{"id":12795,"date":"2014-03-21T11:43:12","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T16:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=12795"},"modified":"2014-03-26T11:07:29","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T16:07:29","slug":"shooting-out-the-lights-new-album-soon-live-at-the-blind-pig-saturday-march-22-band-debuts-new-material-at-first-oxford-show-in-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/shooting-out-the-lights-new-album-soon-live-at-the-blind-pig-saturday-march-22-band-debuts-new-material-at-first-oxford-show-in-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting Out the Lights: New Album Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Band Debuts New Material at First Oxford Show in Over Two Years<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Shooting Out the Lights<\/strong> shows don\u2019t happen very often, so when all five band members get together it\u2019s special.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"ShootingOutTheLights_LogoBlue\"<\/a>Joe Nettles<\/strong> (a.k.a. William Crapp) sings. Deep and resonant, his voice makes everything he sings sound compelling and important\u2014and if you listen to SO+L\u2019s lyrics you\u2019ll find they are important. Joe was also the voice of bygone Oxford band Goodmorning Powerheart, with SO+L drummer Andy \u201cCecil\u201d Thompson<\/strong> and guitarist Zach \u201cZed\u201d Thompson<\/strong>. Cecil has been the drummer for Tyler Keith & The Apostles<\/strong> and other Oxford projects\u2014I love Cecil\u2019s style. Zed was the proud owner of Hotdog Records, the last record store on the Square (there was a hot dog funeral when it closed); Zed was also in The Glanton Gang<\/strong> with Mark Adamec<\/strong> and SO+L\u2019s Joe, and the Wasted Lonelys<\/strong> with Mark and David Gilmore<\/strong> (now Sleeping Bulls<\/strong>). Guitarist Max Hipp<\/strong> has his own style, unmistakable like Cecil\u2019s, and plays with E-Meters<\/strong> and Tyler Keith. Max was once in an awesome band called Kill The Ego<\/strong> with SO+L\u2019s bassist Beau Bourgeois<\/strong>; Beau also lends his musical talents to E-Meters, Tyler Keith, and Youth Flag<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Long story short: Shooting Out the Lights is a rock \u2018n\u2019 roll collective of extraordinarily talented gentlemen who\u2019ve been playing and supporting music in Oxford for years. Max and Beau are the only ones calling Oxford home at the moment, so SO+L doesn\u2019t play together as often as they (or their fans) might like, but that makes their shows that much more special.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"MississippiAgain\"<\/a>The first time I went to a SO+L show was on Halloween weekend 2011 at The Blind Pig<\/strong>, and it was their album release show. I remember being jealous that other folks in the crowd already knew the words\u2014it was such good stuff, I wanted to sing along, too! That night I bought the self-titled CD and a t-shirt and went home happy. It was recorded and engineered \u201cin one week\u201d by Andrew Ratcliffe<\/strong> at Tweed, and mastered by Jeffrey Reed<\/strong> at Taproot; there\u2019s a Bukowski quote underneath the CD. There\u2019s no telling how many times I\u2019ve listened to the album…certainly too many to count. It\u2019s excellent. You can buy a copy at The End Of All Music<\/strong><\/a> or get it on Bandcamp<\/strong><\/a> or iTunes, and it\u2019s available for listening on Spotify as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

Max Hipp says the band has a new album worth of material that no one has ever heard, and that we get the chance to hear it at The Blind Pig on Saturday, March 22. I asked if they\u2019d recorded anything yet and he said no; because they don\u2019t get together very much, \u201cthis show is a step in that direction.\u201d Max gave me a few song titles from the forthcoming album to give us an idea: \u201cSong for Zed,\u201d \u201cMidnight Drinking Session,\u201d and \u201cMissle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

See you at The Blind Pig. And, of course, we\u2019ll let you know when the new album comes out!\u00a0 \u2013Rebecca Long<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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