Sweet Pea's Revenge - Oxford Town Article

New Orleans Music all weekend at Forrester's
(Oxford Town March 27-April 2, 2003)

Forrester's features two diverse nights of New Orleans music this weekend. The blues-rock Sweet Pea's Revenge plays Thursday, March 27 and on Friday, March 28, guitarist Brian Stoltz leads the Funky Meters.

Sweet Pea's Revenge singer, guitarist and songwriter Jim Brown has lived in Atlanta and New Orleans. Brown is proud to point out that his musical approach takes equal influence from each of his former hometowns, The Georgia rock of the Alman Brothers, Black Crowes, and Widespread Panic and the New Orleans Funk of the Meters and Radiators.

Formed in New Orleans in 1998, Sweet Pea's Revenge brought their sound together with a series of local gigs at venues like Tipitina's and House of Blues. The band recorded their latest record Live: Rollin' With the Pea at Ruby's Roadhouse in New Orleans last summer. While the band's sound is solidly in the blues-rock category, Sweet Pea's Revenge's live performances appeal to a variety of music fans by featuring covers like "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," "Smokestack Lightning," and even Drivin'N'Cryin's "Straight to Hell."