Violet Vicious and The Vagabonds play original music with a choice cover or so thrown in the mix!
Violet Vicious and The Vagabonds began as a "basement band" in July, 2007.
Carly's( aka Violet Vicious) songwriting is drawn from her unique view of personal experiences; her struggles, relationships, political views, and her passions. Add Leo's arrangements and smokin' guitar, and cook in Beeg Mo's bad bass bottom, Brian Grady's Drums and Pecussion, Brian Butkiewicz at Keyboards and voila; you have VVV's own unique sound!
We play original music drawn from life's experiences with a choice cover or two thrown in. Our sound is distinct and we will continue to grow and develop it so that you-our awesome fans- can relax, have some fun, & groove to great tunes!
Keep checking back with us as we have new songs in the cooker, new dates coming up soon, a VVV fan mailing list, and just lots of great stuff coming your way!
Peace and Love VVV
For booking or info e-mail: vvvagabonds @aol.com or call (773) 339-5535
You can also contact us through our MySpace page at: www.myspace.com/violetviciousandthevagabonds
Get in touch, say Hi, request or add us to your MySpace page- we would love to hear from you!
We have played venues around Chicago in our former incarnation (Elbo Room, Silvie's, J.D. Muggs, Underground Lounge, Deja Vu & played the Chicago Peace Fest last summer. We get absolutely stoked on performing live cuz it allows us to feed off the audience!
Carly loves Lucinda Williams, John Prine, Bonnie Raitt, Gillian Welsh and many others. Leo cites Clapton, Keith Richards, Tom Petty, Robert Johnson and numerous others- Mo digs good music period! Everything from Motown, Blues, to Psychedelic and a little Country
Marshall, Fender amps- Carly plays acoustic and Schecter/Floyd Rose electric. Leo plays Fender VG Strat, Gibson Les Paul, Fender Tele, and Ovation Acoustic- Mo plays primarily Fender.
Give our songs a listen and please tell us what you think, or more important- how do they move ya?