Read Southall Band

“It’s the colors of different people with different influences making music,” Southall says. “I’ve always been confident in the talents and abilities of the guys onstage with me, and I want our fans to see and hear that too. That’s why we changed our name to Southall.” Produced by Eddie Spear and recorded at iconic Church Studio in Tulsa, Southall manifests the true band album that singer Read Southall first envisioned. The band’s fourth album, roars with raw and loud collaborative power. Reid Barber, the group’s resident metalhead, hammers his drums. Bassist Jeremee Knipp provides a brooding low end. Keys player Braxton Curliss adds both tasteful accents and off-the-rails barroom piano. And guitarists John Tyler Perry and Ryan Wellman wring wild sounds and all of it is tied together by Southall’s scrappy, yearning voice.