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| The Bodarks at Churchill's on the Square Last Night |
Firstly, this is not a tired pub band, rather it is a solid regional bluegrass/roots band who happened to have their album release show at Churchill's Pub in Historic Downtown McKinney. The Bodarks came ready to take the roof off, or maybe just to do the floors in from all the stomping. They accomplished both.
I first came across this band in October during a patio show at Cafe Malaga. It was a special night for the band as they were playing for a fundraiser to support the McKinney Boyd High School Orchestra; a cause held near and dear to the heart of Bodarks' fiddler, Shelly New, who directs these students on a daily basis as the orchestra's director.
Last night, after just two years of playing shows and writing material, The Bodarks released their album, and it seemed as though half of McKinney was there to celebrate it. For four hours they kept the pub packed to the brim, and even held drawings for novelty garments and band flare. Then they brought up a birthday girl to play tambourine, with guitar/banjo vocalist Jeffrey Brooks claiming the song was written for a tambourine solo. In addition to playing through their excellent songs from the album, they brought out some "new to me" bluegrass renditions of notable chart toppers such as "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen, and "Zombie" by The Cranberries.
The Bodarks are a band to keep watching as they continue to grow, because as an American Roots "hootenanny string band" as they call themselves, they can easily fill a British pub. With my enthusiasm for McKinney life, it made me happy to see so many people out in the square to see this band celebrate over two years of hard work and showmanship.
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