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The Rounders are a Southern rock/roots rock/blues rock band based out of Oklahoma City that formed during the summer of 2000. The original lineup consisted of Brian Whitten (vocals, kazoo), Dave Spindle (guitar), Ryan Taylor(guitar), Adam Enevoldsen (bass), and Stuart Williamson (drums). Their first album, Little Bitty Can of Worms, independently released in 2003, was recorded at Bell Labs Recording Studio in Norman, Oklahoma. The album is an eclectic mix of original jug band music, hokum, alt-country, Chicago style and Mississippi Delta blues. Shortly after the release of Little Bitty Can of Worms, bassist/songwriter Adam Enevoldsen left the band to...

“Where do you go? Waiting around, where do you go from here?” wonders the chorus of “Secret Friend,” the first single from GROUNDERS’ debut self-titled LP. With a dreamy, reverb-drenched intro, the song drifts alongside layers of wobbly arpeggiated synth lines and space-age guitar melodies. It’s the opening track, and it’s also a fitting intro to GROUNDERS. It shimmers and gleams, but there’s a scrappy, stripped-back undertone that chips away at any polish. For every catchy hook and lush arrangement throughout the album there’s a woozy counterpoint that keeps things slightly off-kilter. Where do you go from here? Into the...

ХОУЛИ МОДАЛ РАУНДЕРС (Holy Modal Rounders), американская группа, игравшая в стилях кантри, блюз. Была образована в 1963 в Нью-Йорке. В ее состав входили: Питер Стэмпфел (р. в 1938, Вовотоса, Висконсин) и Стив Вебер (р. в 1942, Филадельфия, Пенсильвания) разделяли любовь к музыке прошлых лет. Этот дуэт выпустил свой первый альбом в 1963. Их второй альбом продолжил тему кантри и блюза 1920—30-х годов. Вновь собравшись в 1967, музыканты объединились с THE MORAY EELS. Этим союзом был выпущен альбом The Moray Eels Eat The Holy Modal Rounders. В конце 60-х годов ими была написана зажигательная If You Wanna Be A Bird, которая...