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Wreck N Sow = gives=20 Americana a kick

By = Michelle J.=20 Mills, Staff Writer

Article=20 Launched: 05/29/2008 03:33:36 PM = PDT

WRECK N SOW=20

5-8 p.m. Sunday
Barn Burner
1000 S. Fair = Oaks Ave.=20
Pasadena.
No cover, all ages
(626) = 403-7427=20

http://www.barnburnerbbq.com/,= =20 http://www.wrecknsow.com/=20

Also July 11 at The Press, 129 Harvard Ave., = Claremont,=20 (909) 625-4808, and at the Pasadena Heritage's = Colorado Street=20 Bridge Party, 6-11 p.m. July 19, (626) 441-6333.=20

If you're hankering for a barbecue dinner with a = downhome=20 feel, you might just want to mark a trip to the Barn = Burner in=20 Pasadena on your calendar for Sunday. This is when you = not=20 only can enjoy a good meal, but also catch the = Altadena-based=20 band, Wreck N Sow. Their sound's foundation is = bluegrass, but=20 it reaches into alternative folk and other Americana = genres,=20 along with warm harmonies and a big dash of humor.=20

Wreck N Sow has played at restaurants, bars and = events=20 throughout Southern California, including at the = Stagecoach=20 Festival in Coachella. They've self-released one = effort,=20 "First Harvest."=20

Bassist Randy Cochran and drummer Pierre Dupuy were = originally in the cow-punk power trio Stringbeans and = when=20 that phased out, they began the Self-Medicators. Here, = Dupuy=20 switched to banjo and harmonica and fiddler Mike Stave = stepped=20 in, along with a female singer.=20

At the same time Dupuy was jamming with musicians = around=20 town and his brother Andre wanted to join

in. Pierre told Andre that he had to do more = than sing=20 and handed him a mandolin, which he learned to play = over the=20 course of a year.=20

Slowly, lineups changed and, just over two years = ago, Wreck=20 N Sow formed with Pierre Dupuy (on guitar, banjo and=20 harmonica), Cochran, Stave and Andre Dupuy, plus Emily = Ensley=20 on vocals. Ensley left the band shortly after and = moved to=20 Oregon. Today, they also have an additional "ghost = member,"=20 Dan Leahy, who sits in on dobro guitar when he can. = There are=20 a few other musical friends who stop by and play a = spell.=20

Cochran tends to write funny songs in keeping with = his wry=20 sense of humor that are straightforward in their = presentation,=20 just as the other men's personalities come out in = their works.=20

"Pierre's stuff is more composed, whereas as mine = is more=20 simplistic - 1-4-5. I don't add anything extra, I get = the song=20 or the story out and go home," Cochran said.=20

Pierre and Andre Dupuy grew up in Altadena. Pierre = Dupuy=20 already showed a predisposition for percussion by=20 kindergarten, grabbing for the tambourine and drums = during=20 music time. In fourth grade he began playing guitar = and in=20 eighth grade, he switched to drums. He played in = original rock=20 'n' roll bands from thenuntil he met up with Cochran.=20

Aside from school plays and a brief stint studying = recorder=20 in high school, Andre Dupuy wasn't into music growing = up.=20

"I like music, but I've not been musically inclined = most of=20 my life," he said. "It has not been my dream to be in = a band,=20 but here I am and loving every minute of it."=20

Cochran grew up in Huntington Beach, studying = clarinet and=20 noodling on acoustic and bass guitars. At age 20, he = got=20 serious about the bass and by 21, he was playing in=20 rockabilly, punk and glam bands. He opened for Alice = in Chains=20 and Guns N' Roses during their early days on the = Hollywood=20 strip.=20

Stave grew up in Long Beach listening to his older = brother=20 playing fiddle. He decided to he wanted to play too, = and so=20 did his other brother. His parents would take the trio = across=20 Southern California to perform in competitions.=20

At 14, Stave won the California Fiddle = Championship. He=20 went on to win a number of other competitions and has=20 performed at the Follows Camp Festival in the San = Gabriel=20 Mountains and the Topanga Days Festival.=20

Wreck N Sow hopes to complete a new self-release CD = this=20 fall. In the meantime, they are seeking an agent or = manager to=20 take them to the next level and playing out as much as = possible. They perform at the Barn Burner on the first = Sunday=20 of every month and the Pike Bar in Long Beach on the = second=20 Tuesday of every month. You can also see them at The = Press in=20 Claremont July 11 and the Colorado Street Bridge Party = in=20 Pasadena July 19.=20

"We are all at a point in our lives where we want = to do=20 this and we all happened to cross paths," Pierre Dupuy = said.=20 "I've played in a lot of bands, (but) this band = appeals to a=20 broader range of people, from little kids to senior = citizens=20 and everybody in between."=20

michelle.mills@sgvn.com=20

(626) 962-8811, Ext. 2128=20

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