Exciting opportunity for fans

This Sunday will see the band perform with Great Aunt Ida in Fernie. This should be a great night. Also coming up, the band is on the list of shows for the Fernie Festival at the end of June (July 1st weekend).

Rumour has it that the band is re-working some songs, and bringing back a few more Johnny Cash tunes (done as only Big Bubba can interpret them) for the upcoming gigs, including the June 30th show in Calgary.

Also on the band website (bigbubbacook.com) is a fund-raiser gig at the Bull River Guest ranch.

Just wait until you hear the new songs - Planet Cold with its weird wandering sound space and Sea Horse Drug Binge with its driving rhythm and a flow that will get you out of your seat and onto the dance floor.

The show with the Buttless Chaps is listed on the website - all us fans are very excited about this one. Mark your calendar for sure.

The Summer Tour

Well, it looks like the summer tour maybe coming together. Dates at the end of June in Calgary and Fernie should act as warm-up gigs for the band, then a few days to fine-tune the sets, load the 'beast' of burden, and off to the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.

As of this second, it looks like there may be dates with David P. Smith, Linda McRae, and possibly a date at the Railway in Vancouver - on stage with a mainliner of some fame. Additional dates will be shared as I hear of them through the grapevine.

Lets hope the weather is sunny.

Big Bubba Tres - The unofficial story

skip to main | skip to sidebarBig Bubba Tres continues to grow.

As the band continues in its exploration of alternative music - death country, alternative country, and pure alternative music - they continue to push the bounds of creativity. Some of their latest covers run from Black Sabbath to 'Like A Virgin' - and you won't recognize it until you hear the chorus.

When playing live, the band intersperses these covers into their own huge (and growing) catalog of original tunes.

Big Bubba Tres has a number of unique and different shows that they can put on - from the stage show to a quiet acoustic show.

When performing at a festival or on stage the band uses confetti, videos, costumes, black lights, strobes, smoke, and many props to visualize the music. When playing for a bar crowd, you'll see video backgrounds, confetti bombs, smoke, and volume. For an acoustic set (at a coffee house etc.) you might see a harmonium, or a stand up bass, as well as acoustic guitars (lead, rhythm and bass).

In all shows you'll hear original music with lyrics and phrasing that will draw you into the feel. You'll walk out humming a tune and singing a chorus about a three-eyed farm boy. You'll also hear cover tunes of Johnny Cash, Black Sabbath, Elvis Presley, and others - all interpreted in a way that makes them 'Big Bubba Tres' tunes.

Who (or what exactly) is Big Bubba Tres?

An Alternative music band. The core is Bubba - a hyperactive continuously creative musician/poet/creator who plays, well he plays everything. Bubba writes about rabbits, tourists, mass murderers, and those who society has forgotten or abused. He then converts those words into music. He then takes those tunes and explores them through the use of instruments that range from acoustic and electric rhythm guitars, ukuleles (with overdrive and distortion), accordions, sirens, flashing lights, synthesizers, keyboards, and effects pedals.

Bubba is joined by Mark, the percussionist - and a gifted musician as well (he has a passion for guitar blues and loud music) who also messes with synthesizers. Mark owns more drum kits than some people own CDs - a stand up kit, a green kit, a red kit, an acoustic kit, a bar kit, and a practice kit.

On lead guitar is Mike - and here is a man with dedication and skill. There isn't an alternative chord form that Mike doesn't know - or use. You'll find him filling in the space on electric guitar, octave mandolin, standard mandolin, keyboards, baritone (a type of tuba), acoustic guitar, slide guitar, and anything else that Bubba wants to use to express his words.

The bass line is held down by Steve, who joined the project last fall. Easy going and dependable, Steve stands off in the back picking up the rhythm that Bubba selects for the tune, and away he goes. He seems to like to toss in the odd passing note and if you pay attention you'll hear bass note slides sneaking into the mix.

The latest addition to the project is Andrew. Andrew is an extremely talented musician who can make a tuba, or a trumpet, or a bass guitar grove. He hears a tune once, and its his for ever.

Look up the official website at www.bigbubbacook.com