Jenn COURTNEY: Vocals
Oklahoma City; '64 T-bird, Janis Martin, trouble town, bad news, bad boys, bad checks, Prada, Prêt-à-porter designer trash, Dukes of Hazzard, Hillside Wranglers
Maurice TANI: Vocals, Guitar
San Francisco; fast cars, faster bikes, loud guitars, louder hand guns, Doña Diabla, Bakersfield, Roy Loney, Zasu Pitts Memorial Orchestra, Calamity & Main, Hillside Wranglers
Keith BAHJAT: Upright Bass
Stillwater, OK; Bill Black, Eugene Craddock IV, Dill Scallion, duct tape & bailing wire, dblWiDE, The Royal Kings, successfully ate the 72 oz. steak at The Big Texan in Amarillo
Steve KALLAI: Fiddle, Mandolin
Grangeville, Idaho; Jimmy Rodgers, Bob Wills, Viktoria Mullova, silver tipped snake-skin earth shoes, Kathleen Turner Overdrive, Darren Newfield and the Home Fries
Christopher FISHER: Drums
Huntsville, Alabama; Elvin Jones, Jimmy Cobb, power tools, power boats, power suits, Calamity & Main, The Cotton Pickers
Influences
Hank, Patsy, Merle, Buck, Chet, Johnny, Gram...and on and on....
77 el Deora's debut CD, Sirens, is now available from the usual internet places, Amazon, CDBaby, iTunes, Texas Music Round Up, etc...... or use the link to our website above and we'll put one in the mail personally. Or even better, find your way to a show and pick one up in person! For retail sales, contact Burnside Distribution.
If you like the tracks on this page, support independent country music and order a copy for yourself. We think you'll like what you hear....these folks did.......
"I love this record! I always appreciate when bands bring something fresh to the table while still walkin' the line of tradition." Dallas Wayne, country music singer/songwriter extrordinaire and SIRIUS Satellite Radio DJ
"Smart, hip, hard-core country is what 77 el Deora serves up. Jenn and Maurice keep the country duet alive and thriving." -- Rob Bleetstein, radioioCountry
"Tani is a master at the play on word and like early Robbie Fulks, respects the tradition of classic country themes, but with a contemporary twist....." Bill Frater from FreightTrainBoogie
".....Their debut CD, Sirens, is as impressively authentic sounding as the bands image is ambitiously hip. Think of all those great crossover country songs that made it to the pop music top 40 charts in the sixties and seventies, throw in a keen visual artistic sense, and front the whole thing with a very talented male-female duet and youve got some idea of what these guys have going on.....jitter from SlackerCountry
"Das mit Hardcore-Country sehen 77 el Deora nicht so eng, da haben auch Elemente von Rock und Rockabilly, von Soul und Blues ihren Platz. Die Songs schreibt Maurice Tani. Als Covers gibts zudem 3:30 In The Afternoon von Dallas Wayne und Cryin Over You von Roy Orbison und als hidden track eine umwerfende Country-Version des Georgia-Satellites-Hits Keep Your Hands To Yourself mit tollen Fiddle-Passagen. Ein ganz starkes Album......" ****1/2 - Americana und so weiter
"77 El Deora is one of the most distinctive sounding bands of 2006......This is a winning CD that will bring much attention to this band around the globe."*****Five stars - Roots Music Report
Hey! I see you are playing with Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers....right on! They are a good fit for you, it will be a great show, can't wait. Kinert will have to bring the snake!
Thanks for being a friend and I hope that you enjoyed my songs as much as I did yours. Oh yea and don't forget to tell your friends to stop on by and give mine a listen too.
Hello. Just dropping by to let you know about our show tonight at the Starry Plough in Berkeley. We're playing with Beatbeat Whisper and Emily Jane White. The show is presented by the Bay Bridged and Ipickmynoseblog. Hope to see you there!
Tonight!! Saturday, February 9th at the Starry Plough (3101 Shattuck Avenue)
Beatbeat Whisper
Or, the Whale
Emily Jane White
Hi Jenn, Maurice and band, Thanx for checking in. The few gigs I played with you were pure pleasure. You guys are a GREAT vocal team. Love the tunes too Maurice. See you down the road - Carrick
Tank Je Weel Maurice!! I'm looking forward to catching up with you all in SF and playing some good ol rockin' honky tonk for folks together- see you in March, Ruby Dee
Hi There. Just stopping by to let you know that we're having a very early X-MAS/ukkah pary at the Rickshaw Stop with Port O'Brien and the Cave Singers tomorrow night Dec. 6th. We go on first! Hope to see you there!
Hey 77 el Deora How's it going? Hope all is well!! If you get time come check out our new video, and let us know what you think. Love, Peace, & ... Thanks for supporting ChickenGrease!!
Put on your dancing shoes! ROCKABILLY THURSDAY'S starts June 7th at the Hut! We're in the process of booking one of our favorite DJ's! Starting June 7th, and every Thursday after that, it'll be rockabilly Thursday's with Lauren and Nick behind the bar. More info. to follow...
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