They count bands like Tito & Tarantula and Willy Deville among their favorites, have absorbed the soundtracks of films like “From Dusk Till Dawn” and “Desperado” and internalized their style, continually making their own thing out of it - the unmistakable sound of the BUCKET BOYS.
Their blend of rock, blues, and country, with elements of surf, roots, Americana, and the occasional spicy pinch of Tex-Mex spice, has been the soundtrack to drives through the desert in a '59 Cadillac convertible for years. With a shotgun in the back seat, a corpse in the trunk, a gnawing thirst in the throat, and the state police on their tail.
The Bucket Boys have been living the dream of endless miles of highway, hundreds of gigs, and tequila-fueled fantasies for twenty years now, as of October. And now their next fantasy is seeing the light of day: "Thoughts On An Electric Chair," the Bucket Boys' ninth CD, will be released on September 18, 2015. The essence of night-long, never-ending studio sessions in their desert room on the outskirts of town, this is a concept album that packs a punch.
The songs reflect the delinquent's thoughts immediately before his execution – like a film, his life flashes before his mind's eye, and each song is an episode from it. The final conclusion is that he wouldn't want to do much differently if given a new chance.
The Bucket Boys' music creates images in the listener's mind; it's "cinema for the ears." It always has been. But perhaps never as hauntingly as now on "Thoughts On An Electric Chair."
01 Thoughts on an electric guitar
02 April, May and June
03 Heart and soul
04 Smiles
05 Black coffin
06 Let's go easy
07 Rosanna
08 Little Willy
09 He is killing me
10 Follow you
11 It feels like
12 Billy the Butcher
13 Too soon
