The 29 Mules are:
CASEY CANNON: Lead Vocals & Guitar
XAVIER GONZALEZ: Lead Guitar & Vocals
DAVE SPANGLER: Harmonica & Spoken Word
DAVID RAVEN: Drums & Vocals
JOHNNY GRIPARIC: Bass
Band Bio
They call it Garage Country - Fusing Southern Rock and Outlaw Country with Psychobilly and Americana Roots. The 29 MULES have a raw, riotous, soul-filled sound that is dynamic and high-energy that gets the crowd on its feet, rushing the stage and packing the floor swinging, jumping & stomping.
Songwriting duo, Casey Cannon & Xavier Gonzalez met in Los Angeles while working at Guitar Center and instantly connected upon discovering they both had roots in Texas and the wilds of the Mojave Desert. They grew up listening to Waylon, Willie and Johnny Cash, and after playing around in the rock and punk scenes, they drifted back to their roots. Seasoned with the enigmatic rhymes and rap inspired styling's of harp player Dave (Hillside) Spangler, the boys cooked up a swampy new sound and the 29 MULES were born kicking & screaming into the L.A. Country scene. With the addition of legendary drummer, David Raven (Keith Richards, Norah Jones, Carlene Carter), and Swedish born, Johnny G (Griparic) (Slash, Carole King), they have broken genre boundaries and have gained a global following. Their new CD "80 Feet Deep" is a worthy, unabashedly ballsy follow-up to heir first CD, "No Rules for Mules," both of which are receiving airplay throughout the US and Europe.
The band has toured with Stoney LaRue, and have shared bills across the West with Robert Earl Keen, Hank Williams III, Bruce Robison, Asleep at the Wheel, Ryan Bingham and Delbert McClinton. They have made a major contribution bringing Country back to the Southern California scene with their popular Wednesday night hootenannies at Ireland's 32 in the San Fernando Valley.
From corporate shows to Texas honky tonks, the MULES always leave the crowd hollerin' for more!
29 MULES spent the last year working diligently on their new CD, "80 Feet Deep," and performing at numerous shows. They are currently busy recording their next CD - "Damn This River" - and touring & rocking the Southwest!
SOUNDTRACK CREDITS: "Wake" - 2009; "Walking Tall" - 2007; "The Clan" - 2005; "Legend of Bloody Jack" - 2005
To contact 29 MULES, you can reach JENEL at:
5906 Beckford Ave., Tarzana, CA 91356
(818) 263-4080
jenels@socal.rr.com or http:/www.myspace.com/Jenelsm
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