Cigar Store Indians is a roots rock, rockabilly band from Crabapple, Georgia. Roots rock is a term recently used to describe "a style of rock music that draws material from various American musical traditions including country, Blues, and Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of Rock and roll music and emerged in the early 1950s Centered today at the crossroads of Georgia Highways 140 and 372 (also known as "the Silos area" Crabapple Georgia, is one of the oldest parts of The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Their latest album is Built of Stone, released on Overall Records. The current line-up is:
- Ben Friedman: vocals and guitar
- Keith Perissi: bass guitar and backing vocals
- Paul Barrie: drums, backing vocals
- Jeff Sprayberry: lead guitar and backing vocals
Sprayberry is a fairly new addition to the band, after the departure of Jim "Low-note" Lavender at the end of 2003. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone. Barrie has been with the band since just after the release of "el Baile de la Cobra". Friedman writes the majority of the band's material, although they do mix in a few covers. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Their spin on "Helter Skelter" (featuring Barrie on lead vocals) and Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" and are among their best-received remakes. " Helter Skelter " is a song written by Paul McCartney, credited to Lennon/McCartney, and recorded by The Beatles on The White Album Johnny Cash (born J R Cash; February 26 1932 - September 12 2003 was a Grammy Award -winning American country Singer-songwriter. " Ring of Fire " is a Country music song popularized by Johnny Cash and co-written by June Carter (wife of Johnny Cash and Merle Kilgore
They tour extensively, primarily in the Southern United States, but have toured Europe as well. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the They've also played in Jamaica. Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea.
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