THE STONE RIVER BOYS-"Lover's Prison" at Mojo's Mayhem 3/21/09

DaveTV (www.davetv.org) brings you THE STONE RIVER BOYS (www.myspace.com/stoneriverboys) taped live at Mojo's Mayhem 3/21/09

Last summer, out of the ashes of the Hacienda Brothers, sprung the Stone River Boys featuring Dave Gonzalez and Mike Barfield. When the Hacienda Brothers released their third and final studio album titled Arizona Motel in June, guitarist Dave Gonzalez was left with the unfortunate task of promoting the new release without his partner Chris Gaffney. Gaffney, a founding member who was also the bands lead vocalist and accordion player, died unexpectedly from liver cancer in April. So Gonzalez put together an Austin all-star band last summer to hit some of The Bros. favorite venues. Joining him was vocalist Mike Barfield, virtuoso Dave Biller on pedal steel, bassist Kevin Smith and veteran Tom Lewis on Drums. It was Gonzalez himself who took over the onstage vocal duties for all of Gaffneys songs, nailing them with emotion and finesse night after night. Gonzalezs outstanding performances are no surprise to those who followed The Paladins, where Gonzalez did the bulk of the singing for over 20 years.

The wild card in the summer band was Austins Mike Barfield. While some people might have mistakenly looked at Barfield as an attempt to replace Gaffney, the fact and the results couldnt be further from that: Barfield proved to be just the breath of fresh air the shows needed to keep them fun-loving and spontaneous. Barfield is a singer that Gaffney respected and enjoyed. Barfield has fronted his own band, The Hollisters, and spent the last few years creating his own brand of country-soul, recently releasing two CDs of largely original material. The most recent, The Tyrant (Tater Tot Recordings) takes its name from Barfields nickname as The Tyrant of Texas Funk. The CD features a slew of fun, soulful, funky and sometimes irreverent songs like Funky Cupcake and The Struggle. When Barfield breaks into his screaming whoops and animated country-soul dance youll want to join the infectious good time. Gaffney would have loved this pairing.

2009 looks to be the break out year for The Stone River Boys. The group has already recorded five new songs and plans are in the works for having a new release out by later this year. Tour dates are coming in and they are looking forward to SXSW as a way to showcase their new sound. For every end there is a new beginning and in this case for Dave Gonzalez, its The Stone River Boys.

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[Anonandon]

there's a fine version on mike barfield's "living stereo" album - but i'm loving this new version (here and on the stone river boys' myspace page) more - great arrangement! thanks for posting this