On Sunday, March 14, the CCPA and KRVM welcome back Hot Buttered Rum.
San Francisco's Hot Buttered Rum return in support of Limbs Akimbo. Initially formed as an acoustic string band, seven years of constant touring has transformed the group into a plugged-in, percussive powerhouse. While their music belies simple categorization, the band's songwriting and stage chemistry have delighted listeners at every WOW Hall performance since their debut here as Hot Buttered Rum String Band back in 2004.
In a world where the eclectic has become the norm, it's refreshing to find in Hot Buttered Rum an intuitive understanding that the toe-tapping, verse-chorus-bridge poprock sounds of yesteryear still move the hearts and bodies of an audience.
HBR's diversity of sound, instrumentation and style still rest upon the inspired genius in their songcraft; the positive, uplifting nature of their message both on and offstage; and, to borrow from critics, their stunning virtuosity in performance and execution. In an age longing for optimism and forward movement, HBR are more than music for the ear; they are salve for the soul.
Dreamed up during a round of hot buttered rum (what else?) around a campfire in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, the band re-imagined traditional mountain music through the lens of their West Coast, gen-X sensibilities. Hot Buttered Rum refined that music in the creative hotbed of the San Francisco Bay Area. A signature sound quickly emerged at HBR's high energy performances, one of which was captured on their first album, Live at the Freight and Salvage.
In order to tour in support of their first studio album, In These Parts, HBR in 2004 acquired a vegetable oil powered bus that has brought them from coast to coast and delivered them to more than 150 shows annually. The ensuing years saw them enjoying success at the Newport Folk Festival, Bonnaroo, Grey Fox, High Sierra, Wakarusa and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.
In 2006 acoustic pioneer Mike Marshall produced Hot Buttered Rum's second studio album, Well-Oiled Machine, a pun on the aforementioned vehicle as well as the band. The continued expansion of Hot Buttered Rum's sound and writing found a home in Live in the Northeast, recorded during their 2006 tour of New England.
As more electric pickups made their way to the stage, the boys were starting to develop a heavier sound. Fans and press began to describe them as a rock band with acoustic instruments. It came as no surprise, then, when founding members Aaron Redner (violin and mandolin), Bryan Horne (upright bass), Nat Keefe (guitar) and Erik Yates (banjo, guitar and flute) joined forces with Everyone Orchestra conductor, drummer and Eugene native Matt Butler much to the delight of local fans.
Limbs Akimbo was recorded at San Francisco's Mission Bells Studios and features guest appearances by Jackie Greene (Skinny Singers, Phil and Friends) and Zach Gill (ALO, Jack Johnson). The album marks the arrival of a mature, impressively listenable and stirringly rocking sound. The result is beautifully paradoxical: a tremendous, minimalist pop album based on the band's complex musical personality. This is an album that evidences the acoustic string band of yesteryear while thrusting into the scene a drum-driven rock band.
Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 at the door. Doors open at 7:30 pm and showtime is 8:00.
SHOWTIME: 8:00 PM, PRICE: $13 Advance, $15 Door. 
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