SUGAR BAYOU

 

 

 

 

Twenty-one dog years ago (unless you count Junior High Choir), Bob Oldreive & April Rapier started playing music together. Bob has a musical pedigree the size of the Big Bend (remember Dogtooth Violet?), and has a new songwriting award to add to his resume: American Songwriter Contest, 2nd place for "Someone Else's Dream". April sang demos coast to coast, playing in various bands during her years in Europe, Colorado & Hawaii. They formed a band called Sugar Bayou with Joe Lindley, bassist Andy Moritz, drummer/producer Robbie Parrish, Adam Cutts & Shannon Cutts. Today, Sugar Bayou's lineup is: Bob (guitar & vocals), April (vocals, mandolin, guitar, banjo & piano), Robert Knetsch-our newest member-renown, rock-solid, versatile bassist & fiddler wizard Paul Kiteck are at the core, with Robbie joining as often as other commitments allow. "Dance Hall Incident", their second CD of original songs, was released in August 2007 and debuted at McGonigel's Mucky Duck in Houston in October, following the success of their first CD, "Nowhere But Gone." "Dance Hall Incident" features a wish-list come-true lineup, including Lloyd Maines, Michael Ramos, Floyd Domino, Paul English, Eddie Cantu, Kerry Jones, Mike Rieman, Kevin Hall and John Mills. Produced by April Rapier, Bob Oldreive, Bill Browder & Mike Thompson/Ivory Tower Realizations, engineered by Layton DePenning/Elmo's Lab and mastered by Jerry Tubb/Terra Nova Digital, "Dance Hall Incident" has been hailed as masterful, eclectic, pure joy, with powerful writing and brilliant musicianship at its foundation.