The Memphis Radio Kings

The Memphis Radio Kings certainly are a trio who formed in Seattle in the later ’90s, comprised of lead vocalist/bassist Charlie Beck, lead guitarist Tim Jones, and drummer Tony Leamer. Similar to early-’80s R.E.M. as well as the Substitutes, the Memphis Radio Kings borrow copiously from indie pop, rootsy rock and roll, blues, gospel, and alt-country. They cleverly mix these sounds jointly into so what can greatest be referred to as bluesy country-pop. In 2001, Memphis Radio Kings released their initial Compact disc, an eight-song self-titled EP. They released No Band within the Content Place, their initial full-length record, in 2002, following a few “guys’ weekends out” in Vancouver, United kingdom Columbia’s Mushroom Studios. The record was made by Colin Nairne and was well-received by the neighborhood media. Songs in the album were performed often on regional radio stations and also received airplay as a long way away as Australia. Memphis Radio Kings possess garnered a faithful following within the Seattle region, in part because of the full routine of live shows. Readers from the Stranger, Seattle’s well-known alternative weekly newspapers, selected Memphis Radio Kings to wait the annual South by Southwest music meeting in a competition sponsored from the paper.