Alex Battles'
Whisky Rebellion
Alex Battles'
Whisky Rebellion
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BIO:
Alex Battles is a songwriter from Chesterland, OH. His compositions range from barroom ballads to rock stompers. He sings and plays the songs with his band The Whiskey Rebellion. The Whiskey Rebellion contains six members dedicated to making a roof-shaking joyful hodgepodge of honky-tonk, jump blues, and rock 'n' roll.
Time Out NY has described Alex's music as "a sly, catchy mix of old-fashioned country songs". The Village Voice has said of his performances: "Clad in a trucker's hat, brandishing a legal pad of just-finished lyrics, and sporting a drawling, lazy voice, Battles can wrap audiences around his knotty fingers."
Unable to find work at home in Cleveland, Battles moved to New York City after college. He began writing songs when his twin interests of playing his grandfather's tenor banjo and writing poetry on second-hand manual typewriters merged into one. His songs are by turns funny and bittersweet, influenced by the likes of John Prine, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Irving Berlin, Tom T. Hall, and many others. He pays tribute to his favorite songwriters on his songwriting website: Bob Dylan's Coffee Table.
Battles is also the founder and host of such events as the Brooklyn Country Music Festival, The CasHank Hootenanny Jamboree, & The Johnny Cash Birthday Bash.
The Whiskey Rebellion
meet the band
Shaky Dave
(hype man, harmonica)
Is the Flava Flav of the Whisky Rebellion.
Alex Battles
(singing, guitar, tenor banjo harmonica, songwriting)
Battles loves playing music with these guys.
The Great Sammo
(washboard, harmony singing, & resonator guitar)
The most overqualified washboard player in town.
Danny Mulligan
(guitar, harmony singing)
Danny is also the leader of The Flanks. He is often referred to as "The Heartthrob of the Prairie"
"Smilin'" Charlie Shaw
(drums, occasional bass)
Charlie plays his own homemade "flipper rig".
Jason Hogue
(bass)
Like Alex, Jason is from Ohio. He is a gentleman and a scholar.
Whisky Rebellion
members emeritus
Dotty Moore
(fiddle & harmony singing)
Dotty plays bluegrass around town with the Blue Moon Ramblers and others. She is wicked talented.
Artie Stile
(jug)
Artie is the jug behind Brotherhood of the Jug Blues and a liflong Blueshirts fan
Skinny the Kid
(accordion)
Skinny's interests include Townes Van Zandt and drunk dialing.
Shafer Hall
(the great prosletyzer)
Make sure to get your Willie finger in the air when Shafer's around!
The Old Professor
(guitar & singing)
favorite discussion topics: the Civil War, airplanes, Bill Haley and/or The Comets
Nate Landau
(bass)
Nate runs the Americana jam at Freddy's and also plays old-time fiddle in Strung Out String Band.
PHOTO:
Alex Battles
CONTACT:
Email: thebattles{at}gmail.com
Call: 718-208-6703
PRESS:
Go here.