A Boston-based rock band with a roots flavor that hints at their Texas heritage, Cassavettes usually draw comparisons to Neil Young and Ryan Adams for its ability to switch from distorted, guitar-driven rock to clean, harmony-laden folk-rock.
Since three...
A Boston-based rock band with a roots flavor that hints at their Texas heritage, Cassavettes usually draw comparisons to Neil Young and Ryan Adams for its ability to switch from distorted, guitar-driven rock to clean, harmony-laden folk-rock.
Since three Texan friends reunited north of the Mason-Dixon line in 2005, and added a local Bostonian, Cassavettes (pronounced kass-uh-vets) has turned more than a few heads, locally and beyond — scooping up “Best Local Band” in the 2006 Boston Phoenix reader’s poll, nabbing a 2006 Boston Music Award nod for “Outstanding Americana Act,” and making a splash at South By Southwest 2007 and 2008 in Austin, Texas, the Midpoint Music Festival 2007 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Dewey Beach Americana Festival 2007 and Dewey Beach Popfest 2008 in Dewey Beach, Delaware. They have toured extensively from the northeast to Nashville and back to their native Texas.
They have also shared the stage with the diverse likes of:
- The Allman Brothers Band
- Bob Weir & Ratdog (ex-Grateful Dead)
- Kings of Leon
- Dr. Dog
- Superdrag
- Drag the River
- Earlimart (Elliot Smith/Grandaddy)
- Illinois
- Hymns (toured with Beck, The Lemonheads, and Ben Kweller)
- David Dondero (named one of top 10 living songwriters by NPR; Bright Eyes collaborator).
Crossbreeding a deep love of The Band, Neil Young, and The Beatles with contemporary favorites like Old 97s, Superdrag, The Jayhawks, The Lemonheads, and Ryan Adams, the band mixes the sound into a blend of rock, folk, country, and a bit of jazz.
While they’ve drawn comparisons to everyone from The Byrds to Tom Petty to Young himself, the Weekly Dig called Cassavettes’ music difficult to “pin down” — and that’s exactly how the band likes it. Using an eclectic range of instruments and sounds, the band blurs genres musically, while keeping the storytelling element prominent in folk and country lyrics. The Boston Globe said this gives Cassavettes “charm to spare.”
Among Cassavettes’ recent accomplishments:
- Selected to participate in South By Southwest (SXSW 2007, 2008), Midpoint Music Festival 2007 in Cincinnati, Dewey Beach Americana Fest 2007 and Pop Fest 2008 in Dewey Beach, Dela., San Antonio Indie Fest 2007, NEMO 2006, WBCN’s Rock N Roll Rumble 2007, and other festivals
- Boston Globe CD PICK OF THE WEEK, December 2-9, 2006, for “It’s Gonna Change”
- Voted BEST LOCAL BAND by Boston Phoenix readers in the 2006 Best of Boston Poll
- BOSTON MUSIC AWARDS “Outstanding Americana Act Of The Year” 2006 nominee
- 2007 WBZ-TV A-LIST AWARDS nominee for BEST ALBUM, “It’s Gonna Change”
- Headlined Boston’s biggest rooms including The Paradise Rock Club and The Middle East Downstairs
- Finalist in OriginalSessions/Rolling Rock National Band Search, spring 2007
- The song “On Our Own” charted in Neil Young’s top 30 “Songs of the Times” list
CONTACT:
Creamer Management, creamermgt@aol.com
Cassavettes, cassavettesband@hotmail.com
