The Odds are an award winning rock band from Arkansas, formed in 2003. * Best Original Music Band in Arkansas - 2005 - Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase * Band of the Year - 2005 NAMA - Northwest Arkansas Music Awards * Album of the Year - 2005 NAMA - Northwest Arkanas Music Awards * Artist of the Year - 2004 OMA - Ozark Music Awards * Best Album - 2004 OMA - Ozark Music Awards * Best Album Cover - 2004 OMA Ozark Music Awards * Best Original Song - 2004 OMA - Ozark Music Awards * Best New Band - 2004 OMA - Ozark Music Awards * Creativity Award - 2005 OMA - Ozark Music Awards * Keyboard Player of the Year - 2005 OMA - Ozark Music Awards * Keyboard Player of the Year - 2003 OMA - Ozark Music Awards The Odds are a band. The odds are a live music group. The odds are from Arkansas. The Odds play music. The odds play live music. The Odds play rock and roll. The Odds are recording artists. The odds are not really about gambling, but we do gamble. The odds are calculated to be the best. In calculating the odds, we compute an even chance of percentages. We know the odds. What are teh Odds of winning? THe odds are very good you will win, or pay big, if you like The Odds. What are The Odds that I can say "the odds" fifty times? The odds are over the top that this statistical event will happen very ver soon. The odds ibndicate this will happen right now: the odds the odds the odds, the odds! the odds. the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds the odds . Well, that might not be one hundred percent of fifty, but tyhe odds are good that the phrase the odds have been repeated many times in this paragraph. And now, for some discussion of the odds and music related probabilities. But first, I wish to mis-spell our band name, for all the fumble fingers out there: Th odds, he odds, the ods, the dds, t odds, odds the, the odos, teh odds, teh idds, the pdds, the offs, the odda, teh odda, the odds. Ok, that shoudl do it, we think. One more time for the best odds: the odds Th odds, he odds, the ods, the dds, t odds, odds the, the odos, teh odds, teh idds, the pdds, the offs, the odda, teh odda, the odds. The odds play rock music, gambling against all odds to overcome the odds. music jam, pop music, a little funk and jazz, throw in the odds percussion and listen to the soul of the odds. Ok, we've rambled enough about music andf the odds, and also about the odds music, wich you can download and listen to all the time, if you like the odds band from fayetteville arkansas who play music and rock and jma and soul music. see ya at the shows!
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Monday Sep 3, 2007

  • The Odds have Reformed, and the first show is coming up!

    • As some of you know, The Odds disbanded in November of 2006. We have good news! The Odds have reformed with the original (*) lineup: Derek on keys, Matt on guitar, Severino on Bass, Keith on drums, and Ricky on Latin American and all other kinds of percussion.

    This all came about during the almost year long hiatus. Keith, Sev, Kevin, Derek, Ricky, and Matt all began other projects: Sev and Matt joined Leah and the Mojo Doctors, Keith and Sev joined The Dave Stiles Band. Sev, along with his daughter Candice, formed Half Scorpio, and Kevin has pursued several other projects. Derek and Ricky continued to play duo shows. Also during this time Keith, Sev, Matt, and Ricky decided to keep jamming as a side project. In August, Derek asked if he could join in, and The Odds were reborn.

    The Odds first show is Saturday September 8th at the Boom Boom Room on Dickson in Fayetteville, with more shows to come.

    Please come out to this show to show your support! We haven't talked Ricky into swallowing a live gold fish yet, but the music should make the night out worth it!

    (*) Actually, Tim Patterson was The Odds first guitarist, and we still play many songs written during those days. We will add a full history and timeline of The Odds soon...

     

    About The Odds
    The Odds
    The Odds are a five-piece rock band from Arkansas playing original music with a mix of cover songs. They have completed their first CD, Stick It In Your Pocket, which won “Best Album” at the 2004 Ozark Music Awards and “Album of the Year” at the 2005 Northwest Arkansas Music Awards.

    The Odds also were voted “Best Original Music Band in Arkansas” in the 2005 Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase.

    Lineup

    The Odds are Derek Van Lynn on keyboards and vocals, Matt Perrine on guitar, Keith Hollingshead on drums, Severino Myers on bass and vocals, and Rick Erke on percussion and vocals.

    Awards and Honors

    • Best Original Music Band in Arkansas - 2005 - Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase
    • Creativity Award - 2005 OMA - Ozark Music Awards
    • Keyboard Player of the Year - 2005 OMA - Ozark Music Awards
    • Band of the Year - 2005 NAMA - Northwest Arkansas Music Awards
    • Album of the Year - 2005 NAMA - Northwest Arkanas Music Awards
    • Artist of the Year - 2004 OMA - Ozark Music Awards
    • Best Album - 2004 OMA - Ozark Music Awards
    • Best Album Cover - 2004 OMA Ozark Music Awards
    • Best Original Song - 2004 OMA - Ozark Music Awards
    • Best New Band - 2004 OMA - Ozark Music Awards
    • Keyboard Player of the Year - 2003 OMA - Ozark Music Awards

    Notable Performances

    The Odds have performed with Jimmie Vaughan, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Doobie Brothers, Morris Day and the Time, The Wallflowers, and Robert Randolph, among many others, and have been a returning feature at Fayetteville’s Bikes, Blues, and BBQ Festival, as well as Little Rock's Riverfest. The band advanced to the finals of the nationwide2004 Take A Shot At Cabo contest, on the merits of their CD and performance contest victories at the Memphis Hard Rock Café, and have had members featured nationally on GuitarPlayer.com.

    Additional Discography

    In addition to Stick It In Your Pocket, The Odds have contributed music to Band Together, a benefit CD for the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter, as well as contributed music to "Sounds Made in the Mountains: Northwest Arkansas Music Vol. 1".

    Sample Cover Tunes and Influences

    Rolling Stones–Steely Dan–The Beatles–Joe Cocker–Little Feat–Cream–John Prine–The Doors–Elton John–Tom Petty–The Who–Warren Zevon–Talking Heads–Elvis Costello–ZZ Top





    Quotables:

    ... “yes. Record more. keep it moving and building. the records (generic term for CDs, LPs, etc.) are the texts, the solid imprint that transient music leaves in the world. they are evidence of consciousness. And they're cool too.” ...    

    ... “Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once...”    Woody Allen

    ... “Woody Allen was actually talking about bass lines and conga fills...”    Keith Hollingshead