Local Spotlight On...Tater
The following column will appear in the August 2006 edition of Gaston Alive:
The band Tater is:
A) a four-piece act from Spudsville, Idaho
B) a cheesy circus act on the traveling festival circuit
C) a local group that annually serenades the local Potato Princess at the Spud Festival
D) none of the above.
If you chose answer D, then you most likely have been Tater-ized at one time or another.
If you didn't choose answer D, then here are the facts. Tater hails not from Idaho, but from Shelby, NC. Cheesy they are not. In fact, this quartet is quite talented. And lastly, to my knowledge, they have never serenaded the Potato Princess at any Spud Festival.
Tater has been around since 1998, and over time has created their own brand of music by mashing together every genre of music known to man to create what they call "Hi-Test Hillbilly Grass n' Roll".
Tom Petty in a recent edition of Esquire that the worst thing that ever happened to rock n' roll was that they chopped off the rock. Tater has brought the roll back to the rock. If you don't believe me - check out the song "That Ain't No Banjo" on their 2005 release Hi-Test Hillbilly.
