Blood On The Saddle

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📸: David Hovland
"Fresh Blood" for the weekend.
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OG rhythm section Wednesday. Ron Botelho and Hermann Senac (Mr. Excitement) - Silverlake, CA - 1983
📸: Terry Dorn (Terence Dorn)

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#OnThisDay July 20, 1985 - Blood on the Saddle with the Innerstates at Safari Sam's - Huntington Beach, California

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Throwback to the New Blood era.
Greg Davis, Dave Frappier, and John Stephenson

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1983
📸: Terry Dorn (Terence Dorn)

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July 5, 1984 - @azcentral
'Hellbent hillbilly' music leaves listeners thrashing to beat of country, punk fusion
Blood on the Saddle revs up traditional bluegrass
By Mark de la Vina
The drummer is into hard-core punk, the lead guitarist plays bluegrass and the rhythm guitarist used to be in a neopsychedelic girl group. Would you believe these guys play country?
The quartet out of Los Angeles that calls itself Blood on the Saddle is an odd lot of individuals, indeed. But as a unit, they shell out a bluegrass that would leave a Kenny Rogers fan gasping for air.
Blood on the Saddle is one of the latest additions to the Los Angeles rock scene that has spawned the countrified likes of the Gun Club, Rank and File and Lone Justice. Unlike any of them, Blood on the Saddle sticks to the bluegrass side of things and revs up the music to a pace that often prompts many a club patron to thrash.
Because these artists fuse elements of punk and country, they have been labeled everything from country punk to cow punk. The group's vocalist and rhythm guitarist, Annette Zilinskas, said Monday of the categorizations, "We think they're stupid. It sounds insulting, like cow punk -- (it sounds) like cows with mohawks."
But Blood on the Saddle isn't just a country band.
"We've got a lot influences," Zilinskas said "Appalachian, bluegrass, folk, thrash (and) blues."
"Yeah, we play hellbent hillbilly music," drummer-vocalist Hermann Senac said.
Blood on the Saddle was formed in spring 1983 by Senac, lead guitarist Greg Davis and bassist Ron Botelho. Senac's previous experience included stints in various hard-core combos. Davis had played in the punk band Dead Hippie. Davis had also played bluegrass in New Orleans and Memphis before Blood on the Saddle was formed. Zilinskas, who played bass with the moderately successful all-female psych-pop Bangles, joined the three last July 4. Before the Bangles, Zilinskas performed as a soloist on talent night at a Los Angeles country bar.
The band has experienced a meteoric rise in its brief existence. In the fall, D. Boon, the guitarist and vocalist for Minutemen, had Blood on the Saddle record on his band's independent label. Blood on the Saddle's self-titled debut album since has garnered critical praise, even in the unpredictable British press.
At about the same time, the group added a couple of tracks to Hell Comes to Your House, a compilation of Los Angeles artists.
On Friday, the band leaves for its American tour. It will play Saturday at the Knights of Pythias Hall at Seventh Street and Ash Avenue in Tempe.
What's more, it will have some songs published by the Peer-Southern of Nashville, Tenn., which is noted for its work with artists Ranging from Jimmie Rodgers to the Carter Family. The company also will shop a demo tape of the group.
It's anybody's guess as to how much farther Blood on the Saddle can go. Equally difficult to assess is Senac, who is often seen wearing a Motorhead T-shirt. Why would this hard-core, heavy-metal connoisseur pass up his first love for a country-coated band?
"We're not a country band," he said. "The music's crazier. We just play fast. (But) we do have cows in our back yard."

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Have a Happy 4th of July!

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Blood on the Saddle playing live in Europe (Probably Germany) with Kevin Keller on bass in 2001 or 2002.

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Ditties & Instrumentals: https://t.co/NZ3MCCgD6N

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"The guitar gods who taught me how to play via vinyl added little instrumental ditties to their records so I used that as a template." - Greg Davis

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Just before getting on the plane for Europe. - 2001

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Happy Solstice 2026.☀️😎 It's getting hot out there! 🔥 Blood on the Saddle (L to R: Dave Frappier, Greg Davis, John Stephenson) in Central Europe at Pod Lampou. - 1994
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Somewhere in Holland - 1994

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Greg Davis with Blood on the Saddle's illustrious roadie Jamie Cassius in a biker bar in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland in 1994.

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Blood on the Saddle rocks Pula, Croatia -1995
📸: Courtesy of the Dave Frappier Archive

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"First Blood" was released on this day in 2024. The album features early versions of classics like "Ghost on My Heart," "I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again," and "I Thought I Heard Some Thunder." Most notable are the acoustic duets with Blood on the Saddle founder and guitar virtuoso Greg Davis and co-lead vocalist Annette Zilinskas, who was still a member of The Bangs (Bangles) at the time. Listen: https://t.co/ue0jQhCLdU

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Annette Zilinskas and Greg Davis performing Johnny Cash and June Carter's "Jackson." One of four acoustic duets featured on "First Blood."
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Buy the Book: https://t.co/3ENfkuvpQM
Listen to First Blood: https://t.co/e9oaIm15v6

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“This version, different from the one featured on our debut album, showcased Greg playing his chainsaw guitar chords and lightning-speed notes over my high plaintive vocals. It got some airplay on college radio, and Rodney played it on his KROQ show too. I felt this track sent the message out to the world that I was no longer a Bangle, and this was why.”
Excerpt From
COME ON ALL YOU COWBOYS?.....DON'T YOU WANNA GO? By Annette Zilinskas - Chapter 25 - From the book "More Fun in the New World," by John Doe and Tom DeSavia

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Blood on the Saddle - 2001 - Taken in Hollywood, California on their way to tour Europe in support of the band's seventh studio album "Flesh and Blood." Pictured L-to-R: Dave Frappier, Greg Davis, and Kevin Keller