Artist description Heralding from the potholed streets of St. Louis, Missouri, and the gravel roads of Southern Illinois, the Trailer Park Travoltas rip out a blend of midwest rock'n'roll that's strangely addictive. They're a perfect blend of Pabst Blue Ribbon, Jack Daniels, and Vanilla Coke. Lanky guitarist/lead singer John Clements leads the band through a variety of songs, including crunchy rockers about nights on the town, boot-stomping country numbers about the consequences of lies, jingle-jangle pop songs about the perils of love, and momentum building ballads revealing life's unseen changes. Keyboardist/Guitarist Tim Ward's backing vocal harmonies and subtle piano/organ additions round out Clements's message perfectly. Guitarist Kory Kunze provides the catchy guitar riffs and twangy country bends. Bassist Kyle Meyer specializes in the toe tapping country shuffles and flying leg kicks, while Kenny Williamson holds the band together with his laid-back (power when you need it) style of drumming

Music Style Midwest Rock'n'Roll

Group Members John Clements: Vocals, Guitars Kory Kunze: Guitars, Banjo, Harmonica Tim Ward: Keyboards, Guitar, Harmonica Kyle Meyer: Bass Kenny Williamson: Percussion

Albums The Look Out For Love EP

Press Reviews St. Louis Riverfront Times March 5, 2003 Critic's Pick By Mike Seely When we first stumbled on the Trailer Park Travoltas in September, they were playing to a crowd of stage parents, jugglers and JonBenet wannabes at an Eckert's Family Fun Farm talent show in Millstadt, IL. Inauspicious beginnings, to be sure, but the newly formed band wanted to work out the kinks before a forgiving audience. And kinky it was -- in the best and worst senses of the word. Raw as hell, slightly off-key and musically ambitious, John Clements -- the band's lanky, affably goofy frontman -- led the twangy five-pice through "I've Changed" off the Travolta's Look Out for Love debut EP, and ambitious, jam-friendly country rock opus that owes a debt to the Black Crowes, Neil Young, Lynrd Skynyrd and, interestingly, Built to Spill. A mere four months later, the Travoltas are fast becoming one of the hardest-working bands on the Belleville/St. Louis boots-and-bourbon circuit. Scrawny, mustachioed drummer Kenny Williamson has long maintained that the Travoltas are just in it for the joy. After all, they've got families and jobs to tend to when the sun comes up, and, like countless other bands, they've all had their respective cracks at rock stardom. Funny thing is, with Chris "Mr. Kate Hudson" Robinson's Crowes having gone AWOL for the foreseeable future, there's a big, fat void in the genre that is perhaps best described as "nit-grit rock". So, Kenny, take heed: Big things happen when you least expect them to.

Additional Info Contact the TPT's at trailerparktravoltas@yahoo.com

Location St. Louis, MO - USA

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