Tag Archives: 2014 in Dallas

Tempo guitarist Mabon “Teenie” Hodges was an essential ingredient from the Memphis Spirit sound from the 1970s. Together with his brothers, Leroy (bass) and Charles (body organ), he generated the chugging, bluesy grooves and even rhythms that, especially with vocalist Al Green, became a prominent section of American music background. …

Hip-hop-influenced metallic quintet BackWordz inject their politicized messages through music influenced as very much by Nas and Lauryn Hill as Korn and Pantera. Fronted by frontman Eric Dewayne July, the Dallas, Texas-based music group is curved out by bassist/vocalist Alex Adam, drummer Robbie Rosales, and guitarists Kevin Kerestes and Marcello …