soledad brothers
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photo: courtesy estrus
records
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formed
Toledo: 1998
members
Benjamin Swank
(drums),
Johnny Walker (guitar, vocals), featuring: Oliver Henry (electric
piano, sax, etc)
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mcr profile
Benjamin Swank (Ben Smith) and Johnny Walker (Johnny Wirick) first
teamed up in the mid- 1990's in their hometown of Maumee, Ohio (near
Toledo), where they had been playing with a couple of blues bands.
After coming north to Detroit for a couple gigs, the duo was
approached by Italy Records owner Dave
Buick. They released a couple of singles on Italy - the second
one produced by Jack White. The
Brothers
forged a relationship with White and he
also engineered their full-length debut on Estrus
in 2000 (Meg's on percussion on this
one). One of the most recognizable features of the album is Johhny's
characterization of a southern preacher spreading the good Word.
They followed up
with a second release on Estrus in 2002.
The
blues influence is still very prevalent, but this album has a much
heavier
60's and 70's Brit-rock influence. In 2003, the Soledad Brothers
released their third studio album, Voice
of Treason, on the European Loog Records. --Ryan
Sult
visit the soledad brothers official site
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discography
 2003 - Voice of
Treason (Loog) 
UK CUSTOMERS
 2003 - Live (Dim Mak)
UK CUSTOMERS
 2002 - Steal Your
Soul and Dare Your Spirit to Move (Estrus)
UK
 2000 - Soledad
Brothers (Estrus)
UK CUSTOMERS
1999 - The Gospel According to John (Estrus)
1998 - Sugar and
Spice (Italy)
see also
the white
stripes
jack's been known to lend his
production talents & meg plays drums on the 2000 release
the
dirtbombs
dirtbombs drummer patrick pantano contritbutes
percussion on the
2002 release
john sinclair
The trio developed a relationship with Sinclair
after opening for him at a show
in Cleveland
appear on
 2001 -
Sympathetic
Sounds of Detroit (Sympathy)
UK CUSTOMERS
???? - Suprise
Package - Volume 3 (Flying
Bomb)
???? -
Estrus Double Dynamite Sampler - Volume 3 (Estrus)
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