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From the Byrds’
Gene Clark to psychedelic music pioneer Roky Erickson to fabled
country rocker Jerry Jeff Walker, Freddie “Steady” Krc
has crossed paths with some of the most colorful characters in
American music. But Krc (rhymes with “church”) has always
pursued his own singular musical vision. That vision is on full
display in the latest incarnation of his band, the Shakin’
Apostles.
Based in Austin, Texas, the Shakin’ Apostles boast some of
the leading luminaries of that city’s justly-famous live
music scene. Joining Krc in the band are fellow Apostles Bradley
Kopp (lead and rhythm guitar, vocals), Mark Andes (bass) and “Waco”
Jack McVey (drums, vocals).
As the liner notes accompanying their newest album, Frontier
a Go Go, put it: “They’ve criss-crossed the very
big US of A: From clip-cloppin’ in boots of Spanish leather
near Dylan-sanctified G. Village java joints, to staggerin’
up the same hills that held Mody Grape fast in their tracks in
the always fog-draped San Francisco, and hangin’ with the
Love generation of high-flyin’ Byrds-worshipers in Hollywood’s
neon-lit bayous.then moseyed all the way back to the groovy, BBQ-smoked
homefires of Austin.”
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