Copperhead Review

Copperhead

Saturday July 18^th at the White Elephant Beer Gardens.

The Amarillo party band, Copperhead hit town last Saturday night. This high energy band consists of Aaron Baldares’ kick ass bass, Chris Hodges ever-dependable rhythm on the drums, Gabe Dixon, who sings a few and could be one to watch in the future for his lead guitar, and the glue that holds it all together on acoustic & lead vocals, Jeff Williams.

The crowd started off small and picked up steam later on, but it didn’t stop them from giving their all, having fun, and kicking out enough energy for a crowd of 1,000. These boys have fun, pure and simple. With a mixture of solid covers, and strong originals, they put on one Hell of a show!

Most notable the cover of Buddy Holly’s “Love Not Fade Away” is mind blowin’, and “Whiskey River” shows versatility combining a country party beat with just good ole country music, not to mention Jeff sounds an awful lot like Willie when he sings it! He done did Willie proud. Their slam grass rendition of AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long” and their cover of the Violent Femme’s tune “Blister in the Sun” really rocked the stage! Waylon & The General Lee would have been right proud of their version of the Dukes of Hazard theme song.

They are always a favorite when singin' their hit, “When The Boys Hit Town.” Their myriad of women hatin’ songs are always good for raisin’ a beer and some hell, as well as stompin' a foot. Of their own music, my only bitch is, I really wish they’d tell us the name of the song before they sang it, damnit!

Copperhead is strong, foot stompin’ high powered country rock, and BB likes it! BB also has a new favorite drinkin’ song/game when they sing Steve Earle’s “The Devil’s Right Hand” (picture the game pass-out in a song.) They like crowd participation a lot! This is definitely Gabe’s forte! He starts out slow and quiet, but by the end of the night, both him and Jeff really work the crowd! All in all, it’s been awhile since I’ve had this much fun.

Copperhead will be back Saturday August 21^st at the White Elephant Beer Gardens, so you too can check them out. Copperhead is Beer Bytch approved, (Goober liked em too!) Visit their website to see where else they will be.