Donny Holcombe: Guitar & Vocals
Nick McAlister: Bass & Vocals
Wayne Kenney: Drums & Vocals
Influences
Delbert Mclinton, Tommy Castro Band, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Clapton, John Hiatt, Government Mule, John Mayer, Storyville, Robert Cray, Chris Duarte, Kenny Wayne Sheppard, and Ray Charles.
Sounds Like
Tommy Castro Band meets Delbert Mclinton for a little Double Trouble....
Donny Holcombe is an independent Recording Producer and Composer who lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Since early childhood, music has been the central focal point of his life, and his musical education includes study at the Berklee College of Music. He has worked in professional recording studios as a multi-instrument Session Player, Vocalist, Songwriter, Recording Engineer and Producer for over twenty years. Donny has produced several CD's for highly acclaimed songwriters david m. bailey, Nick McAlister, Wil Gravatt, Scuffletown, and Duane Slaymaker and has made many compositions for television. His solo musical compilation is the instrumental work entitled "Awake From Yesterday". The title demonstrates Donny's diverse talents as a Composer, Musician and Recording Engineer/Producer. "Awake From Yesterday" was recorded almost entirely at Donny's digital project recording studio/retreat in Virginia, which is appropriately named "Sacred Ground Recording". Bluesyerdaddy? is an excellent outlet for Donny's deep passion for blues guitar playing........................................................................................................................
Nick McAlister: While a student at Appalachian State University in the mountains of North Carolina, Nick played bass with the Charlie Ellis Trio, a prominent regional jazz group. And as a member of the ASU Jazz Ensemble, he had the good fortune to perform with Ed Shaughnessy of the Tonight Show band, and with smaller ensembles opening for jazz artists Ramsey Lewis and Clark Terry.
Arriving in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Nick ultimately landed a 4-year stint with Chris Ippolito and the Live Canadian Nightcrawlers. With the Nightcrawlers came the first taste of studio work in the 1989 release of R. Bruce’s, Album?.
In 1999, after a 6-year hiatus, Nick began performing live again … either with the CNC, or Mike Cappetto and A Few Loose Screws, or Starplay, or recording at Sacred Ground Studios.
In 2001, Nick became a member of the Wil Gravatt Band, a well known traditional country band in the DC-NVA area. As a member of the WGB, he has had the honor of sharing the stage with John Michael Montgomery, Hal Ketchum, Junior Brown, Lynyrd Skynrd, Mark Wills, and Darryl Worley, among others.
In 2003, Nick released his solo debut CD entitled "Bout Time", which featured all original material. Bout Time can be found at cdbaby.com.
In addition, Nick travelled to Nashville with the group One Horse Town to play at the infamous Bluebird Cafe, and continues to sit in with OHT occassionally. Of course, to get his blues fix, Nick hooked up with old friends Donny Holcombe and Wayne Kenney to form the blues trio, Bluesyerdaddy ...............................................................................................................
Wayne Kenney is an energetic drummer and dynamic vocalist who has been performing professionally for over thirty years. Wayne has performed and toured with Jimmy Arnold, Bittersweeet, Silver Wings, Sherlock Bones, Shattered Blue, Roy Dixon and the Dixon Line, Uncle Davis, The Nightcrawlers, Glass Onion, Jennings Dulin, and The Wil Gravatt Band.
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