The Pistol Arrows play underground western music. Alternative in the sense that it is most definitely an alternative to what top 40 radio calls country music these days. And in the sense that it is just as much related to punk rock, rock and roll, and experimental forms as it is often obviously infused with a country sensibility. We fail to see that there is a very large gap between all the varieties of soulful music. Historical Evidence The Pistol Arrows live in Oklahoma, in a smallish town called Norman. They got together in the spring of 1999, and have played incessantly since, most often at places with names like the Deli, VZD’s, the Red Dirt Café, Galileo’s, and the HiLo Club, but at other places when the need arises. They’ve played at festivals including, but not limited to, the Groovefest, the Midway Jam, and the Woody Guthrie Free Folk Festival. They have played benefits too. They’re shared the stage with a variety of artists such as Alejandro Escovedo, Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys, Roger Klyne and the Peacemakers, Leon Russell, the Red Dirt Rangers, Trish Murphy, and the Altamont Speedway. Their new self-titled album, released by Norman-based Remorseless Records, is a diverse collection of sounds and songs. Recording at Sherwood Forest Studios under the expert engineering and production supervision of the esteemed David Nash, the band spent many months in the studio, writing and experimenting to create this unique sound recording. Infusing country sounds with experimental textures and instrumentation, the hand has stretched out and pushed their former boundaries. They were joined by a variety of guest musicians including Brent Williams, Mike Hosty, Bob French, Ryan Jones, Chris Gomez, Adam Sarmiento and former drummer Jeff Palmer. For more information about the songs on this recording, see the attached sheet. Their first recording project, "Down Highway 9 and Other Songs of Circumstance & Consequences," was also recorded at Sherwood Forest Studios, in the presence of Mr. Nash and released in the summer of '99. It captures the band playing a mainly acoustic, stripped-down and plaintive country featuring several guest performers. The Pistol Arrows have enjoyed much success on the World-wide Web. Garnering over 5,000 plays and downloads on web sites ranging from the European music site BeSonic.com to MP3.com and their own homepage. Pistolarrows.com has received over 13,000 unique visits and is nearing the 100,000 hit mark since it’s launching in January of 2000.