In this day and age of the concept album, it is very
easy to toss all the concept albums and story artist a side.
Every once in a while something comes along that you can’t
ignore, even if it is running underneath the radar. Maylene and The Sons of
Disaster, attempt to catch your imagination with the release of the second
chapter in the story of Maylene and her sons, on their sophomore release on
Ferret music entitled II.
Just in case you have been living underneath a rock for the last year and a half,
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster are the Southern Rock act out of Alabama
fronted by Dallas Taylor, and yes he’s that Dallas Taylor former vocalist of
Underoath. Now if you still don’t know the story of Ma Barker and Maylene &
the Sons of Disaster, I am completely convinced that you have been living
underneath a rock, if you happen to be from Ocala, Florida you probably know
the story, but if you’re not, we’ll fill you in.
Ma Barker was a notorious crime lord in Ocala , Florida during the Public
Enemy Era during the 1930’s. Ordinarily you may have not heard about Ma
Barker and her boys, considering her notoriety has been over shadowed by
Bonnie & Clyde and John Dillinger. On January 16, 1935 , after a twenty-year
spree of organized crime, chaos and murder Ma Barker lay slain after a
shootout with the local authorities near her backwoods cabin in Ocala, Fl. She
clenched her Tommy-Gun in her bloody hands; as she breathed her last
breathe. It was a picture of perfect justice as one of the last organized crime
bosses of the twentieth century lay slain. Barker and her four sons who made
up the Barker-Kapis Gang had eradicated a trail of abomination throughout the
south that would not be easily forgotten. Many would have liked to have
easy to toss all the concept albums and story artist a side.
Every once in a while something comes along that you can’t
ignore, even if it is running underneath the radar. Maylene and The Sons of
Disaster, attempt to catch your imagination with the release of the second
chapter in the story of Maylene and her sons, on their sophomore release on
Ferret music entitled II.
Just in case you have been living underneath a rock for the last year and a half,
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster are the Southern Rock act out of Alabama
fronted by Dallas Taylor, and yes he’s that Dallas Taylor former vocalist of
Underoath. Now if you still don’t know the story of Ma Barker and Maylene &
the Sons of Disaster, I am completely convinced that you have been living
underneath a rock, if you happen to be from Ocala, Florida you probably know
the story, but if you’re not, we’ll fill you in.
Ma Barker was a notorious crime lord in Ocala , Florida during the Public
Enemy Era during the 1930’s. Ordinarily you may have not heard about Ma
Barker and her boys, considering her notoriety has been over shadowed by
Bonnie & Clyde and John Dillinger. On January 16, 1935 , after a twenty-year
spree of organized crime, chaos and murder Ma Barker lay slain after a
shootout with the local authorities near her backwoods cabin in Ocala, Fl. She
clenched her Tommy-Gun in her bloody hands; as she breathed her last
breathe. It was a picture of perfect justice as one of the last organized crime
bosses of the twentieth century lay slain. Barker and her four sons who made
up the Barker-Kapis Gang had eradicated a trail of abomination throughout the
south that would not be easily forgotten. Many would have liked to have
Barker’s story silenced, but some things you can’t bury, with reenactments that still take place to this day in Ocala , Florida.
Something that vocalist Dallas Talyor remembers fondly. “It reminds me of the county fair and cotton candy, going out there [in
Ocala ] to see reenactments of her [Ma Barker].” It may be a story that Taylor grew up with but everyone has become a part of the
story by this point, including Alabama native Roman Havaland, bassist for Maylene and the Sons of Disaster.
This is an interview that Nyght Scene as been attempting to bring you since September of last year when we first saw them open
up for Throwdown at the State Theatre, and we were unable to land interviews with them the other three times that they have been
back at the Theatre since then. However this time, I got a bit fucked up in the pit during As Tough as John Jacobs, a favorite with
Maylene fans, you can feel the thump roar through the room as the crowd stops their feet along with Taylor's on stage as Scott
Collum Maylene’s guitarist opens the song with southern rock induced riff. As Tough as John Jacobs is a song that actually is
another
Something that vocalist Dallas Talyor remembers fondly. “It reminds me of the county fair and cotton candy, going out there [in
Ocala ] to see reenactments of her [Ma Barker].” It may be a story that Taylor grew up with but everyone has become a part of the
story by this point, including Alabama native Roman Havaland, bassist for Maylene and the Sons of Disaster.
This is an interview that Nyght Scene as been attempting to bring you since September of last year when we first saw them open
up for Throwdown at the State Theatre, and we were unable to land interviews with them the other three times that they have been
back at the Theatre since then. However this time, I got a bit fucked up in the pit during As Tough as John Jacobs, a favorite with
Maylene fans, you can feel the thump roar through the room as the crowd stops their feet along with Taylor's on stage as Scott
Collum Maylene’s guitarist opens the song with southern rock induced riff. As Tough as John Jacobs is a song that actually is
another