Lis & Skull

No, the four Carinthian blues rockers of the Tobacco Road
Blues Band really cannot be blamed for a lack of diligence.
With a concert on the 21st of March at the Eboardmuseum
the gentlemen Diwald/Prammerdorfer/Egger/Sauli will
release their fifth CD in the eleventh year of their band’s
existence.

It is obvious that the Tobaccos have changed their sound
compared to previous productions. "Lately," explains Peter
Prammerdorfer, "we have experimented a lot in the studio and
used electronic drum sounds in addition to the acoustic drums."
"We have even tried“, adds Mike Diwald, "to embed the
distorted guitars in a more modern guise." Of course, the TRBB
remains a blues-blues-rock band, nevertheless the Carinthian
musicians wanted their music to arrive in the 21st century,
which is particularly evident in the song "God Made A Perfect
Job".

CD number 5. "Lis & Skull" is the fifth studio production of the
Tobacco Road Blues Band after "Tobacco Road Blues Band"
(2017), "Don't Tread On Me" (2018), "Papa Legba" 2021 and
"IV" 2023. The DVD "Live At The Museum" was released in
2019. The TRBB is thus at least the most productive domestic
rock band of the last decades. Performances took the band not
only through Austria but also to Slovenia, Croatia, Italy and
Switzerland

"Lily and Skull". The question still needs to be clarified, how it
came to the title "Lis & Skull": Lily (french: Lis) and skull have
always been used as symbols in rock music. While Peter
Prammerdorfer preferred the lily, Mike Diwald's fingers and T
shirts often showed a skull. Two years ago the idea arose to
have two electric guitars made with these symbols for the two
guitarists, the black "Lis" with white lilies and the white "Skull"
with black skulls. For the first time, the two beauties will be
heard live at the CD presentation on March 21st at
Eboardmuseum and they have also made the cover of the fifth
CD. And if there are already tailor-made guitars, a
corresponding song of the same name was also needed, which
tells the story of the (not only) musical friendship of Mike Diwald
and Peter Prammerdorfer.