The Ganges River Band

Welcome this Texas Honky Tonk band to the Red Bike for their first visit to Vashon.
 
The Ganges River Band is a Texas style Honkey Tonk band based out of Seattle, WA and fronted by AP Dugas, a singer/songwriter from Houston, Texas.
 
Putting out a country album about heartbreak isn’t anything new. Most of singer/songwriter A.P. Dugas’ heroes are legends in the game. Waylon, Willie, Merle. There’s also the storytellers, whose songs tell the woes of the downtrodden. Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, Possessed by Paul James and Townes Van Zandt.
 
Where those traditions merge is in the self-titled debut from The Ganges River Band. It’s less an album than a confession of the sins you commit when your heart has been broken longer than it’s been beating.
 
The Ganges River Band are part of Seattle’s underground country/folk movement which includes Davidson Hart Kingsbery, The Crying Shame, Knut Bell, The Country Lips, Ole Tiner, The Swearengens and the Annie Ford Band. Though Dugas was born with music in his blood just outside of Houston, TX, he didn’t start playing country music until he, along with bass player Steven Burnett, moved north. Time and distance from home led the two, who were both in the guitar-driven rock band The Religion, towards deeper roots; and Ganges was born. They found pedal steel player Randy Neil (Lucky Lawrence & the Souvenirs) and drummer Adrian Van Batenburg (Gems) and a community of musicians, fans and friends who fuel long nights and shared stories of grief and joy.
 
Friday, April5 at 8:30pm. This is a free cover all-ages show ‘til 11pm, then 21+ after that.
At the Red Bicycle
17618 Vashon Hwy SW
206-463-5590
www.redbicyclebistro.com