Burnt Taters
"STRANGE BUT TRUE is an absolute winner"
---Billboard Magazine, July 8, 2000
"Think Beatles For Sale if Marty Robbins were a primary influence instead of Carl Perkins... the Tater reference Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers and Hank Williams in their songs. But they owe perhaps their greatest musical debt to Roy Orbison. Craig Evans' crystalline tenor deserves to be mentioned as a worthy heir to Orbison's legacy." ---No Depression, Nov. 2000
"The Taters display a deft touch for gleaning the very best of American roots-rock and rockabilly and delivering it with thoroughly modern, totally hip sensibilities."
---Billboard Magazine (review of 1st CD)
"The trio combines classic country, classic rock and pure pop influences, and comes out with a mix similar to what you'd hear if Hank Williams and the Everly Brothers combined forces in the '90s."
---Bill Craig, Richmond Times DispatchBand/artist history
The Taters are 3 in number:
Craig Evans - Vocals, bass, piano, accordion, melodica
Brad Tucker - Vocals, all things guitar
Chris Fuller - Vocals, mandolin, guitar
With STRANGE BUT TRUE, their newest release on Planetary Records (PLANETARY #9022), The Taters continue to explore and expand their collective musical palette. Combining elements of classic country and rock, American roots, and pure pop "without a trace of self-consciousness or pretension, the Taters draw up a three-man formula that can rightly be claimed as their own" (Gordon Ely, Billboard Magazine). When you hear the final product, though, you realize you're not listening to another retro band, but something new - a fresh mix. You'll recognize a lot of the individual flavors, but you've never tasted this combination before.Have you performed in front of an audience?All the time! We are based out of Richmond, VA, and play regularly around VA, DC, MD, & NC
Your musical influences
Craig: Roy Orbison, Nick Lowe, McCartney, Dave Bartholomew, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Harland Howard, Lindsey Buckingham. Some might not seem too obvious when you listen to the Taters, but these are the people I grew up listening to, so it’s all in there.
Brad: Nick Lowe, John Hiatt, Hank Williams, David Bromberg, Ry Cooder.
Chris: Sam Bush, Tim O'Brien, Dwight Yoakumbunny's station
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Hey, guys. I was was looking to see if a friend's song had charted and was calling it off when I saw Burnt Taters and thought, "What the hey!" I LIKE it.(LITTLE BIT ..) I write all kinds of lyrics, and a couple weeks ago started putting a few to music. I'm no musician (I sing 'em all acapalla), but I DO have a ton of lyrics ya'll might want to musictize. Tell you what...go to justplainfolks.org, "click to enter".."boards"...scroll down a little to board 3. Where you see Ben F, that's me. You can go back a year (that's when I started) and find over 300 lyrics. There's also one guy (sideman) just put up a lyric I wrote (Think I See It In Your Eyes) last night on "jazz, swing" that's at # 16 on Soundclick today. (Kinda blew me away, not really what I had in mind for my lyric, but the guy's going bonkers over having one so high on the charts.)
Okay, fellers, gimme a yell and let's hit some homers! :)
Ben
Sent this as an email, but it was returned...Hey Taters..
Just dropping by again.. where are you guys at???????? SMILES...
Take care..
RandeeHey Tators...
Awesome music.... Great vocals...
I'll be back... take care my friends..
Randee
aka/ ~~(:> MouseyListened to "a litlle bit left in me" - great stuff, nice drama!
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Taters! Love'dose'Tators! HUGS! Hope life is treating ya'll good.... I just uploaded some new tunes to my SC Music Studio List. If you get time ~Check'em Out~ It would mean alot to me... Take care my music friends.. Randee