Teddy Morgan & The Pistolas

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Anyone wondering how to describe the sound of local rock trio Teddy Morgan and the Pistolas might want to start with someone other than the group's frontman. "It's a question I'm asked a lot," said Morgan, whose trio celebrates the release of its latest album with a show tonight at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St., "but I still don't answer it very articulately, that's for sure." While the group's specific style may be hard to pin down - Morgan said the best description he's heard is "twang and bang rock and roll" - the Pistolas' gritty roadhouse sound suggests numerous influences, from blues to classic country. Morgan, who recorded his first album back in 1994, began his career as a blues musician. "I spent a lot of time listening to old '40s and '50s blues," he said. "So I started off mainly doing that and then all these country and soul influences came in, and some of the alternative country like Steve Earle and Son Volt. It's just a progression - I don't guide it, it guides me." There is a harder side to the Pistolas as well, one that Morgan said surprised him at first. "Before I was even a teenager I listened to a lot of punk - you know, the Clash and stuff like that," he explained, "and it's weird to be here in my late 20s and all of a sudden those influences start coming back. We're all like that in the band - we all had played a lot of blues gigs and different gigs and weren't even playing that much rock and roll. But now, oh man, we let it fly." The Pistolas

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Lost Love And Highways

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Crashing Down

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American Music: Hightone Records Story

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American Music: The Hightone Records Story

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American Music: The Hightone Records Story (Rock CD)

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Live@7black Cats

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American Music: The Hightone Records Story - Rock

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American Music: The Hightone Records Story - Disc 2 - Rock

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Live @ 7 Black Cats

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Crashing Down- Live at 7 Black Cats

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Freight

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Best of 1999

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