Little Compton Band Promotes Itself With a True Road Show

If you drove down West Main Road in Little Compton this week, you probably noticed a rock band gathered by the side of the road.

To promote its show tomorrow night, Saturday, June 4, at Crowther’s Restaurant, the Little Compton Band (LCB) placed life-sized wooden cutouts of the five homegrown band members at the intersection of West Main Road and Old West Main Road mid-week. One of the members, Atticus Allen, came up with the marketing idea based on his studies at the Art Institute of Boston.

“I’m a design major, so I’m always kind of under pressure to come up with things,” he said on the phone Friday morning, saying he was pressured to come up with a cool, yet old and traditional form of promotion. “We just didn’t want to do something dumb on Facebook.”

Allen said he got the thin pieces of wood and used printed plotters (an application used in printing blueprints with computer-aided design) used for architectural plans. One of the cutouts is eight feet tall while the rest are six and a half feet. Allen said he made wheat paste and affixed the life-sized cutouts using a jigsaw.

Allen said this is the second time the band is playing at Crowthers, after having a decent show in the winter.

“We packed the place,” he said. “It should be a good show. The Bruins will be on.” 

LCB plays older rock ‘n roll, older country and some psychedelic genres. Allen plays rhythm guitar, mandolin, harmonica, pedal steel and other instruments.

The band consists of Allen, Jimmy O’Connor (lead guitar and main vocals), Sylas Peckham-Paul (bass), Sylas Campbell (keyboard and guitar) and Evan Poitras (drums).

Allen, 21, said the band has been playing together since they were sixth- and seventh-graders at . He said he'll swing down any time he can to practice with the LCB.

“We’ve stayed in contact through the years,” he added. “I’m graduating college next year.”

The band is slated to go on stage around 10 p.m.