Steeped in the musical traditions of the old, weird America, the Kerosene Kondors are polishing off the sounds of our shameless and glorious past with spit and elbow grease. Their songs, mostly originals by young troubadour Willie Rubio, take you from the bordellos of 19th century St. Louis to the dark hollers of Appalachia to the street corners of 1930s Memphis, and take you there dancing.Rubio’s songs consistently demonstrate that dark and literate lyrics can coexist with danceable music, whether it be hillbilly cabaret, graveyard ragtime party anthems, or folk-rock slathered in the bacon-grease of punk. With a punchy and relentless rhythm section, boogie-woogie piano, and the stellar guitar work of underground legend Buddy Stubbs - who has played with such luminaries as Crazy Horse, Gene Clark, and Levon Helm - the Kondors are proving once and for all that there is no “old-timey” music - that the music of yesteryear is also the music of now. All of the Kerosene Kondors reside in the dense wilderness of Mendocino County. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.