The Radials have been on a tear recently, and good fortune threatens to overtake the pathos of their sad and twisted honky-tonk universe.
Stephen Corbett and Shawn Patch, respectively the band's singer and electric guitar player, began composing songs together last year, attracting the exquisite steel talents of relocated Ohioan Tom Beardslee and, subsequently, the rhythm section of Rodney Owen and Aaron Cummings. They've been in the studio with Doug Williams, who put himself on the map by recording the Avett Brothers, and have practically wrapped their debut album. They recently played their first all-acoustic set over the airwaves on 90.9 WQFS. They're opening for their friends the Carter Brothers, a Nashville act with local roots, at the Blind Tiger for the 4th of July holiday.
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