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New Oteil Album!
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The world knows Oteil Burbridge as the Allman Bros.’ bassist and as a founding member of The Aquarium Rescue Unit. In recent years, Oteil and the Peacemakers have brought more attention to Oteil’s skills as a leader in his own right. Now, everyone has a chance to hear Oteil and the Peacemakers at their peak!
Oteil is pleased to announce the release of BELIEVER, an incredible collection of groovy funk/jazz/jam tunes that showcases each and every member of the band. The album is out NOW and you can order it by clicking HERE. You can hear one of the great tracks from the album HERE. Feel free to download it (right-click and save as) and send it to your friends!
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Hey y'all, welcome to our home on the web! I'm so happy you found your way here. This a place where we can all get together and talk about music, life, philosophy ... there's a lot going on and a lot of love to share.
This site is a great way to reach out and stay in touch. I'll check in and write often when I'm not on the road, and we'll set up internet chats whenever possible. So register, hook up, let me know what you're thinking. I look forward to hearing from you! Peace!
 What's Shakin'?
Click HERE for a great video clip of Oteil playing with Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey and Bill Dickens on "The Day the Bass Players Took Over the World"!
Oteil & the Peacemakers are touring all over the country this year. Get out and see them and get ready to go to church!
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Oteil, Bill Kreutzmann and Scott Murawski for Band
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Lana on May 07, 2008 - 07:23 AM (2245 Reads) |
Oteil is in a new band with Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead and Scott Murawski of Max Creek and their music is amazing! But you don't have to take our word for it. Check them out in person. Tour dates for the best un-named band on the road are:
5 /29/2008 State Theatre Falls Church VA
5 /31/2008 Recher Theater Towson MD
6 /1 /2008 Rocks Off Concert Cruise New York NY
6 /3 /2008 Tupelo Music Hall Londonderry NH
6 /5 /2008 Roxy Boston MA
6 /6 /2008 Toad's New Haven CT
6 /7 /2008 Higher Ground Ballroom South Burlington VT
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Oteil Burbridge: Blessed Are the Peacemakers
Posted by
Lana on Aug 28, 2007 - 03:25 PM (2800 Reads) |
By: Randy Ray
For: Jambands.com
The long and storied career of Oteil Burbridge extends from Washington, D.C to Atlanta to Birmingham, Alabama while playing in some of the greatest jambands in music history. His bass playing, whether it be with the six string or the Fender 4-string he utilizes with the Allman Brothers Band, has set new standards in a genre which continually challenges musicians to create new sounds within an old framework, the live stage. Jambands.com caught up with Burbridge during the beginning of ABB’s most recent tour with Bob Weir’s RatDog. Burbridge has had a busy summer. Prior to the Allman dates, he toured for two months with his band the Peacemakers which also included dates with another legendary jam gem—Hot Tuna. If that wasn’t enough to satisfy the musician’s musician in Burbridge, he also recently reunited with fellow Aquarium Rescue Unit and ex-Brother band member, guitarist Jimmy Herring for a series of dates while recording an album with a improvisatory unit called Go There which also features his older brother and Derek Trucks Band keyboardist and flutist, Kofi Burbridge. However, Oteil does know how to “slow everything back down” as the reader will see in this conversation with one of jamband’s most enduring musical icons.
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Conversation With Oteil Burbridge
Posted by
Lana on Aug 06, 2007 - 09:51 AM (2362 Reads) |
By: Doug Collette
For: State of Mind Music
Is there a more ebullient modest musician on the planet than Oteil Burbridge? When he was reminded that this year is his tenth anniversary with The Allman Brothers Band, he chortled and almost never stopped throughout the conversation…at least when he discussed his role in the mythic southern band.
Burbridge became solemn and soulful in his discussion to become a professional musician rather than take a working job. Yet every string of conversation led back to passion for music and warmth for his comrades, which are the most notable virtues he displays in whatever musical context he finds himself.
Burbridge invariably becomes a lynchpin of the proceedings at hand. His combustible exchanges with Jimmy Herring are highlights of the all-too-infrequent Aquarium Rescue Unit gigs these days. Burbridge unabashedly relishes his spotlights with the Allman Brothers Band, whether it’s a bass solo (scat or not), a turn on the drums (as happened at The Beacon this past March), or the lead vocal turn where he lends due passion to Grateful Dead’s “Franklin’s Tower” or the more recent takes on Derek & The Dominos’ “AnyDay.”
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Positive Energy
Posted by
Zambi on Jan 22, 2007 - 07:26 AM (3226 Reads) |
PRESS-REGISTER
Friday, January 12, 2007
By LAWRENCE SPECKER
Entertainment Reporter
It's not about preaching," said bassist Oteil Burbridge, who brings a unique mix of spirituality and funk to a Mobile club Saturday evening. "It's all about love and hope and forgiveness and compassion."
And for listeners who don't necessarily know what they're getting into, it's about one more thing as well: "They should expect to get their faces rocked off," Burbridge said.
As luck would have it, Mobile is one of four cities in on a limited tour combining some very promising building blocks:
Burbridge himself is a renowned instrumentalist, particularly in the jam-band scene, and he has a resume to show that his reputation is deserved. Aside from serving as bassist for the Allman Brothers Band since 1997, he was a member of the Aquarium Rescue Unit, an influential jam/Southern Rock group founded by Col. Bruce Hampton. Though he has been involved in numerous other collaborations, the Peacemakers are his primary solo outlet.
On the current run of shows, he's being joined by a special guest who holds a particularly lofty place in the jam pantheon: guitarist Jimmy Herring, who was tapped last fall to take over the lead guitar spot in Widespread Panic.
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Music Comes First with Oteil & the Peacemakers
Posted by
Lana on Jan 22, 2007 - 07:23 AM (3080 Reads) |
By: Lawrence Specker
For: Everything Alabama
Days after, I'm still mulling the incredible blend of raw material I heard heated to the welding point on Saturday by Oteil Burbridge and the Peacemakers.
Mahavishnu Orchestra and fusion-era Miles Davis, to be sure. And AC/DC and Led Zeppelin, both of whom were quoted in the show's opening riffs. And Hank Williams Sr., whose "Kaw-Liga" got a thunderous cover. And probably a whole bunch more that I enjoyed without necessarily identifying them.
The early surprise, given Burbridge's personal reputation and excitement over the participation of Widespread Panic guitarist Jimmy Herring, was the phenomenal skill of the Peacemakers. Burbridge's young sidemen were talented and confident enough that Herring took the role of a friend among equals, rather than a big fish visiting a small bowl.
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Sounds of the South
Posted by
Zambi on Sep 04, 2006 - 02:57 PM (4121 Reads) |
Burbridge has played a key role in Southern rock
The Aspen Times
By Stewart Oksenhorn
September 3, 2006
Some consider Washington, D.C. a part of the South. But Oteil Burbridge, who was born and raised in the capital city, has been to the South and breathed it in, and Washington isn't it.
Burbridge, who lives now in Birmingham, Ala., after a stretch of several years in Atlanta, has been the bassist for two quintessential Southern bands. In the late '80s, while living in Atlanta, Burbridge was part of the Aquarium Rescue Unit, visionary singer-guitarist Col. Bruce Hampton's obscenely talented band. In 1997, Burbridge was invited to join a rejuvenating version of the great Southern rock group the Allman Brothers Band.
In his native Washington, Burbridge, like all his siblings, learned piano and violin. Oteil also started playing drums at 5 and, sensing opportunity, added the bass guitar to his arsenal at 14.
"Back then, and probably still now, there's a shortage of bass players," he explained. "So I ended up getting a lot more work on that."
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Sounds of the South
Posted by
Zambi on Sep 04, 2006 - 02:56 PM (4258 Reads) |
Burbridge has played a key role in Southern rock
The Aspen Times
By Stewart Oksenhorn
September 3, 2006
Some consider Washington, D.C. a part of the South. But Oteil Burbridge, who was born and raised in the capital city, has been to the South and breathed it in, and Washington isn't it.
Burbridge, who lives now in Birmingham, Ala., after a stretch of several years in Atlanta, has been the bassist for two quintessential Southern bands. In the late '80s, while living in Atlanta, Burbridge was part of the Aquarium Rescue Unit, visionary singer-guitarist Col. Bruce Hampton's obscenely talented band. In 1997, Burbridge was invited to join a rejuvenating version of the great Southern rock group the Allman Brothers Band.
In his native Washington, Burbridge, like all his siblings, learned piano and violin. Oteil also started playing drums at 5 and, sensing opportunity, added the bass guitar to his arsenal at 14.
"Back then, and probably still now, there's a shortage of bass players," he explained. "So I ended up getting a lot more work on that."
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Allman bassist brings eclectic tastes to classic rock band
Posted by
Lana on Aug 18, 2006 - 05:55 AM (4415 Reads) |
By: Jon Dawson
For: The Kinston Free Press
Oteil Burbridge has played bass in The Allman Brothers Band going on a decade now, and he also has his own band, Oteil & The Peacemakers, which will be opening The Allman Brothers show at Raleigh’s Altell Pavilion on Saturday night. Burbridge talked with Free Press interviewer Jon Dawson last week about the Peacemakers, the Allmans and his taste in music.
FP: What songs are currently making up the Peacemakers setlist?
Burbridge: For the most part we try to concentrate on the new album. We also do a few songs from the second record, and maybe two from the first one. We also do a few covers, such as Hendrix, “Green Eyed Lady” by Sugarloaf; I’m about to introduce a George Jones song into the set; some Sly Stone, some Hank Williams Sr.
FP: With a set like that a live album can’t be that far away.
Burbridge: That’s what I really want to do ... really a live DVD, because you need to see it to get the full scope of what’s going on. We included a DVD on our second studio album (“The Family Secret”) that was pretty much a documentary about making the album, but things really happen in the live set.
FP: What’s the best way for fans of Oteil & The Peacemakers to buy the three albums that you’ve recorded?
Burbridge: We’re on iTunes, we’re in Borders book stores, and you can buy it straight from the record company via links on www.oteilburbridge.com. We also sell them at our live shows.
FP: How long will your solo set be when you open for the Allman Brothers at Altell?
Burbridge: I think we’ll have a 45-minute set.
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Always at one with his music
Posted by
squank on Jul 31, 2006 - 09:36 PM (4137 Reads) |
Bass guitarist Oteil Burbridge splits his creative energies between two bands, but he finds that it gives his musical exploration a yin-yang balance.
From the Friday, July 14th 2006 Lexington Herald-Leader
By Walter Tunis
Contributing Music Critic
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 So what do you call him, a Brother or a Peacemaker?
Pose that question to Oteil Burbridge, the immensely popular and sought-after bass guitar innovator, and he is likely to be hard pressed in giving a definitive reply.
For now, the easy answer is "both."
For nine years, Burbridge has been bassist for the forefathers of Southern rock, the Allman Brothers Band. Critics and fans alike have credited his sound as a key component in the ensemble's shift from a classic rock staple to a jam-band favorite.
But when the Allmans are off the road, which they are for roughly half of the year, Burbridge leads his own band of merry groove merchants -- a soul, funk and fusion ensemble known as the Peacemakers.
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VISITING ACT | He's A Believer
Posted by
Zambi on Feb 05, 2006 - 05:44 PM (5057 Reads) |
FEBRUARY 1, 2006
CHARLESTON CITY PAPER
Oh God, Oteil & The Peacemakers get funky
BY T. BALLARD LESEMANN
Oteil Burbridge (center) and his peacemakers: Too full of the spirit for utterance or chops? Hardly.
Oteil & The Peacemakers
w/ The Progression
Fri. Feb. 3
9 p.m.
$12 ($9 adv.)
Pour House
1977 Maybank Hwy.
571-4343
"If you want a simple definition of our music in two or three words, you're screwed," laughs Grammy-nominated bassist and bandleader Oteil Burbridge. "Some things you can't categorize. Good Lord, it's like if I asked you to describe Salvador Dali's style in three words. Come on."
Burbridge and his backing band, The Peacemakers, may not be on an official mission from a higher power this season, but they're carrying on like a pack of a spiritually mature improv artists determined to spread the good message. With their newly-released album Believer, the vibes are positive, the grooves are upbeat, and the theme is full of hope and joy.
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| Memorable Quotes |
Oteil is the best out there. He is the Michael Jordan of bass, but he never loses the groove. I can’t even describe how much fun it is to play with him. If you don’t enjoy listening to Oteil, you must be listening sideways.
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| Past Articles |
| Sunday, February 05 |
| · | Become a 'Believer' in Oteil and the Peacemakers (65) |
| · | Six strings of funk (49) |
| Sunday, January 29 |
| · | Allmans bassist likes 'fujospel' on the side (42) |
| Friday, December 23 |
| · | In My CD Player: Oteil Burbridge (63) |
| Saturday, February 26 |
| · | Busy bassist likes being boss (56) |
| · | This week in local music: Oteil and the Peacemakers (48) |
| Monday, December 20 |
| · | Oteil and the Peacemakers, Bach Porch Stage, House of Blues, Chicago, IL- 11/12 (41) |
| Saturday, October 16 |
| · | Father of invention (40) |
| Thursday, October 07 |
| · | Bassist Finds Blue Skies with Allmans (55) |
| Saturday, September 11 |
| · | Bass Extremes at the Iridium Jazz Club (40) |
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