Bodeco
# Bodeco

Bodeco is an American rock band formed in 1984 in Louisville, Kentucky by guitarist, singer and songwriter Ricky Feather and drummer Brian Burkett. It later grew into a full band, with its most famous line-up featuring Feather, Burkett, guitarist Wink O'Bannon, bassist Jimmy Brown and multi-instrumentalist Gary Stillwell. Only Feather, Brown and Stillwell remain from that version.

Titled after a portmanteau of "Bo Diddley" and zydeco, the quintet typically plays a fast-paced country- and blues-tinged rock and roll. The band has recorded four studio albums, including the November 2009 release of "Soul Boost", and a live album.

Bodeco has had a considerable impact on the Louisville music scene, finding a place at No. 80 on WFPK's "top 1000 albums of all time" and inspiring Trouser Press to dub them "[o]ne of the most underappreciated combos in the early-to-mid-'90s indie roots-rock movement".

## Style

Bodeco was classified by Trouser Press as "celebratory party rawk". In 1992, The New York Times described the quintet as "a skunky country-rockabilly outfit", noting in 1993 that "[t]here's nothing quaint, cute or five-and-dime about Bodeco's brand of rockabilly. Greasy as a truck-stop burger and bumpier than a high-speed ride in the back of a pickup, this band of Louisville wild men eschews retro contrivances in favor of gristle, marrow and the occasional backwoods yowl".

## Members

* Ricky Feather – vocals, guitar
* Jimmy Brown – bass
* Gary Stillwell – percussion, keyboards
* Gene Wickliffe – drums
* Freddy "Southside" Wethington – guitar

### Former members

* Wink O'Bannon – guitar
* Brian Burkett – drums
* Rick Mason – guitar
* Nick Reifsteck – guitar
* Bill Barney - guitar
* Dave Rapp - guitar

## Discography

### Studio albums

* Bone, Hair & Hide (1992)
* Callin' All Dogs (1995)
* Crazy Wild (2003)
* Soul Boost (2009)

### Singles

* High Window (1995)

### Compilation contributions

* Wreck Room, Vol. 3 (1996)
* Sourmash (1998)
