Black Eyed Snakes

The Black-eyed Snakes
Background information
Origin	Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Genres	Blues, rock
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, drums,
Years active	1999 – present
Labels	Chairkickers' Union Music, Shaky Ray Records, Varese Fontana
Website	[1]
Members	Alan Sparhawk Bob Olson Brad Nelson Justin Sparhawk

The Black-eyed Snakes is an American blues rock band from Duluth, Minnesota. Since releasing their debut album "It's the Black-eyed Snakes" in 2001, the band has toured the U.S. with Charlie Parr. Front man Alan Sparhawk also performs with Low and Retribution Gospel Choir.

The Black-eyed Snakes often perform at the Homegrown Music Festival in Duluth, Minnesota. Black-eyed Snakes was selected by City Pages as the Best New Band of 2001. Their attitude towards the blues is summed up by Sparhawk: "We actually hate most blues. We were trying to destroy it. We're interested in putting the blues back into a gut level -- instead of talent, we go with feeling more.

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