40 Watt Max is folk pop, Y'all-ternative, acoustic-based music.

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ROCK: Acoustic, FOLK: Power-folk



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40 Watt Max is a Mobile, Alabama-based duo with a diverse range of musical influences ranging from Wilco to Neil Young to Jimmy Buffett to the Cowboy Junkies. Their music is difficult to classify. If you had to narrow them to a specific genre, you could start with folk, dabble into rock, teeter lightly into âYaâll-ternativeâ, and finish with adult alternative.

A 1934 Martin O-17 acoustic forms the backbone of most of the 40 Watt Max sound. This acoustic foundation is accentuated with a combination of G & L and Gibson electric guitars, harmonica, and sparse keyboards. Glennâs drums lay down a steady beat that ties the whole thing together. Craig and Glenn prefer to think of their music as âlyrically-basedâ, offering simple observations to the complexities of life of 30-somethings in present times.

Craig and Glenn began their musical career in a band called Sunday Driver that was formed in 1994. With Stacy Mullican, the trio played on the local bar and college circuit for 5 years before eventually splitting up. Craig and Stacy continued playing as an acoustic duo for another 2 years. 40 Watt Max is a reunion for Craig and Glenn, who have completed the recording of their first album, and are working on songs for the second.

Their freshman effort, âThe Weight of the Worldâ, is the first recording production for either Craig or Glenn, and is comprised of 12 songs ranging from the Yaâll-ternative title track, to the mid-tempo sound of âMason Parkerâ. Some music has a more driving edge, as in âOld Man Kirbyâ.