Baptist Generals
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The Baptist Generals are an American
indie
band from the music town of Denton, Texas
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The Baptist Generals was formed in 1998 by songwriter/guitarist Chris Flemmons and drummer
Steve Hill. Originally they played for beer money as a street act on Denton's infamous Fry Street, but later moved from the street to playing house and club shows nationally and abroad. Over the years the band has grown to include a rotating cast of Denton and former Denton musicians. Hill left the band in 2007.
In 2007 the group refined their live show, choosing to move away from their amplified presentation in favor of quiet chamber music style acoustic sets performed on the band's traveling rug. They now book themselves in alternative venues such as art galleries, museums and smaller non-bar facilities.
The band has a short list of releases that include a 9-song EP, Dog released in 1998 on now-defunct Quality Park Records, as well as the LP No Silver/No Gold released in 2003 on Subpop Records.
United States
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indie
Indie (music)
In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....
band from the music town of Denton, Texas
Denton, Texas
The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...
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The Baptist Generals was formed in 1998 by songwriter/guitarist Chris Flemmons and drummer
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Steve Hill. Originally they played for beer money as a street act on Denton's infamous Fry Street, but later moved from the street to playing house and club shows nationally and abroad. Over the years the band has grown to include a rotating cast of Denton and former Denton musicians. Hill left the band in 2007.
In 2007 the group refined their live show, choosing to move away from their amplified presentation in favor of quiet chamber music style acoustic sets performed on the band's traveling rug. They now book themselves in alternative venues such as art galleries, museums and smaller non-bar facilities.
The band has a short list of releases that include a 9-song EP, Dog released in 1998 on now-defunct Quality Park Records, as well as the LP No Silver/No Gold released in 2003 on Subpop Records.
Trivia
- Chris Flemmons is the son of the late Fort Worth Star-TelegramFort Worth Star-TelegramThe Fort Worth Star-Telegram is a major U.S. daily newspaper serving Fort Worth and the western half of the North Texas area known as the Metroplex. Its area of domination is checked by its main rival, The Dallas Morning News, which is published from the eastern half of the Metroplex. It is owned...
writer, Texana author, and Texas historian, Jerry Flemmons.
- Attending junior college in Wisconsin, Steve Hill worked as a drummer for John ZornJohn ZornJohn Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
while Zorn developed his music game piece, Cobra.
Discography
Albums- Dog (album) (1998)
- Void Touching Faster Victuals (EP) (2002)
- No Silver/No Gold (2003)