The Sovines

One of the Midwest’s finest purveyors of diesel-fueled, honky tonk-approved root base rock and roll, the Sovines blend slim but meaty twang-infused rock and roll & roll using the glorious truck-obsessed heritage of country & western icons Red Simpson, Dave Dudley, as well as the king of truckin’ country, Red Sovine, for whom the band was named. Proud sons of Columbus, OH, the Sovines had been formed in past due 1995 by guitarist Matt Benz, a previous Bostonian who’d relocated to Ohio and performed for any spell using the McGuires, and Bob Starker, a singer, guitarist, and sax participant who was delivered in Ohio but got lived and proved helpful in Boston within the 1980s just before coming back real estate. Pooling their distributed passion for Nick Lowe, the Who, and anyone who is able to convincingly play “Six Times on the highway,” Benz and Starker became a member of makes with bassist Ed Mann, whose prior credits included the groupings Ugly Stick as well as the Bush Group All-Stars, as well as the Sovines had been born; Pete British signed to play drums, and in early 1998 the music group released a cassette-only record, Owner Operator, independently Semi-Tone label. Lansing, MI’s Kingpin Information released the band’s second record (and initial CD discharge), Truckers Welcome, afterwards that same season. The music group began touring a number of the finer honky tonks across the Midwest and produced an impression inside the alt-country community after their initial appearance at St. Louis’s annual music celebration, Twangfest. In past due 1999, English still left the music group, yet another previous onetime Bostonian, Gene Brodeur, got over on drums. The music group also began dealing with the Columbus-based indie label Oahu Information and released two even more great albums, 2000’s The Sad Last Times Of… and 2001’s live established Comin’ in Packed!. In 2002, previous Great Plains and something Riot One Ranger member Tag Wyatt became a member of the Sovines, playing keyboards and accordion, and afterwards the same season they released their 5th record, Stupefyin’ Jones.