• The Shurman and Family Holiday Vol. I

    NO DEPRESSION Posted On December 8, 2011
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    The Shurman and Family Holiday Vol. I? I really wasn’t looking for another Christmas album tonight but I hit play and heard a mix of Texas twang, a dash of blues and a dose of alt country that caught my ear and makes this a welcome addition to a genre that has encouraged everyone from Elvis to Esquivel, from Buble to Beiber to  put out a disc.  This record was my introduction to Shurman and they sound like they can hold their own with the Bottle Rockets, Charlie Robison, Terry Anderson and the Olympic Ass-Kickin’ Team and the late great Backsliders and that’s not exactly faint praise. This is the first I’ve heard of the band and I’m looking forward to digging into their back catalog and checking out their new album Inspiration(2/12/12).  Is this a perfect Christmas album? Well, almost. Dwight Shrute from The Office once said “My heart just melts when I hear the sound of children singing…… Ha! Not really.”  I could live without  track 11.  But that’s just me and remember that I never liked going to my own kids’ Christmas Chorus concerts. I guess that’s why they invented the skip track function.

     

    December Tour Dates, in support of
    The Shurman & Family Holiday Album, Vol. 1

    Friday, December 9, 2011 SHURMAN’S Christmas
    Bizarre @ House of Fifi Dubois
    123 South Chadbourne Street, San Angelo, TX  Set: 9:00 PM, All Ages

    Friday, December 16, 2011 Cody Canada & the
    Departed’s “Toy Bash 2011” @ Heritage Hall
    220 West Broadway, Ardmore, OK Set: 7:00 PM, Doors:
    6:00 PM, All Ages  Tickets: $20/$25 DOS Gen Admission & $30/$35 DOS   Platinum
    Also Playing: Whiskey Meyers, Cody Canada and the
    Departed

    Friday, December 16, 2011 Afterparty for Cody Canada
    & the Departed’s “Toy Bash 2011” @ 2 Frogs
    2646 West Broadway Street, Ardmore, OK   Set: 11:30 PM,Doors: 11:00 PM, All Ages

    Saturday, December 17, 2011 Wormy Dog’s Annual
    Christmas Bash @ Wormy Dog Saloon
    311 E Sheridan Ave., Oklahoma City, OK   Set: 10:00 PM, Doors: 8:00 PM
    All Ages, Tickets: $5

    Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Shurman & Family
    Xmas Jubilee @ Antones
    213 West 5th Street, Austin, TX
    Set: 8:00 PM
    All Ages, Tickets: $10

    Shurman is:

    Aaron Beavers (vocals/songwriter)

    Mike Therieau (bass)

    Harley Husbands (guitar)

    Craig Bagby (drums)

     




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