South London roots-futurists – ALABAMA 3 – will head out on a UK headline tour this Winter in support of their new album ‘Cold War Classics Vol.2’.
Born at an all-night squat party during the ‘90s, the group formed when charismatic frontman and co-founder Rob Spragg started singing the lyrics to a Hank Williams song over an acid-house beat. Meanwhile other co-founder, the late Jake Black, a diehard Jazz fan, joined in with some bebop skat stylings. On that unforgettable night, the mutant embryo of Alabama 3 was conceived.
Having released their inaugural smash hit “Woke Up This Morning” in 1997, the track’s marriage of Howlin’ Wolf samples and trip-hop beats provided the theme music for long-running HBO series ‘The Sopranos’ and is still adored the world over. Alabama 3 have continued to explore their uniquely British absurdist twist on Americana ever since.
Driven by post-rave aesthetics, savage socio-political satire and lowlife narcotic misadventure, the band released their latest album — and their first following a turbulent few years that included the death of legendary songwriter Jake Black — ’Step 13’ in 2021. A record that refused to wallow in pity and instead saw the Brixton collective exceed their own standards of cross-pollinating experimentation and street polemic. A bounce-back for the band and a pick me up we all needed, ‘Step 13’ landed as a reminder to leave band news in the past, throw caution to the wind and live life to the fullest.
My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago
