Bodeco

Bodeco is an American rock band formed in 1984 in Louisville, Kentucky by guitarist, singer and songwriter Ricky Feather and drummer Brian Burkett. It later grew into a full band, with its most famous line-up featuring Feather, Burkett, guitarist Wink O'Bannon, bassist Jimmy Brown and multi-instrumentalist Gary Stillwell. Only Feather, Brown and Stillwell remain from that version.

Titled after a portmanteau of "Bo Diddley" and zydeco, the quintet typically plays a fast-paced country- and blues-tinged rock and roll. The band has recorded four studio albums, including the November 2009 release of "Soul Boost", and a live album.

Bodeco has had a considerable impact on the Louisville music scene, finding a place at No. 80 on WFPK's "top 1000 albums of all time" and inspiring Trouser Press to dub them "[o]ne of the most underappreciated combos in the early-to-mid-'90s indie roots-rock movement".

Style
Bodeco was classified by Trouser Press as "celebratory party rawk". In 1992, The New York Times described the quintet as "a skunky country-rockabilly outfit", noting in 1993 that "[t]here's nothing quaint, cute or five-and-dime about Bodeco's brand of rockabilly. Greasy as a truck-stop burger and bumpier than a high-speed ride in the back of a pickup, this band of Louisville wild men eschews retro contrivances in favor of gristle, marrow and the occasional backwoods yowl".

Members

 * Ricky Feather – vocals, guitar
 * Jimmy Brown – bass
 * Gary Stillwell – percussion, keyboards
 * Gene Wickliffe – drums
 * Freddy "Southside" Wethington – guitar

Former members

 * Wink O'Bannon – guitar
 * Brian Burkett – drums
 * Rick Mason – guitar
 * Nick Reifsteck – guitar
 * Bill Barney - guitar
 * Dave Rapp - guitar

Studio albums

 * Bone, Hair & Hide (1992)
 * Callin' All Dogs (1995)
 * Crazy Wild (2003)
 * Soul Boost (2009)

Singles

 * High Window (1995)

Compilation contributions

 * Wreck Room, Vol. 3 (1996)
 * Sourmash (1998)