{"id":1140,"date":"2012-01-23T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2012-01-22T17:27:58","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T22:27:58","slug":"the-parlor-soldiers-now-i-wrestle-every-rhyme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/01\/23\/the-parlor-soldiers-now-i-wrestle-every-rhyme\/","title":{"rendered":"The Parlor Soldiers: Now I Wrestle Every Rhyme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-UFfN-0qQUyI\/TxyL8w64nFI\/AAAAAAAAAjk\/_lwEpskHxQA\/s500\/Parlor%252520Soldiers%2525202.jpg\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re a little bi-polar,&#8221; he tells her, &#8220;and you get on my ass about drinking my liquor and smoking too much grass.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She parries. &#8220;You know, you&#8217;re no Johnny Cash.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Woman, what&#8217;d you say?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I said, you ain&#8217;t the Man in Black, and I won&#8217;t be treated this way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But there is a wry, knowing edge in each of their voices that melts into affection by the end of their argument.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/track=3264839638\/size=venti\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=fa8a0f\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theparlorsoldiers.bandcamp.com\/track\/crazy\">Crazy by The Parlor Soldiers<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This argument is the third track, &#8220;Crazy&#8221;, from the Parlor Soldiers&#8217; album <i>When the Dust Settles<\/i>, and showcases the essence of what makes their songs really work (and if you click up there, you can download &#8220;Crazy&#8221; for free). Backed by simple, slim but solid Americana-based arrangements, they are playful without coming off as if they are trying to hard to show how clever they are, and they are real without being precious. And their voices are so handsome that you want to date them both.<\/p>\n<p>Forming in Fredericksburg, Virginia, after Alex Culbreth asked Karen Jonas to sing at some gigs with him, the two, each who had already established themselves as solo artists, added upright bass (played by Dan Dutton) to the mix and began writing and playing as the Parlor Soldiers. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We spent several months coming up with different band names but none of them seemed to fit our style of music,&#8221; Culbreth told me. &#8220;We came up with The Parlor Soldiers after coming across a list of Civil War terms.  It was a derogatory term meaning a soldier who was unfit for war, a poseur, or not a true soldier.  We thought that it sounded good, liked the old-timey Civil War connection, and liked the fact that it was an insult.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>When the Dust Settles<\/i>, which I&#8217;ve fallen a little more in love with at each listen, covers themes from giving an abuser his just desserts to being a woman with ramblin&#8217; on her mind to being a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde duo driven to desperate ends by the economy and circumstance, with the singing, playing and songwriting shared evenly by Jonas and Culbreth. And the balance between those three elements is nearly perfect, never sacrificing their enticing musicality to showcase their smart lyrics, never working their chosen genre up into caricature and always singing strong and true. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_9zJ-qfbI7gw\"><div id=\"lyte_9zJ-qfbI7gw\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/9zJ-qfbI7gw\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/9zJ-qfbI7gw\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/9zJ-qfbI7gw\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_4bRNIxIo4Bw\"><div id=\"lyte_4bRNIxIo4Bw\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4bRNIxIo4Bw\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/4bRNIxIo4Bw\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4bRNIxIo4Bw\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And each time I listen to <i>When the Dust Settles<\/i> I want to hear those songs played live. You will, too, so take note of these tour dates.<\/p>\n<p>Jan 25<br \/>\nCourtyard Marriott<br \/>\nFredericksburg, VA<\/p>\n<p>Jan 26<br \/>\nKybecca Wine Bar<br \/>\nFredericksburg, VA<\/p>\n<p>Jan 27<br \/>\nThe Dunes<br \/>\nWashington, DC<\/p>\n<p>Feb 03<br \/>\nThe Griffin Bookshop<br \/>\nFredericksburg, VA<\/p>\n<p>Feb 04<br \/>\nNorthside Social Cafe &#038; Wine Bar<br \/>\nArlington, VA<\/p>\n<p>Feb 08<br \/>\nCourtyard Marriott<br \/>\nFredericksburg, VA<\/p>\n<p>Feb 11<br \/>\nColonial Tavern<br \/>\nFredericksburg, VA<\/p>\n<p>Feb 16<br \/>\nThe Camel<br \/>\nRichmond, VA<\/p>\n<p>Feb 17<br \/>\nBar 4<br \/>\nBrooklyn, NY<\/p>\n<p>Feb 18<br \/>\nCaffe Vivaldi<br \/>\nNew York, NY<\/p>\n<p>Feb 29<br \/>\nStrange Matter<br \/>\nRichmond, VA<\/p>\n<p>Mar 13<br \/>\nSolly&#8217;s U Street Tavern<br \/>\nWashington, DC<\/p>\n<p>Mar 31<br \/>\nHorseshoes and Hand Grenades<br \/>\nFredericksburg, VA<\/p>\n<p>Apr 27<br \/>\nHill Country Barbeque Market<br \/>\nWashington, DC<\/p>\n<p>May 11<br \/>\nThe Corner Store<br \/>\nWashington, DC<\/p>\n<p>May 28<br \/>\nBrewer&#8217;s Alley<br \/>\nFrederick, MD<\/p>\n<p>Sep 07<br \/>\nAshland Coffee &#038; Tea<br \/>\nAshland, VA<\/p>\n<p>Jan 25<br \/>\nPicker&#8217;s Supply Concert Hall<br \/>\nFredericksburg, VA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theparlorsoldiers.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"blank\">The Parlor Soldiers @ Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theparlorsoldiers\" target=\"blank\">The Parlor Soldiers @ Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/theparlorsoldiers\" target=\"blank\">The Parlor Soldiers @ ReverbNation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8220;You&#8217;re a little bi-polar,&#8221; he tells her, &#8220;and you get on my ass about drinking my liquor and smoking too much grass.&#8221; She parries. &#8220;You know, you&#8217;re no Johnny Cash.&#8221; &#8220;Woman, what&#8217;d you say?&#8221; &#8220;I said, you ain&#8217;t the Man in Black, and I won&#8217;t be treated this way.&#8221; &#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/01\/23\/the-parlor-soldiers-now-i-wrestle-every-rhyme\/\"> Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[429],"tags":[630,471,21,1840,812,1837],"class_list":["post-1140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","tag-download","tag-links","tag-mp3","tag-song-embed","tag-the-parlor-soldiers","tag-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Parlor Soldiers: Now I Wrestle Every Rhyme -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/01\/23\/the-parlor-soldiers-now-i-wrestle-every-rhyme\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Parlor Soldiers: Now I Wrestle Every Rhyme -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; &#8220;You&#8217;re a little bi-polar,&#8221; he tells her, &#8220;and you get on my ass about drinking my liquor and smoking too much grass.&#8221; She parries. &#8220;You know, you&#8217;re no Johnny Cash.&#8221; &#8220;Woman, what&#8217;d you say?&#8221; &#8220;I said, you ain&#8217;t the Man in Black, and I won&#8217;t be treated this way.&#8221; ... 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