• Ultraviolets – Down South Night Club

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    Kevin Oliver Posted On January 1, 2000
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    In the seedier, sweatier nightclubs of the southern United States, the decor is normally secondary to the entertainment, whether it’s the dancers at a strip bar or the bands of any given live music club. Columbia, South Carolina, band the Ultraviolets have captured that no-frills attitude with a set of six tunes that rock first and don’t wait to ask the questions usually saved for the morning after.

    The band lays down a classic roots-pop bedrock for lead singer and principal songwriter Brent Lundy’s songs, smartly written gems with echoes of Elvis Costello, Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen. Lead guitarist Donnie Scearce and bassist Victor Litzau contribute tunes as well: Scearce’s “Love And A Gunfight” is a country-rock fable of a one-hit wonder, delivered by Lundy in appropriately resigned fashion. “Stupid Boy” and “Turn Me On” are heads and tails of the same relationship coin, while the toe-tapping twang of “Yer Blind” masks a telling lyric of love lost.

    Musical guests include Hootie & the Blowfish’s Mark Bryan on mandolin, the Connells’ Steve Potak on keyboards, and Peter Holsapple of Continental Drifters on mandolin and keyboards.




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