$7 (with first drink on the house)
Bow Thayer has been singing and writing songs for as long as he can
remember. Making music is who he is. He has lived up to his “reputation
as a sublimely gifted artist” by pursuing a creative vision that seeks
to lead Americana music into the future. Finally gaining national
recognition, American Songwriter Magazine says this “onetime Levon Helm
compatriot is the best artist to come from New England in recent years.”
Bow made a name for himself in Boston with 7 League Boots, a
rock/reggae band that shared the stage with the likes of Fugazi, The
Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Pearl Jam. Fifteen years ago he made a
life-altering decision to leave the city for the Green Mountains of
Vermont. It was there that he explored the Delta blues playing slide
guitar for the original Elbow and began a relationship with the
banjo—both in the bluegrass group, The Benders, and on his own—that
continues to this day.
His current group, Bow Thayer &
Perfect Trainwreck, released their third record “Eden”, that was
co-produced with three time Grammy-winning engineer Justin Guip, to
critical acclaim on March 5, 2013. Comprised of a failed painter, some
lousy carpenters, and a piano tuner, these artists cultivate progressive
yet soulful mountain music for the general public’s consumption with an
electric banjo, various other string instruments, used parts found in
drums, and a keen eye for the human condition.
Bow aims to
forge new sonic frontiers and Perfect Trainwreck (which one writer
suggests “will become Vermont’s third nationally acclaimed rock band”)
carries that vision to far off destinations. Having played with such
music luminaries as Levon Helm, John Hiatt, Booker T, and Ringo Starr,
the band has seen its fair share of travel across these United States of
America and the World at large and plan to do more while supporting
their records of facts, analogies and metaphors.
They have been
known to throw one hell of a party, too. Maybe you have heard of Tweed
River Music Festival? Bow and his band of brothers devote their lives to
spreading music wherever they go and hope you have the chance to catch
an earful