pwall
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The Black Diamond Heavies hail from the Southern States of America, but currently live as "vagrants/citizens of the world". Their music is urgent, raw, and full of ass-shaking soul. The live show has been described as both "Pentecostal" and "Demon-Possessed". Most of the material is original, although covers are sometimes thrown in as tribute to gods, generals, heroes, and vampires such as John Lee Hooker, T-Model Ford, Muddy Waters, Nina Simone, and Tom Waits.
"This Tennessee-Hailing Duo have produced a debut of filthy Southern blues that makes the Black Keys seem like choirboys" --NME
"The Black Diamond Heavies like to keep things as raw and ground-up as dirt - drums with a trashcan rattle that sound huge and far away (like they were recorded in a wide-open space down the street) and overdriven Fender Rhodes. That's all there is to it, but then again, there's so much more." --Phoenix New Times
"...draped in ditch-dirt and paying the tab at the Devils Inn with small change from the confession box, while swabbing wounds with sandpaper." -- Stu Gibson
"This Tennessee-Hailing Duo have produced a debut of filthy Southern blues that makes the Black Keys seem like choirboys" --NME
"The Black Diamond Heavies like to keep things as raw and ground-up as dirt - drums with a trashcan rattle that sound huge and far away (like they were recorded in a wide-open space down the street) and overdriven Fender Rhodes. That's all there is to it, but then again, there's so much more." --Phoenix New Times
"...draped in ditch-dirt and paying the tab at the Devils Inn with small change from the confession box, while swabbing wounds with sandpaper." -- Stu Gibson
