Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Riverboat Gamblers Side Projects
Broken Gold and High Tension Wires
Contributed by Heather McAdams
The Riverboat Gamblers have been known to take expectations, light them on fire and throw them out the proverbial window. The Austin-based Indie quintet first sprouted in 1997 with every scheming intention to be the new and improved Candy Snatchers, a band whose songs revolved solely around drinking, drugs, and other various sins with tracks entitled “Drunken Blur,” “Kill’ My Buzz” and the ever-popular “Sauced Again.”
Riverboat Gamblers blasted into the house party and college scene ready to eschew the mainstream music scene six ways ‘til Sunday with a set list grounded in drinking, drugs and, ...