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Band
Biography:
"If Woody Guthrie
was Irish, and grew up listening to accoustic Led
Zepplin and Beck Odale, and vulcan mind-melded with
Doc Watson while listening to the Beatles on his
walkman..."
...you would get Wildwood - a popular, high
energy band that plays soulful bluegrass, old-timey
music and originals. The music is highly danceable
and features piercing two and three part harmonies.
Their music has a dark edge that cannot be found in
any of the modern feel good "Newgrass" groups.
There is a power and dark cynicism present in the
music that is more reminiscent of blues or perhaps
even underground rock. In less than two years, they
have built a surprising following at home in
Fayetteville Arkansas as well as neighboring Kansas
City, Springfield, Fort Smith, Tahlequah, Hot
Springs and Little Rock. They have toured
successfully in Colorado, Texas, New Mexico,
Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Montanna, and
Idaho.
On October 8, 2003, they appeared on Public Radio
Internarional's "Whad'Ya Know" with Michael
Feldman. over 1.5 million people were listening
world-wide. They have been featured prominently in
all of the local print media, featured on the cover
on three occasions, and have garnered the following
honors:2004 OMA Album of the Year, 2004 NAMA
Band of the Year, 2004 OMA Accoustic Band
of the Year, 2004 NAMA Best Accoustic/folk
Band, 2003 NAMA Best New Band, 2003 NAMA
Best Americana/Folk Band, and were
finallists for 2002 OMA Best New Band, 2003
NAMA Band of the Year, and 2004 NAMA
Album of the year. Their music has been
featured on four compilation disks, an Arkansas
kayaking DVD, several independant films, and the
latest instalment of the popular Sims video game
series, "Sim Space Station."
Wildwood's first CD release party sold out two
consecutive shows at Chester's, a major downtown
Fayetteville venue. Four hundred and fifty plus
attended and over 150 CDs were sold in the first
week. Their second CD release was also a two show
affair, with over five hundred people in
attendence, and one hundred CDs sold the first
night.
Guitarist Jason Payton, hailing from rural Indiana,
plays a syncopated backbeat rhythm that makes
people itch to dance. His solo style is also
unconventional and all heads are turned when he
picks one out. His rhythms are a big part of the
boy's original sound. On stage he plays guitar,
upright bass, and harmonica.
Bassist Robin Rues is a long-time devotee of
bluegrass. His Texas band ìLoose
Gravelî played in the Denton area through the
early nineties. His bass style is straightforward
and powerful. His goal is to get people on their
feet with the thunderous thud of his Emminence
upright bass. On stage he plays Upright bass,
guitar, and octive mandolin.
Bayard Blain is an award-winning flat picker that
joined the boys recently and has infused the group
with energy and a new level of technical precision.
He is a traditionalist by nature but is not afraid
to experiment with new sounds and styles. On stage
he plays guitar, mandolin, and octive mandolin.
Bayard is also an expert luthier and has built many
fine instruments, including the octive mandolin he
plays with the band.
All three are veteran singers and songwriters, and
when their voices and talents converge on stage,
something unique is created.
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Wildwood's
Past Performances:
Wildwood
has shared the bill with...
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- 479-521-5379 * robin@wildwoodband.com *
www.wildwoodband.com
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- Band
Roster:
- Manager/Booking:
Kimberly Rues
- Guitar: Jason Payton,
Upright Bass: Robin Rues, Mandolin: Bayard
Blain
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- Band
Description:
- Rockin' Roots and Old
Timey music. Award winning original songs. High
energy dance tunes and soulful ballads.
Multi-part
- harmonies and complex
arrangements. Elements of rock, hip-hop, pop,
blues and Celtic music. Highly danceable -
youthful, fresh and edgy.
- Awards
Garnered:
- Winner: NAMA 2004 "Band
of the Year" and "Best Americana/Folk"
- Winner: NAMA 2003 "Best
New Band" and "Best Americana/Folk
Band"
- Winner: OMA 2003 "Folk
Band of the Year," "Song of the Year," and
"Album of the Year"
- (NAMA: Northwest
Arkansas Music Awards - OMA: Ozark Music
Awards)
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- Active Major
Markets:
- Kansas City, MO -
Springfield, MO - Joplin, MO - Fayetteville, AR
- Little Rock, AR
- Eureka Springs, AR - Hot
Springs, AR - Ft. Smith, AR - Rogers, AR -
Talequah, OK
- Two Colorado tours; two
Texas tours; Idaho, Montanna, Illinois,
Indianna, and Tennesee tours.
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- Main-stage Festival
Appearances:
- Togetherfest, Winfest,
The Great Unknown, Eureka Springs Bluegrass
Festival,
- NWA International
Festival, Ponca Elk Fest, Erbie Fest, Ozark
Roots Festival, Spring Fest,
- Fat Tire Festival,
Eureka Springs Folk Fest.
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- Radio and TV
Appearances:
- Public Radio, Michael
Feldman's "Whad'Ya Know" 11/8/03
- KUAF Fayetteville, AR
(NPR affiliate) "Ozarks at Large"
- CAT Television,
Fayetteville, AR, "Muddy Travels" and "2003
Telethon"
- KXUA Fayetteville, AR,
"Local Show" - KERM Springdale, AR "Musical
Memories"
- KHEN Salida, CO, "Local
Music Show" - KKFI Kansas City, MO "Underground
Music"
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