For Wednesday, Dave’s Darkhorse Tavern has yet another entertaining night of exciting music planned. Krill, a four-piece rock band often associated with Widespread Panic, will bring their musical style. After touring with Widespread Panic in the mid ’90s, David Blackmon of Krill made a name for himself in the music world. His musical abilities on the fiddle add that extra something to any group he plays with, and for that reason has had the opportunity to play with numerous bands in the past, such as Widespread, Bloodkin, Blueground Undergrass and The Normaltown Flyers, just to name a few.
After a near-fatal accident and a broken neck in July 1999, Blackmon was forced to put his music on hold for a time. He has since pulled his fiddle back out of the closet and has been playing for the past year and a half. Despite his struggles, his latest association is one that Starkville might be seeing a lot of in the future.
Although they’ve only been together for about six months, Krill has done well in its short history. “Everybody has been playing music for a long, long time,” Blackmon said. “I myself have been playing for over 30 years. When you put all of that together, what you get is incredible. I didn’t expect there to be that much talent in one band.”
Krill’s sound is born from the talent of AJ, the lead singer and bassist; Robert on guitar; and Leon on the drums. The trio invited Blackmon into the band one night after he sat in at a local venue.
“Everything really gelled musically and personally,” Blackmon said in his biography. “Krill is a project that just happened one night.”
Their distinct sound, on the other hand, is no accident. With a little Caribbean thrown in with a Zappa/Hendrix influence, Krill can be described as nothing less than original.
“It’s kind of a rock fusion type thing,” Blackmon said. “I get to take my rock chops up a notch on the fiddle, so it is a lot of fun.”
Although they write their own music for their shows, Krill is all about pleasing the crowd.
“If they start yelling out a song and it’s one that we know, we’ll play it for them,” Blackmon said. “We know tons of stuff and like doing a little cover music if the crowd is into it.”
Regardless of their seemingly short time together, Krill seems to be getting recognition around the Southeast. They manage to get in three to four shows a week, and are currently working on a demo to be released in upcoming weeks. They also hope to go into the studio soon to begin recording their first album.
Dave’s Darkhorse Tavern will be featuring Krill this Wednesday night from 9:30 to midnight with a $5 cover charge.