The Black Lillies

A nation act that fuses basic sounds with modern energy and attitude, the Dark Lillies were formed in Knoxville, Tennessee in ’09 2009 by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Cruz Contreras, a former person in Robinella & the CC Stringband. Becoming a member of Contreras in the lineup had been guitarist and pedal metal participant Tom Pryor (previously from the Everybodyfields), drummer and percussionist Jamie Make (also from the Everybodyfields), bassist Robert Richards, and vocalist Trisha Gene Brady. The music group, featuring a new mixture of bluegrass, jazz, rock and roll, nation, and blues, with only a contact of string music group Appalachia, began documenting a debut recording task in Contreras’ house studio room (which doubled as his living space) soon after he parted methods with Robinella, with help from Leah Gardner on support vocals, Billy Contreras on fiddle, and Taylor Coker on bass. The producing recording, Whiskey Angel, was individually released from the music group in the springtime of 2009 and quickly garnered positive crucial interest, regular play on American channels, and a administration and booking offer. The Dark Lillies started touring continuously in support, and made an appearance at main music celebrations, including Bonnaroo and Pickathon. This year 2010, the Dark Lillies announced these were at work on the second album, to become financed through a crowd-sourcing marketing campaign; the response from followers was positive, and 100 Kilometers of Wreckage premiered in the planting season of 2011, once more to enthusiastic evaluations and good product sales. The Dark Lillies’ third recording, Runaway Freeway Blues, released in March 2013, was another crucial and commercial achievement; shortly after it had been released, it had been announced that drummer Jamie Make was departing the group, and Bowman Townsend, who was simply touring using the group while Make dealt with family members issues, was their fresh full-time drummer. After a lot even more touring and enthusiastic press, Cruz Contreras was composing materials for the band’s 4th record in early 2015 when he got the news headlines that longtime collaborators Tom Pryor and Robert Richards acquired decided to keep the music group. When the group rolled in to the studio to begin with recording, the Dark Lillies brought along visitor music artists Matt Smith on pedal metal electric guitar, Daniel Donato on six-string electric guitar, and Costs Reynolds (of Music group of Horses) on bass. The record, Hard to Make sure you, premiered in Oct 2015, so when the Dark Lillies came back to the street in support, Contreras, Brady, and Townsend had been joined up with by three brand-new recruits — guitarist Mike Seal, pedal metal guy Jonathan Keeney, and bassist Sam Quinn.