Search - Wes Tucker & the Skillets :: The Scorpion and the Dove

The music feels familiar, yet somehow tough to categorize. Continuing the tradition of the folk storyteller while incorporating a love for rock, funk, and R&B, the Skillets create their own unique blend. The band s third full-length album, The Scorpion and the Dove, earned 2 WAMMIE nominations in 2009 for Best Roots Rock Group/Duo and Best Roots Rock Recording. The album was produced by the band s own WAMMIE-nominated multi-instrumentalist, Arch Alcantara and was very much an independent effort. According to The Washington Post, The CD stands up, in its material and production, to anything coming from a larger, professional studio. The Scorpion and the Dove picks up where their last album, Beauty in the Broken, left off, showcasing the band s range and Tucker s songwriting. The group has been a mainstay in the DC area music scene since their start in 2005. They ve earned their fan base by playing a ton of shows and garnering a reputation as a must-see live band. Music blog Guilt Free Pleasures recently declared The show was one of the best I ve been to all year. The Washington Post described the Skillets live set as a showcase of solid songwriting and tight instrumentation in musical styles ranging from funk to groove-based R&B to soulful jam-based ballads. Tucker's tunes are sturdy without being rigid, soulful without being cloying, and he expresses them like he believes the words. The band has performed for capacity crowds at such premier venues as IOTA, the Evening Muse, the Velvet Lounge, DC9, Jammin Java, the House of Blues and the State Theatre. The band has also been selected to play at many popular festivals, including the Steppin Out Festival in Blacksburg, Va.; Cinco De Mayo Fiesta in Richmond, Va.; Artscape Baltimore; Dewey Beach Music Festival; and the National Cherry Blossom Festival and the Six Points Music Festival in Washington, D.C. The Skillets appearances are regularly featured as editors picks by the local press.