Nashville-based band Natural Child will perform at Green Bar Thursday night at 10 p.m., marking the country and blues rock band’s inaugural performance in Tuscaloosa, and the band members said they’re excited to explore the new venue.
Natural Child formed four years ago and has recently been in the studio in Nashville, Tenn., working on a new album. The group has also been busy rocking concert venues all over the country. As their following grows, Natural Child plans to enter uncharted waters like Tuscaloosa’s Green Bar to spread their musical gospel.
The band’s current lineup consists of Wes Traylor on bass, Zach Martin on drums, Seth McMurray on guitar and vocals, Luke Schneider on the pedal steel guitar and Benny Vivine on piano.
When the band all assembled for the first time, its members discovered they had more in common than musical taste. That unity ultimately led to the conception and birth of what is now Natural Child.
“We had been partying together when some of us were living together,” drummer Zach Martin said. “Then we just started playing music together.”
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The correlation between the members’ fun- loving nature and their heart-pounding music is apparent in their recorded music but most notably in the group’s live performances. Natural Child’s overall sound may have a refined undertone of the muddy-bottom blues, but the band expects nothing but good times, not only for themselves but also for the fans.
“We hope people come ready to dance,” said Martin. “We want Alabama to know [Natural Child] is coming.”
Natural Child has already released three full-length albums and an equal number of shorter EPs. The group’s latest album “Hard in Heaven” was released in September 2012 and was met with praise from the iTunes community. After soaring popularity on the web, online reviewers praised the work put into the band’s latest project.
Green Bar is excited to bring the group’s appealing sound and attitude to the venue’s loyal, music-loving patrons.
“They’ve been described as sounding like the Rolling Stones,” said Green Bar’s Facebook page, “but Natural Child is just one of those bands that you need to hear for yourself.”
Natural Child will be accompanied by opening acts Holy Youth and GT. The show starts at 10 p.m. Cover will be $5, ages 21 and up. For more information call (205) 752-2060.
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