Biography

Contacts:

For radio promotion - mbmusicpromo@gmail.com (Glory)
Malletts Bay Music [dot] com
For manangement & legal - battenkillmusic@gmail.com (Scott)
Bow's Publishing: Elbop Music/SESAC
To purchase - bowthayer.bandcamp.com or iTunes

Check out Bow's other more recent release - Sundowser
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*The Alternate Root's Top 20 Bands Pushing The Envelope and Top 100 Albums For 2013 - "Thayer writes deep, heavily textured music with complex layers both sonically and lyrically and has the band and the chops to pull it all together." - The Alternate Root

Bio:
Bow Thayer is a serious asset to Americana music. Since he moved to Vermont he has been a creative and cultural force and has churned out impressive albums both as a solo artist as well as with his former band 'Perfect Trainwreck'. American Songwriter wrote "this onetime Levon Helm compatriot is the best artist to come from new England in recent years." Bow likes to refer to his music as "Progressive Mountain Music" and hopes that the term will catch on. He is the inventor of the Bojotar (Eastwood/Airline Guitar Company) and the founder of the Tweed River Music Festival.

'The Source and the Servant' is a tribute album to two legends that have influenced Bow's development as an artist - Dock Boggs and Mississippi Fred McDowell. But this is not just a tribute album to pay homage to the foundations of American music. It is also an album that features Thayer's creative reinventions of the songs using acoustic and electric versions of the Bojotar.

This new album was originally not meant to go to radio, but with recent positive response, we're sending it out to radio. "While Boggs and McDowell are long gone, this album is a testament to their living legacies. The music is devoutly respectful, feels timeless, and sounds modern. Whatever 'the source' may be, Thayer has a clear open channel to it. May he keep bottling lightening and making magic for decades to come." (Seven Days)

The album marks Bow's 12th release.

Track list for 'The Source and the Servant':

1. Country Blues-William Bowman Thayer-Public Domain
2. Papa's Little Angel Child-William Bowman Thayer-Public Domain
3. Cole Younger-William Bowman Thayer-Public Domain
4. Sugar Baby-William Bowman Thayer-Public Domain
5. Goin' Down the River-Fred McDowell-Happy Valley Music
6. Unveil Your Love-William Bowman Thayer-Elbop/SESAC
7. Shoe Glue Blues-William Bowman Thayer-Elbop/SESAC
8. Wild Bill Jones-William Bowman Thayer-Public Domain
9. Oh Death-William Bowman Thayer-Public Domain
10. Shake 'em Down-Fred McDowell-Unichappell Music Inc.
11. When the Train Comes Along-William Bowman Thayer-Public Domain
12. Wished I Was In Heaven Sittin' Down-Fred McDowell-BMG Bumblebee OBO Tradition