For John David Kent and the Dumb Angels, a video in rotation on CMT’s Pure Country and a break-out single on country radio are only the beginnings of a promising career that quickly bring the five member Texas band a long way from their recent beginnings.
In 2008, veteran rock musician John David Kent put together a group of musicians to help him showcase for a music competition. As a producer and studio owner in his hometown of Celeste, TX, Kent naturally approached musicians who he had worked with and who, according to Kent, “...could play the ever-loving spit out of their instruments.”
Mike Graska ||guitar||, Jamey Gleaves ||bass|| from the Dallas based southern-rock band Salute, Alex Mixson ||drums|| from Greenville’s Melba Toast and champion fiddler Jason Andrew ||fiddle|| quickly realized their connection to Kent’s songs and natural abilities as a band.Kent, who signed his first major-label record deal at the age of sixteen while a member of the band Radish, took note of the unexpected, yet natural chemistry and assembled the Dumb Angels. Influenced by the country and classic rock he had grown up on and combining a wide range of legendary influences, the Dumb Angels began recording what
Kent calls, “the most honest music he’s ever written.” With a driving breed of rocking country, John David Kent and the Dumb Angels take their music somewhere west of Waylon Jennings and east of Creedence Clearwater Revival; making the group’s signature sound instantly feel both unique and familiar.
“My Girl”, the break-out single from John David Kent and the Dumb Angels garnered the band immediate attention after the video became the “pick of the week” on CMT.com and was added to CMT’s Pure Country rotation. The single has also been widely accepted by radio as the band continues touring throughout the south.
John David Kent and the Dumb Angels will perform at 2010 South by Southwest in Austin, TX, an internationally recognized launching pad for new bands. In addition to their busy spring and summer touring schedule, the band will continue to do what they do best - record music that’s honest and relatable and no doubt a powerful follow-up to their
recent success.
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