '65
https://www.facebook.com/Apache65
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Ispaghetti-western instro, surf, soul and garage rock.
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For fans of Link Wray, The Hares, Ennio Morricone, The Sadies, The Saturday Night Satellies, Mosquitohead, Dick Dale, The Phantomatics, X, Bruce Springsteen
I Ching Gatos
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Avant-garde songs for kitchen dancing.
Joe Sanchez - guitars, vocals
Joe Belk - drums, background vocals
Robar Adams r - bass, background vocals, overall sound
King Pelican
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King Pelican is an instrumental rock and roll band from San Antonio,Texas, who dig the surf and garage sounds of the early 60s.
The band is Ernest Hernandez III (guitar), Darren Kuper (drums), Lloyd Walsh (bass) and Dennis Fallon (guitar) all established veterans of the So.TX. music scene.
Man Eaters of Tsavo
www.facebook.com/pages/ManEaters-of-Tsavo/203396001582
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A WALL OF SOUND REMINISCENT OF THE SABBATH SLUDGE, THE PSYCHEDELIC SPACE TRIP BLUES OF HENDRIX & TROWER, AND THE FEROCITY OFMAIDEN-ESQUE/BURTON-ERA METALLICA. WARRIOR ROCK AT IT'S FINEST!
Douglas Miles Clarke
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I’m new to making albums but I always played guitar. I wanted to make music but one just didn’t, at least not that I heard at home. You went to school, got a job and did your best. I did those things but also wanted to make music. And now I do.
Nat'l Parks
www.facebook.com/TheNationalParks
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Classical, Jazz, Folk, Rock and Electronica into highly intoxicating, toe-tapping, hand-clapping, ass slapping aural cocktail.
Snowbyrd
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San Antonio's alternatpsychedlicountry rock-n-rollers' third album, the first on their own label and recorded at the famed River Road Studios, give you songs of love, life, longing,, and after-partying.
Rosedale Highs
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For the past couple decades, Phil Luna’s sandpaper voice and salt-and-pepper ‘do has been a staple of SA music, tearing up dives and music halls with various cuts of rowdy rock ‘n’ roll. With his new project, The Please Help, Luna looks to change that rude attitude, opting for an image of positivity.
Fear Snakeface
www.facebook.com/fearsnakeface
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sid tiled phillip's kitchen & bathroom. the rest is history.
Garrett T. Capps
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Spawning from the stucco haven of suburban San Antonio, Garrett T. Capps plays riffs and other stuff.
VOLUME II
Los #3 Dinners
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Los-3-Dinners/127104693973623
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-Beatles,Stones (no surprise),Bob Marley, Velvet Undergound, Willie Dixon...the list is too long.
-Rock, Blues,Soul, Reagge, all kinds of music. Grew up with the sixties, what would you expect.
-Girls, Cars, Drinking, Good Food, Hangin' Out, Any Reason For Having A Good Time...
Dark Planes
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Los-3-Dinners/127104693973623
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experiment on distortion-drenched songs bubbling with a heated desire to keep it raw and stripped. Hard, nervous chord walls smash into a soul dance beat screaming with L.A. sleaze, N.Y. punk, modern Delta blues and Lone Star-style pub rock. Bouts of improvised electronic noise intersect lanes of lust-filled tunes drawing from a post-punk era both new and used.
Hickoids
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More than two decades after shattering and then returning to active duty nearly 15 years later, The Hickoids are now an institution, cult legends in fact: Cheeky Dadaist punk-country pioneers who command respect for not just what they forged in the past but even being alive now and able to make music at all, much less now their best work yet.
Mike Ryan Coyotes
http://www.mikeryancoyotes.com/
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Mike grew up in a musical household; his mother played piano and his older brother had a vast record collection. He listened to blues, rock, jazz, classical music, gospel, country, Irish ballads—any and every kind of music he could lay hands on.
Wolverton
http://www.wolvertonmusic.com/
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Seeds planted long ago, but a new wheel seems to be turning. You can almost say the band was an accident and for that reason was the only thing that could have happened, though in many ways Wolverton was already forming via friendships by the time of their first gig in an over-sized bathroom on the top floor of a hotel in downtown San Antonio, March 2011.
Miss Nessie & The Tin Can Trio
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Miss-Neesie-the-Ear-Food-Orchestra/216073548395
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"If that's a bass guitar, I've never seen one like it? It's shaped like an acoustic and it's definately a box-type guitar. If that's not Charlie, then he has a twin. Same cap, same glasses and same beard." -Austin Glen
West Kings Highway
www.facebook.com/WestKingsHighway
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West Kings Highway crafts original songs that blend alternative, folk-rock, Americana, blues, and even jazz into a delicious South Texas stew.
Julie Good and a Dog Named Mike
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Her works sometimes radiate a cold and latent violence. At times, disconcerting beauty emerges. The inherent visual seductiveness, along with the conciseness of the exhibitions, further complicates the reception of their manifold layers of meaning.
La Chichada
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Born out of the punk scene of San Antonio, Anthony Garcia has reemerged from his musical hiatus to lead La Chichada into the limelight. Dark, dramatic themes with heavy lyrics, electrified saxophone are served up with charismatic performances and well crafted songs.
The Dead Barons
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Dead-Barons/125846274257677
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The Dead Barons are a rock and roll band from San Antonio, Texas.
Mitch Webb & The Swindles
mitchwebbandtheswindles.com
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Mitch Webb’s songwriting style comes straight from the roots music melting pot of San Antonio. His band is continually compared to Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet, and rightfully so–Webb is from the same hometown and plays a special blend of country, rock-n-roll, and Conjunto found only in their region.
Royal Punisher
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Royal Punisher is an original, highly improvisational, experimental, hard-driving jazz-rock-fusion quartet from San Antonio, TX.on.
The Saarinenes
https://thesaarinens.bandcamp.com
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The Saarinens are a four piece indie rock band from San Antonio, TX. Our influences on this project include The Velvet Underground, Wilco, and Guided By Voices.
Ken Little & Rodeo Ho Ho
http://kenlittle.com/hometwn-artists-rodeo/
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The Rodeo was/is sort of artist’s cabaret where people sing, recite, and perform with sometimes very elaborate, sometimes quite strange, but always entertaining material.
Jason Trevino
https://jasontrevino.bandcamp.com
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Guitar/Vocals/Songwriter at The Rosedale Highs, science teacher at Neisd and Vocals & Guitar at Jason Trevino