What People are Saying About CottonMouth
The first Cottonmouth song I ever heard was South Gastonia Blues ……
No, not the version from Rusty Monte Carlo but one from a homemade 4-song EP whose [graphics actually came from a typewriter]. I can still remember the 4 songs:
South Gastonia Blues [original]
Whiskey Rock-And-Roller [Skynyrd]
Roadhouse Blues [Doors] And
A Country Boy Can Survive [Hank Jr.]
I can take or leave Lynyrd Skynyrd, although they had some pretty good tunes, but comparisons of Cottonmouth to them are unavoidable. THEIR version of Whiskey Rock-A-Roller is as good or better than Ronnie Van Zandt’s … there, I said it and’ll stick by it. As a College Radio programming/music director I delighted in the fact that our competition reportedly snubbed callers requesting them [well they DO play an awful lot of bluegrass] and we’d always gladly spin ANY Cottonmouth tune on a moments notice proud that a listener shared our appreciation of the heart and soul that pours out of their music. I’ve bugged CottonMouth for years to get a website. It gets embarrassing to have to tell folks who call the radio show that you really don’t know –how- they can get their CD’s. I’ve actually sent out one, at my own expense, to a girl from upstate New York and had just been driving by on Interstate 85 long enough to catch a Cottonmouth song on 91.7fm.
What better story can I tell about this phenomenal band? They’re still writing it. Cliff Anderson
91.7fm WSGE
www.WSGE.org
CottonMouth is a great band. They’re a very hard working bunch of guys with a lot of style and a good grip on what they do. They know what they want and how to make it happen. On top of that, they’re easy to work with and a lot of fun to be around.
Chris Garges
Recording engineer
www.chrisgarges.com
Cottonmouth draws heavily from the music that has influenced the members; Skynyrd, Hank, Jr., Bad Company. It is down and dirty stuff and it fills the dance floor. It is actually more a kind of "folk" music in that the "folk” probably find a lot more meaning and feeling in a good take on "Give Me Two Steps"; or a song like "Redneck", than they would with what is commonly thought of as folk now. Rock and roll will never die as long as bands like Cottonmouth are playing.
David Childers
www.davidchilders.com
