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The Blackstones
12+ albums
reggaerocksteadyroots reggaeboliviaSludge
about
There is two bands by the name The Blackstones. 1. A mid-60s Chicago-area beat combo. 2. Behind every indie rock band is a story... And I suppose, ours is similiar to others. The Blackstones were initially birthed out of the dusty remains of a band called “The Tremolo Cowboys”. Which was fronted by yours truly, (Aaron LaMere) and whose members included myself, Michael Salinas, Bobby Love, and Keith Young. Three of the closes friends I ever had in the world... At some point, as The Tremolo Cowboys we put out a cd... and it got a lot of great reviews and even generated some label interest and some national attention. So we went on some small tours and then disbanded just as our families lives were falling apart back home. A couple of years later, after things had calmed down a bit, we got back together and started playing again. We reformed as “The Blackstones” in 2005 using a collection of old members from The Cowboys and some new members also. In 2006 we released an obviously homemade sounding demo/record called ‘The Legend of Simon Peter’. Shortly after our first record release guitar player Bobby Love who had been a member of both The Cowboys and The Blackstones dropped out of the band to pursue other interests and ended up playing with another great West Coast band called ‘Telecast’. My close friend Michael Salinas and I went on writing songs and playing with different musicians and with the help of our close friends CJ Pickett, and Max T
