"Wicked Brew is a hot-sounding band, with great songwriting
and vocals. You guys are going to be fun to work with!"         
Texas Producer/Musician Lloyd Maines
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"I've met these guys a few times. Great guys with some 
WILD tunes. You've gotta check this stuff out!"

Shooter Jennings, in a KRXT Radio interview
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 When I think of the name, “Wicked Brew Band," my first thoughts go to a drink I might order, in a place I've never been before, where I'm not too sure of what is about to be served up. It could be hard and edgy in places, and smooth and soulful in others.

That is exactly what you can expect from the Wicked Brew Band’s second album, Two- Faced. Wicked Brew is made up of Jared Lightfoot, lead singer, acoustic guitar; Jimmy Durham, lead guitar; Cory Cooper, rhythm and bass; and Jeff Blackmon on drums. Frontman Jared Lightfoot wrote the majority of the songs on the album, and the others in collaboration with various others. Recorded at Wyatt Earp Studios, and mastered at Cedar Creek Studios in Austin, Texas, Two-Faced, offers 13 great tracks from a band that is quickly developing a strong fan base in the Central Texas area.

I first came across this band, early into the summer at Smokey Wilson’s “Party at the Pasture,” at his ranch in Cuero, Texas. Wicked was somewhere in the middle of around 20 bands that played that weekend, but they stood out the most to me out of all the bands, and I was an instant fan.

If your musical library includes groups such as Cross Canadian Ragweed, Jackson Taylor Band, and Shooter Jennings, then Wicked Brew will fit right in. Wicked Brew has also shared the stage with musical giants Lynyrd Skynyrd, as well as Texas artists Kevin Fowler, Pear Ratz, and Honeybrowne.

The third track on the album, “Goodbye Girl,” is receiving airplay on many radio stations across Texas. Jared’s soulful vocals, along with great songwriting, are clear and apparent with lyrics like, “Broke down on the side of the road; how many miles will I have to go; till I can’t look back and see my past.” The album has its share of great songs about love, despair, and hope for brighter times ahead, with songs like “The Turnaround” and “Brand New Future Heartache.”

Lightfoot admitted to me months ago that, like the album title, Two-Faced, there is another side to Wicked Brew that borders more on hellraising and bar fights. “Some venues don’t book us, because they say we draw a rowdy crowd that comes to fight.” Should we expect less though, if we are to compare them to other great outlaws of the Texas Music Scene? Songs like “Redneck Space Cadet,” “Chain Smoking Reaction,” and “Wicked Brew,” are quickly becoming anthems at the Wicked Brew shows for getting the crowd into a stir.

As great as this album is, seeing Wicked Brew live is necessary for any Texas music fan. If you are looking for that group that isn’t a household name yet, then Wicked Brew is a band worth checking out. Wicked Brew – Drink some down! 

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Wicked Brew appeared
in the Fall issue
of Texas Music magazine!

Our single
Memory Disappears
was featured on the
enclosed CD Sampler!

Download the song HERE
or at the iTunes store!

Wicked Brew is being compared to Reckless Kelly, Cross Canadian Ragweed, and Shooter Jennings,
but a quick listen will convince you that they're no carbon-copy band.

Their songs are propelled by the spirited vocals of songwriter Jared Lightfoot. Catchy guitar hooks
lure in bar-leaning listeners, while the rhythm section reels dancers right onto the hardwood.

Their wild shows and rowdy songs are swiftly becoming the stuff of urban—and rural—legend.
Wicked Brew is making some serious noise in the Red Dirt Music arena.                                                                         -- Lone Star Music

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"Now, y'all know I'm the Texas Music Outlaw Son,
but those Wicked Brew boys are definitely
the Bad Boys on the Texas Music scene."
— Kevin Fowler, on Waco 100 Radio