blackland river devils
it seems darrin kobetich is in a new band every week:
Born of THE ELECTRIC MOUNTAIN ROTTEN APPLE GANG, in December 2007, this is the Dallas/Fort Worth based off-shoot of the band. Adam Kobetich, the core member, banjo picker/vocals/creative force behind the GANG has been residing in Austin, TX for the past year, and is building a chapter of the band, there. So, there are select gigs when the entire GANG plays together, wherever it may be. That said, the D/FW members decided to chose a name for themselves recently, to avoid confusion while performing under the name THE ROTTEN APPLES without certain members being present. That name, BLACKLAND RIVER DEVILS is the result of what happens when members Mark Deffebach and Darrin Kobetich waged an email war - of course with participation and insight from members Erich Schriefer and Bond... Andrew Bond. Erich suggested localizing the name. Mark suggested something to the tune of Blackland Praire. Darrin stomped and jumped up and down, exclaiming that he wanted a name with devils in it. So, they decided on BLACKLAND RIVER DEVILS. Andrew said that was kick-ass . . . also adding that he was easy. The name Blackland refers to the prairie land in Texas, that stretches south from just below the Red River, to the San Antonio area, known as the "Blackland Prairie". The Trinity River flows through Dallas and Fort Worth and Darrin thinks it should be named "Blackland River", because it sounds cooler. In keeping with the tradition of folklore and songs about murder woven through turn-of-the-century mountain music, "devils" was added.
darrin also forwarded an interesting reminiscence of john fahey.
Born of THE ELECTRIC MOUNTAIN ROTTEN APPLE GANG, in December 2007, this is the Dallas/Fort Worth based off-shoot of the band. Adam Kobetich, the core member, banjo picker/vocals/creative force behind the GANG has been residing in Austin, TX for the past year, and is building a chapter of the band, there. So, there are select gigs when the entire GANG plays together, wherever it may be. That said, the D/FW members decided to chose a name for themselves recently, to avoid confusion while performing under the name THE ROTTEN APPLES without certain members being present. That name, BLACKLAND RIVER DEVILS is the result of what happens when members Mark Deffebach and Darrin Kobetich waged an email war - of course with participation and insight from members Erich Schriefer and Bond... Andrew Bond. Erich suggested localizing the name. Mark suggested something to the tune of Blackland Praire. Darrin stomped and jumped up and down, exclaiming that he wanted a name with devils in it. So, they decided on BLACKLAND RIVER DEVILS. Andrew said that was kick-ass . . . also adding that he was easy. The name Blackland refers to the prairie land in Texas, that stretches south from just below the Red River, to the San Antonio area, known as the "Blackland Prairie". The Trinity River flows through Dallas and Fort Worth and Darrin thinks it should be named "Blackland River", because it sounds cooler. In keeping with the tradition of folklore and songs about murder woven through turn-of-the-century mountain music, "devils" was added.
darrin also forwarded an interesting reminiscence of john fahey.
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