DeSoto Rust Expands American Roots Music 

With the 2006 release of their second CD, Greene Country Towne, Philadelphia-based DeSoto Rust takes their interpretation of American roots music to a new level.  Their critically acclaimed debut CD (DeSoto Rust, October 2004), featured a raucous collection of tunes that were faithful to a DeSoto Rust live show – stripped down and hard-rocking.  The newest offering reveals a more varied and complex approach – one that shows a band whose writing and performing sound is maturing and moving in new directions. 

DeSoto Rust formed in early 2004, recorded the debut CD over the following summer, and, without the benefit of a label or promotion engine, made its first showing on the Freeform American Roots (FAR) chart in June 2005.  The band’s music has received frequent airplay on stations across the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia and made several DJ’s “best of” lists for both 2005 and 2006. 

Some of the band’s accomplishments: 

·         Ten months on the Freeform American Roots chart (as high as #11) in 2005 and 2006

·         Five months on the Euro-Americana chart (as high as #12) in 2005 and 2006

·         Nominations for song and CD of the year in 2005 by contributors to the FAR chart 

Here’s what the critics have said about DeSoto Rust: 

“…this one showcases a group that’s developing its own identity…a solid piece of work by a band with real potential.”  – John Conquest, 3^rd Coast Music, June 2006

“Immediately the band sounds like a cross between Creedence and Steve Earle with powerful drawled vocals and a killer riff.  Several other songs continue in this vein with stories of hard-drinking men, hard luck stories and trucks, with great riffs and soaring vocals.” – Paul Kerr, Americana UK, March 2005.

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