Matt Bass/VOX
Joe Skins/VOX
Tyler Guitar/VOX
Adam Guitar/Keys/Trumpet/VOX
If you want to play music, you have to go to Church. A Black Church. Because that's where you learn how to put soul into music. - Muddy Waters
Press:
"Theres a lot of black and very little church in Black Church Service, a snakey, grinding, organ-deepened quartet with libido-wagging traces of Aftermath-era Stones, Muddy Waters and Ted Nugent" - Chris Riemenschneider - Vita.mn/Star Tribune
"Elements of blues, definitely, but also in the mix is the earnest.. More >>ness of honky-tonk, the drive of rock, and the edginess of punk. With each contributing his own musical perspective, the collaborative music of Black Church Service is somehow familiar yet completely refreshing." - Christina Foy - mplsmusic.com
"Their sound has a bluesy, boozy swagger that is both infectious and invigorating, and it just seems to sound better the later in the evening it gets." - Eric Thompson - City Pages
"The best new live band we've seen in years" - ThriftyHipster.com
"The only band making music like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker did 40 years ago" - MN Daily
"These guys rattle & hum like The Stones, and can swirl up the blues like The Pretty Things, but they got their own style" - Club Jager
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