Shotgun Party

Shotgun Party puts on a truly American music show. They swing early jazz right on into dance hall country? with rapturous results. The majority of songs are original, with melodies and lyrics that share stories: urban, bucolic, lively and lonesome. Christopher Crepps (formerly of the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, and Thelonious Monk disciple) keeps it real, hot and low on the upright bass; Katy Rose Cox (formerly of Uncle F*cker, Brooklyn Brown Grass, & the Maybelles) roars delightful on the fiddle; and introducing Jenny Parrott who sings and plays guitar as one who grew up seaside.

From all three coasts (New England, California, and Texas) this trio scours through and plays with all the rhythms, modes and melodies this continent has to offer, with a twinge of bizarreness that accommodates any wide-open journey.

" Unheralded opening trio Shotgun Party blew the house away with a set of Texas swing that had one foot among the tumbleweeds and the other in outer space. Singer Jenny Parrot has an arresting, brassy voice with a permanent, fluttering vibrato, and a stage presence that was just art-school enough to let you know somebody up there's a-thinkin'. Kind of like a two-step Bj?rk, without the annoyance factor. Fiddler Kay Rose Cox gets virtuoso honors for the night; her solos were hair-raising, heroic statements. Shotgun Party will be back, and when they are, go." -Paul Rapp, Club Helsinki Show Review at Metroland Online

"Shotgun Party - Shotgun Party (country?): I'm ashamed to admit that I had never heard of Shotgun Party before Google errantly delivered Shotgun Party's lead singer, Jenny Parrott, to the front door of this site, but I can't thank Google enough. Shotgun party is a Texas three piece (Upright bass, guitar, fiddle) whose style seems to sit somewhere between the old-time fun of 1930's jazz revival bands like the Squirrel Nut Zippers and the sad, sweet, dance hall country feel of Patsy Cline. It's rare for me to fawn over an indy debut, but the band's simple melodies like ?Gladiola? are home-baked, auditory comfort food that stick in my ears long after the disc is over. I have almost the same love for this album that I have for the Old97's debut, Hitchhike to Rhome, which has spent so much time in my CD player in the last decade that I've had to replace it at least once. Let's hope I'm a little more careful with this disc. A-" -Jon Dyers of Shotgun Reviews

"Two females and one bass slappin man comprise the old time pickin band Shotgun Party! Fantastic musicians that pull you in with their old time style and damm sexy vocals!" -Smooth and Demented at KAOS Radio

"Shotgun Party is a rip-roarin' country swing/bluegrass trio out of Austin, TX comprised of Jenny Parrott (vocals, guitar), Katy Rose Cox (vocals, fiddle, mandolin) and new addition Andrew Austin-Petersen (vocals, upright string bass." - Ceffmoney