The Dullards, a Washington, DC-area band, would appeal to roots music fans, and also to the demographic that goes for country, folk, and folk-rock styles. There are hints of Stray Cats, Little Feat, the Eagles, and maybe a touch of Tom Petty. It would be a perfectly natural fit to click on Austin City Limits and see them playing.
Guitarist-songwriters Alistair Millar and Guy Benson have woven together a string of easy-to-hear songs such as "Sour Mash and Gasoline," "The Shrink" and "29 Times" that are catchy, unpretentious and accessible. No over-production here, just the four-piece bar-band sound.
On the song "Willard’s", the Dullards show off some good ole melodic story-telling. This is not an earth-shaking morality tale, but rather a story about some guys on the road, doing what they have to do. "The treatment is working/I must have the disease." Willard’s is a place; what kind of place we don’t learn. It is just a place they are leaving. The pace of this song, like the others, is meant for the car. The song is not long, but it’s not in a hurry either. Anybody should want enough Dullards songs to get you to wherever you are driving. It seems to me that it would be particularly apropos to be listening to "Sour Mash and Gasoline" while driving Route 66, or perhaps enroute to the Jersey Shore. With the AM radio on, of course.
From the Black Cat to Public TV, the Dullards are visible on the Washington, DC circuit. They have been in the studio recording; this is good because I have a long road trip ahead of me and I don’t think the Dullards’ catalogue will get me that far.
"Willard’s" is a free download on Comm-Cuts #2, teamed with the late great Eric Caroll’s "At Da Doc" and Some Nashville Guy singing "One More Tonight." Find the Dullards on roots rock collections, also.
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