Artist description Cowboy Buddha is a "roots-pop" band that performs around the Orange County and Los Angeles areas of Southern California. They play music with an urgent country rock feel and have been reviewed favorably by: The Los Angeles Times, Hit Parader Magazine and The Orange County Register.

Music Style roots-rock / alt.country / americana

Musical Influences Flying Burrito Brothers, Velvet Underground, Neil Young, Uncle Tupelo

Similar Artists Crazy Horse, REM, The Long Ryders, The Replacements

Artist History The band was formed in 1995 by Fletcher Harrington after he moved to California from Mississippi. The current line-up has been together since 1997.

Group Members Fletcher Harrington - lead vocals, guitar / Rocky Monge - bass / Robb Forby - bass, vocals / Brit Collins - lead guitar, vocals / Gary Hollon - lead guitar / Jim Schmerbauch - drums

Instruments two guitars, bass and drums

Albums "Guns Ammo Bait Film Gifts Snacks Maps" (1999) & "Cement Pond" (2000)

Press Reviews Mike Boehm, The Los Angeles Times: "Cowboy Buddha deals knowling and intelligently with its source material and offer themselves as clear-eyed painters of the human condition in all its manifestations…(the band) transposes a tremulous plaint on the High Plains and succeeds in taking an intimate approach to elegiac, western-myth-laden material." Robert Kinsler, The Orange County Register: "Cowboy Buddha, sounds like an old friend that's been away far too long. They depend on strong songwriting and well played melodies to mix a variety of styles, from pop and folk to rock, to deliver a satisfying blend." John Brandon, The Alt-Country Down Homepage: "this California trio's self-produced effort has some interesting alt-country melodies…that sound like the first vestiges of the genre." Luke Music Magazine, Leicester England: "Cowboy Buddha play roots rock similar to, actually, I can't think of anyone! Their songs tend to fall into several camps but mainly they're high and lonesome or belligerent and pissed off. Rating: 8 out of 10."

Additional Info two short CD's: "Truckstop Zen", "Rootless, Godless and Free"

Location Santa Ana, CA - USA

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