Blood Feathers
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Blood Feathers are a Rock and Roll band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were formed in 2005 by Ben Dickey (formerly of Amen Booze Rooster and Shake Ray Turbine) and Drew Mills (formerly of Aspera, currently in Benjy Ferree). The current band consists of Dickey (Vocals, Guitar, and Piano) and Mills (Vocals, Guitar) with Philadelphia musicians Mickey Walker (Bass Guitar), Patrick Marsceill (Drums), Sam Murphy (Guitar), and Tracy Stanton (Saxophone, Percussion, and Keyboard).
Biography
Blood Feathers started as a live performance outlet for song writers Ben Dickey and Drew Mills to showcase new material they had written. Having met through the Philadelphia music scene in the 1990s, by 2005, both Dickey and Mills' bands (Amen Booze Rooster and Apera, respectively) had broken up. Dickey and Mills started performing new material, Folk (music), and Soul (music) covers together at local open mic nights under the moniker Dickey Mills.
Eventually having an album's worth of material, the two went into studio with local Philadelphia friends, Mickey Walker and Quentin Stoltzfus (both of the band Mazarin). With the assistance of Philadelphia producer Brian McTear, the group recorded what would become Blood Feathers debut, Curse and Praise. Walker and Stoltzfus performed as the band's rhythm section on the recording and would eventually play in a revolving cast of musicians that comprised the Blood Feathers live show.
Curse & Praise was released on August 8, 2006 on the Philadelphia based label Box Theory Records,[1]. Magnet Magazine wrote of the album, "Drew Mill's quavering voice -- with its pinch of Donovan, gram of Marc Bolan and healthy dose of Lawrence Hayward -- immediately conjures psychedelic fields and starry skies." [2]. Despite gaining favorable editorial reviews, the album failed to elevate the band into the national spotlight.[3]
The guitarist-songwriters decided to regroup, seeking a bigger piece of the sky in Prescott, Arizona, where they planned to hone their songwriting alliance while working at a restaurant owned by their manager, Newt Lynn. Mills never made it due to personal reasons, but Dickey says he spent a beneficial 18 Southwestern months working in the kitchen by day and as a guitarist in a Bob Wills cover band called The Prescott Playboys by night.
"I was 30 years younger than everybody else in the band," Dickey, 32, says with a measure of pride. "The guy I replaced played in Patsy Cline's band. It was great for me as a musician."
Dickey wasn't about to give up on Blood Feathers, however. So the Arkansas native moved back to Fishtown - where he now works as a cook at indie venue/gastropub Johnny Brenda's. He got Blood Feathers back together with Mills, who's originally from Willow Grove and who had taken a job touring with songwriter Benjy Ferree while Dickey was out of town.
References
- ^ "Box Theory Records". Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ "Magnet Magazine". 10 August 2006. p. 86.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ^ a b "Philadelphia Inquirer - Blood Feathers Ready To Fly Again". Retrieved 2 February 2010.