After releasing their third Album late last year, the Josh Abbott band is headed south to play at Bourbon Street bar Thursday, April 11.
Originally from Texas, The Josh Abbott Band's fiddle player, Preston Wait, compares the band to the Zac Brown Band and Eli Young Band.
"One thing we've always tried to strive for is to actually be a group," Wait said. "Groups like Eli Young Band and Zac Brown Band and those kind of groups are remembering the band, the've been there from pretty much the start."
The band has three full albums and one EP. Wait said the band is currently demoing songs for another album, possibly to begin in the fall.
"We're pretty much ready to go get started on (an album) right now, we just have to wait for the right time," Wait said.
The band recently signed with the merged companies of Warner and Atlantic Records, the same companies who have signed artists such as the Zac Brown Band and Blake Shelton
"They've been great so far," Wait said. "We haven't been able to do any recording yet, but so far our relationship has been great. We were indie for a very long time, but it finally got to the point where it's hard to expand to new states without their help."
Wait said their style isn't necessarily typical country.
"We're always trying to do something a little different," Wait said. "You want to kind of develop your own sound from the beginning and you don't want to stray to far away from that, but you always want to try and get better and expand your sound."
After Auburn, Wait said they plan to play in venues in Tuscaloosa and Athens, Ga., to hit the college markets.
"It's just a good market for what we do," Wait said. "I think we're a fun group. It's a high-energy kind of show. A lot of times when you think of country music you kind of think of everyone sitting back and this is all a high-energy group and it's just a fun experience."
Wait said the development of social media has helped the band's name by being able to thank fans and develop awareness.
"From day one, even when we were in the Myspace days, Josh would get on there and add people from all these different areas and if they wrote him then he would write right back," Wait said. "Everyone in our band has a (Twitter) account and we try to interact and if someone writes something about us we always try to say 'Thanks for coming out,' kind of thing. It helps so much."
Tickets online are $10 and doors open at 9:30 p.m.
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