12/19/2014
When The Chieftains moseys up to the mic, Heads will bob and hips will sway, beer bottles are raised, and unintelligible hollers battle with the sound of the band. This is rock n' roll. But The Chieftains music isn't entirely wild rock n' roll abandon, A lot of their songs are about girls and getting drunk. Some would argue, is about late nights and excess, The Chieftains follow that line a step further, writing about the day after –– that mix of late morning loneliness and primal satisfaction that calls for a cup of coffee to ease the shakes, retracing the steps in your head, the ones that you took the night before, that ultimately brought you here. The Chieftains music is attractive because it's familiar; like an old, patchwork quilt. A feedback drenched solo and a solid soulful rhythm with a straight ahead beat. This is music for and from a generation that came of age with worn out, hand me downs and blue collar hard working men
The band possesses a sound that resides mostly in that margin of subdued, intimate rock n'roll –– those quieter moments when the listener is invited into the chambers of the song writer's heart, into the rooms usually reserved for fear, burden, and love. But somewhere in between a slow strummed guitar and a long sustaining power chord tearing through a warm well used beat down tub amp. Songs of southern emotion, drunken ramblings and long nights outside the local home town bar
