Big Tobacco & The Pickers

Bio:

- Big Tobacco & the Pickers are a six piece country act from Toronto and beyond. Known to put on very entertaining shows, playing some hurting essential country ballads, and your monies worth of old time honky tonkin, hard drinkin classics. - To book Big Tobacco & the Pickers, email: bigtobacco@live.com ..

Member Since:

June 18, 2007

Members:

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Jamie Oliver, Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar

JR Blanchard - Lead Guitar, Vocals

Anne Werbitsky - Steel Guitars

Blaine McKenzie - Keyboards

Jay Mallany - Bass, Vocals

Derek Simpson - Percussion

*********** Live Video ***********

Live at The Dakota Tavern - March 2011

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Influences:

Willie Nelson, George Jones, Ernest Tubb, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, The Band, Ray Price, Bobby Bare, HANK III, HANK Jr., Hank Williams, Vern Gosdin, Charlie Pride, Roger Miller, Tom T. Hall, Little Jimmy Dickens, Tattoo (from Fantasy Island), dwarfs, Johnny Paycheck, Dwight Yoakum, Keith Whitley, Buck Owens, Conway Twitty, Hank Snow, Marty Stuart, Martha Stewart, Johnny Bush, Bill Mack, Moe Bandy, Loretta Lynn, Amber Lynn, Ginger Lynn, Nina Hartley, Seka, college girls, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, The Allman Brothers Band, Playboy Magazine, D Ray White, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Motorhead, Steve Earle, Levon Helm, Ronny Hawkins, Daisy Duke, Cooter, Uncle Jesse, Hillbilly Jim, Barney Miller, Billy Joe Shaver, David Allan Coe, Dale Watson, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Bob Dylan, Hank Thompson, Junior Brown, Budrock, Poodie, just to name few.

Sounds Like:

Outlaw country

Record Label:

Unsigned