Valle De La Muerte

Speedbuggy USA is a road band bent on coalescing American roots rock with the younger generation, a sound derivative of hard times, blue-collar life and endless tours. Without turning their backs on traditional country completely, Speedbuggy USA mingles Buck Owens California twang with some Johnny Cash and the upbeat sound of The Pogues, and more recent The Clash. And with the famous Texas Outlaw honky-tonk movement, they've made it difficult to exclude the parallels evoked when matching newer kinds of Roots-Alt Country and Rockabilly. This album, their seventh, is a special anthology of 10 songs about the Deep South and the Badlands of the West, an eclectic collection of traditional roots instrumentation and stripped-down country-rock with a living room jam session feel. The tracks "Hurricane" and "All Washed Away" are about Hurricane Katrina and were written during the mixing period of this release. Speedbuggy USA are: Timbo (vocals, guitar, mandolin), Greg 'Elroy' McMullen (pedal steel, guitar, vocals), Brady Sloan (bass, vocals), Patrick Muzingo (drums, percussion, vocals).