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The Wilders Have Murder on Their Mind
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Present Magazine, The Wilders Have Murder on Their Mind >>
The Wilders are ready to cut loose with Someone’s Got to Pay, a new CD of 20 songs inspired by a 2005 murder trial in Kansas City. Musician Phil Wade served as a juror during the trial and wrote a song about the intense experience. Betse Ellis, band mate of Wade, states that The Wilders’ new album is summed up by the title of the second track, “An Old Murder Ballad Come to Life.”
Now’s the time to trot out that old line about “art imitates life.” Rather than imitation, Wade, Ellis, Ike Sheldon, and Nate Gawron of The Wilders have instead used their prodigious talent to interpret a cold-blooded killing and subsequent trial. Someone’s Got to Pay [Free Dirt Records] is a contemporary tale explored through the use of a classic songwriting form, the murder ballad, but expanded into an ambitious conceptual album. The result is faithful to the hard driving country roots of the band, but writing and recording this new album has also been an opportunity for The Wilders to broaden their sound and produce a powerful and edgy thematic work.
Murder in Mind
Phil Wade and the other members of the jury heard details of the murder trial involving a wife who left her husband. Subsequently, he planned a murder-suicide; however, after murdering the wife, the man was arrested and faced trial.
-- by Pete Dulin 04/07/08 >> go there
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