Bow Thayer & Perfect Trainwreck
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Praise for Bottom of the Sky
- Rutland Herald
- On the strength of its recent CD, Bottom of the Sky, Bow Thayer and Perfect Trainwreck looks like a sure bet for increased national attention. Perhaps the band will become Vermont's third nationally acclaimed rock band, following in the steps of Phish and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.
- Twangville
- Album of the Month
- Seven Days
- Thayer once again justifies his reputation as a sublimely gifted artist. And, this time, he may have finally created the record that will introduce him to listeners beyond New England.
- The Herald of Randolph
- I’m sorry if ‘blown away’ is an oft-used word in anyone’s language, much less a music reviewer’s, but I was.
-
Boston Band Crush
- Bow and co., all full-time musicians who have worked with everyone from locals like Miss Tess and Jimmy Ryan to legends like Booker T Jones, have the chops—and more importantly the heart—to pull off the tiniest, the most grandiose, and everything in between.
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- An outfit that should be on all Seattleites' radar is Bow Thayer and Perfect Trainwreck… On "Bottom of the Sky," all the players contribute to an intricate and layered sound that sets Bow apart from many of their contemporaries. This is a band that is worth many listens.
- B&B Entertainment Blog
- Think of the rousing and rollicking bluegrass sounds from the
O, Brother Where Art Thou
soundtrack mixed with smokin’ electric blues and heartfelt and poetic lyrics.
- Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange
- The sounds Mr. Thayer wrings from his electric banjo are off the beaten path and blazing a new direction.
- Farm Fresh Radio
- Masterpiece! We are now playing SEVEN SONGS from it. We rarely find an album with that much awesome music.
Coverage of the “Imagine No Hunger” Benefit (11/2/2010)
- The Herald of Randolph
- Thayer Plays at Star-Studded Benefit
- Examiner.com
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Ringo Starr and friends raise cash for 'Imagine No Hunger' -- insider's report
- Oh No They Didn't
- Ringo Starr at Hollywood Benefit
Praise for Shooting Arrows At The Moon
- Seven Days
- With Shooting Arrows at the Moon, Orange County musician Bow Thayer has created an introspective gem of an album featuring sparse instrumentation and a pure sound.
- Times Argus
A quiet little gem of an album
and one of last year's best Vermont releases
- Burlington Free Press
- Thayer makes lyrical reference to one of his influences, Levon Helm, but
Shooting Arrows at the Moon
extracts the rock element of The Band and gives the guitar-banjo-fiddle-driven music an airy, ragged, front-porch friendliness.
Praise for Bow Thayer & Perfect Trainwreck
- Radio Free Americana
- [A] highly spontaneous and diverse set that blends elements of folk-rock and bluegrass anchored by a big drum and bass sound in a manner that recalls, in some respects, The Band’s more acoustic songs.
- DJ Shotgun Majors (KRVM, Eugene, OR)
- [T]his CD from last year might be one of the best I've ever heard. Literally not a bad track on the whole thing, and some that might end up as my all-time favorites.
Praise for Spend It All
- PopVulture
- One thing is made clear throughout the album. Bow Thayer has their shit together. They don't stand in the shadow of The Band, but they do draw some amazing inspiration from them, and artists like Tom Petty, Wilco or Emmy Lou Harris, via Gram Parsons.