The Stone Cold Roosters

We are thrilled that Art Edelstein and the Montpelier Times Argus editorial staff awarded the Roosters a Tammie Award for Best Country album in 2007. Here is the citation:

The Stone Cold Roosters produced “Out Of the Woods” and it wins this award. This sextet has successfully melded Western Swing, Country, Honky-tonk, and Blues into a very listenable, danceable and sometimes comical album. The band, led by East Montpelier’s Colin McCaffrey, works these several musical elements easily into its 12-song set.
McCaffrey plays guitar, fiddle and mandolin on this CD, and sings. He also wrote several of the songs. He is joined by Thal Aylward on fiddle, Chuck Eller on keyboards, Roy Cutler on drums and vocals, Jim Pitman on steel guitar, Casey Dennis on bass, and Ted Mortimer on guitar ad vocals. This is essentially an all-star cast. The band seems to be bent on one thing, having fun. The fast songs swing and the lyrics are catchy. Cut seven, “Happy As A Pig In S**t” is one of the funnier tunes to come out of this genre.
For this, their first recording, the Roosters deserve an award.

Big Thanks to Kim Rogers out at KVMR public radio for playing the Roosters on her show, Good Stuff, which airs on Thursdays from 2:00-4:00pm, Pacific Time. They broadcast in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and reach from Lake Tahoe to Sacramento.

The first review of the album arrived today from Gary Dutton at the Connecticut Valley Spectator. It’s generally quite favorable. The primary quibble is with the “alt-country” label. But this is nice…

McCaffrey’s “Gotta Learn How To Dance,” Mortimer’s “Happy as a Pig In S–t,” and Floyd Jenkins’ “Home in San Antone” are some of the most memorable of the dozen offerings, but there’s not a weak one in the bunch, thanks largely to fantastic instrumentation throughout and McCaffrey’s makes-you-feel-right-at-home baritone.

Cool.