[Version for Store Buyers] BARRENCE WHITFIELD & THE SAVAGES shot out of Boston in the mid-‘80s with the force of a cannonball. Through their sweaty dance party shows and love of primal soul, they were to R&B what the Cramps were to rockabilly--a gateway musical drug for nascent underground roots mavens (including a wide-eyed, dewy-eared future Bloodshot co-founder Rob Miller, who released their latest disc DIG THY SAVAGE SOUL). Along with original Savage Peter Greenberg (The Lyres, DMZ), they released several records on Rounder, became a favorite of BBC DJ Andy Kershaw, toured with the likes of Bo Diddley, Tina Turner, and George Thorogood, and won seven Boston Music Awards. They reunited in 2011 with the Savages original bassist Phil Lenker on bass and new Savages, Andy Jody on drums, and Tom Quartulli on sax.
The world should be ready for them this time around.
