All Them Witches - Red Rocking Chair
Saw All Them Witches together with Elder rip 013, Tilburg a new one back in October. And towards then end of their set, All Them Witches played Red Rocking Chair. And their rendition of this early 1900’s traditional is wild, takes the band back a bit towards their bluesy beginnings, imploring an even doomier atmospheren and looks forward to the All Them Witches tension wire being stretched until it can stretch no more… And now, there’s an official single version and visualizer… A precursor to the album soon to be released on the BMG imprint.
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Today, All Them Witches - Ben McLeod (guitarist), Charles Michael Parks, Jr. (bass/vocals), Christian Powers (drums), and Allan Van Cleave (keys)- share their new song “Red Rocking Chair”, the first single the band will be releasing with BMG. The song marks the first new music with the band’s new lineup, and sees All Them Witches refashion a bluegrass standard into a haunting and hypnotic transmission, the perfect intro to their new chapter.
“I’ve actually been listening to ‘Red Rocking Chair’ since I was a kid,” says Parks. “Usually, it’s done in a traditional bluegrass style. Ben had the riff, and it made me start singing those lyrics. We used to play bluegrass at after-show parties, in stairwells, and on the streets sometimes. So, ‘Red Rocking Chair’ ties into our old time-y rough touring days.”
“Hopefully, it retains some of our core stoner doom fans,” adds Ben, “I wrote the riff and the wiggly verse part with the intention that Parks would actually sing those ‘Red Rocking Chair’ lyrics over them. He didn’t know it at first, but he wasn’t going to be allowed to say, ‘No’ [Laughs]. Live, we play our song ‘Swallowed By The Sea’ every now and then, and Parks would sub out the “Red Rocking Chair” lyrics at shows. Fans had always asked about it, and I thought it should finally be its own song.”
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