Articles about Back Door Slam

CoS at Austin City Limits: Saturday, September 27th

By Shawn Hinojosa on October 2nd, 2008

Last weekend, Consequence of Sound traveled to Austin, Texas to take part in summer’s last major music festival. Austin City Limits always seems phenomenal, but by weekend’s end, this year’s edition certainly proved to be one of the most memorable. In the coming days, our staff will share its thought of and experiences from the [...]

Interview: Back Door Slam

By E.N. May on September 30th, 2008

The Mountainside Inn nestles right up to the steep slopes of Telluride Mountain. It’s hard to find a building that isn’t close to the green and rocky slopes that cradle the town, but that’s just Telluride. This weekend would be Back Door Slam’s first time to the area, but only a [...]

Gov’t Mule taps Back Door Slam for fall tour

By Alex Young on September 17th, 2008

After spending much of the last few months splitting time between summer festivals and Kid Rock, Back Door Slam will join forces with jammers Gov’t Mule for the band’s upcoming “Kinder Revolution Tour.” The month long trek, scheduled to begin in at the end of October, will mark Gov’t Mule’s first full-length tour in nearly [...]

Blues and Brews celebrates its 15th

By E.N. May on September 17th, 2008

It was Etta James who said it best this past Sunday as she proclaimed, “We are in heaven” to the sold out weekend crowd. This year’s Blues and Brews Festival marked the 15th year that the legends of blues, rock, and soul have descended on Telluride Colorado. It was this year [...]

CoS at Wakarusa (Day 2)

By E.N. May on June 7th, 2008

After a stormy night, Friday turned around into the classic Kansas summer day with high’s in the 80’s and night lows in the 70’s, not to mention there was not a cloud in the sky all day. Friday was also the big day for music at the festival, stacking in headliners that had me at [...]

Who’s Who at Bonnaroo: Back Door Slam

By Bill Fanelli on May 19th, 2008

The well beyond their years, three-piece band from The Isle of Man, Back Door Slam, who derive their name from the Robert Cray song of the same name, is a heavy dose of pure blues and rock, laced with a slight Irish/Celtic undertone. The trio, all in their early twenties, is [...]