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Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...

-based

blues rock Blues rock is a fusion music genre that combines elements of blues and rock music. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock (electric guitar, electric bass guitar, and drums, sometimes w ...

trio, formed in 1986 by three college friends, Ken McMahan (guitar and vocals), David Barnette (bass) and Leo Overtoom (drums). The band released three albums on Reptile Records in the US and three on Dixiefrog Records in Europe. The band was part of the Miller Genuine Draft band network and recorded a national radio spot for MGD's "Tap into The Cold" campaign during the late 1980s and toured internationally until the early 1990s. Their first release, in 1988, ''Red and Hot and Ready to Roll'', featured the original band. In a review of the three-song EP, the ''

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'' called the music "'60s blues-rock revisited, with a big, raunchy beat, fat chords and growling vocals." That same year, ''

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'' voted the Dusters "best Nashville band". For the second release, 1990's ''This Ain't No Jukebox... We're a Rock n' Roll Band'', Leo Overtoom was replaced mid-session by Chris Sherlock. The band played at the

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festival. In a review of one of their performances, critic Michael Point wrote, " e band's basic tool is its unrelenting boogie beat. Songs like 'This Ain't No Jukebox' and 'The Truck Won't Start' work on the reduced boogie level, but their appeal to any but the most devoted Southern-rock fans is limited."Point, Michael (March 17, 1990). "Bands from near and far pull out the stops: 1st night: The Dusters", ''

'', p. F9. The final Reptile Records release, ''Unlisted Number'', in 1997, featured Jeff Perkins on drums and Bobbie Keys on saxophone. In 2002, a reunited Dusters with Jeff Perkins recorded with

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( The Georgia Satellites) and released ''Dang!'' on DixieFrog Records. Since that release the band has been working on their next project, recording with artists such as Pinetop Perkins (

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), J.M. Van Eaton (

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(

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), Al Jourgensen (

) and Nick Kane (

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dusters American blues rock musical groups Rock music groups from Tennessee Musical groups established in 1986 Musical groups from Nashville, Tennessee 1986 establishments in Tennessee