Festa: Howling Tongues & Truett with The Ides of June

Festa: Howling Tongues & Truett with The Ides of June

THE HOWLING TONGUES
The Howling Tongues are a 5-piece rock-n-roll outfit from Atlanta, Ga. After years of incessant rehearsals and touring, they have developed a large and growing fan base around the country. The Tongues are quickly becoming a household name in today’s music industry.

In August of 2011, guitarist Nick Magliochetti, lead vocalist Taylor Harlow, and drummer Tylor James decided to start a band that would soon be moving faster than they had anticipated. With the additions of Zach Smith on bass and Thomas Wainwright on keys, they were ready to create a style of rock and roll that would make the legends of the industry proud.

With a growing reputation for their live show and an anticipation of more music from their fans, The Howling Tongues returned to the studio nearly a year after the release of their first demo. They recorded a six-song album of what they call a “no regret rock-n-roll” style of music.

TRUETT
People often talk about musicians needing to “pay their dues” before they deserve success. Truett has paid his many times over; enough to treat himself and ten friends to an all expenses paid trip straight to the top. Sweating it out night after night in blues bars around the South, screaming into the bright lights and cigarette smoke like the ghost of Howlin’ Wolf, soloing until his hands bled hour after hour, roadhouse after roadhouse, mile after mile.

“I never really liked that many rock bands, so I’m coming at this from a different place than most people. I think that’s why my music doesn’t sound just like anything else,” Truett said.

Is Truett a soul singer? He was raised on Bill Withers and Stevie Wonder and can croon a Sam Cooke song or shout his lungs out a la Jackie Wilson. Is Truett a guitar virtuoso? Hearing him play is like having Albert Collins throw his drink in your face and kick his muddy boot up on your table to solo at the height of his powers. Is what Truett does easy to define? Absolutely not. He’ll take you from the Mississippi Delta to Prince’s Minneapolis, Chicago blues to Bowery Punk, down through Outkast’s Atlanta and out the other side of the psychedelic rabbit hole. That explosive mix makes for a singular experience.

THE IDES OF JUNE
The Ides of June is an Atlanta based Blues Rock band founded in 2015 with their debut album "Exist!" being released in 2016. The judges at The Hard Rock Rising competition at The Hard Rock Cafe described them as The Allman Brothers fused with The Black Keys. Although they are weary of mentioning themselves in the same sentence as these rock legends, they are honored by the comparison in sound.