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Hair Trigger

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Released: Jan 6, 2009

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Hair Trigger
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Shine a Light
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Sea Horse Shoe
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Bees Making Honey
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She Comes and She Goes
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General Info

Genre: Acoustic / Folk / Indie
Location RENICK, West Virginia, US
Profile Views: 61017
Last Login: 10/23/2011
Member Since 8/4/2008
Website bcbcsb.com
Record Label Unsigned
Bio
Since the beginning of time people have gathered to make music and grow. ...... - Get on the BrownChicken Train! ...... .. For the latest information,.. visit our ..official website..:.. .... .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .................... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. ..
Members
BROWNCHICKEN BROWNCOW STRING BAND: .. .. .. XANDER: Lead Vocals, Fiddle, Guitar, Tenor Banjo .. Xander - "My name is Xander Hitzig and I have been playing Guitar since I was 13 years old. Ever since I started it’s been like an addiction to me. I have played with many people and bands over the years and regretted none of them and learned a lot from most. About the time I turned 21 I got really into the fiddle listening to very inspirational musicians like John Hartford, Martin Hays, Benny Martin, Chance McCoy, Stephan Grapelli, Tim Pence, Frankie Gavin, Jaun Luponte amongst others. Ever Since Then I have called the fiddle my new addiction. Although I still play both the fiddle and guitar every day. BCBCSB is one of the most fun groups I have had a pleasure of playing with so far." .. .. JUSTIN: Guitar, Banjo .. Justin - "Ya know music has always been in the forefront of my mind and I had to arrange everything around it. My parents always encouraged me growing up; gave me my first guitar when I was 5 years old. My brother has played a large role in my musical education. As a musician I naturally gravitated towards great guitar players and listened to Hendrix, Tony Iomie , David Gilmore, Django, George Harrison, James Hatfield and for the past few years now Larry Keel. Larry Keel is my favorite musician, when I need a little extra inspiration I just find out where Larry is playing and go. I moved to Lewisburg, WV in 2006 and there I meet Charlie Hatcher and the Hitzig Brothers; Xander and Orion. Between Charlie and me nailing down the rhythm and with Xander and Orion weaving melodies; BrownChicken BrownCow String Band was born in my old basement studio on Highland Circle. Four instruments and a dog never sounded so good to me." .. .. Orion: Mandolin, Banjo .. Orion - I was born and raised in WV and spent a fair bit of traveling all over the US. I also visited England and Canada for short periods of time before I turned sixteen. I will always call WV home where I spent four of the last five years cooking, inter-mingled with traveling. After another bout of traveling, following my resignation from the kitchen I felt I needed a more rewarding occupation. I have been playing guitar for years but never was able to go anywhere with it. I learned how to play the drums but it wasn’t until March of ’08 when I started playing the mandolin that I felt truly connected to music. Shortly after that I began playing in the BCBCSB, the first band I have ever been in, with my brother Xander. I then decided to make music my number one focus, now 21 living in HI playing music is now my soul source of income. .. .. Charlie: Bass, Harmony I was born and raised in WV to second generation music store owners and musicians. After years of travel across the US following the Grateful Dead and stopping here or there for a while, I made my way back to southern West Virginia to run the family busiess, Alpha Music, Inc. I met Xander shortly after returning and we have played in several bands together since 2004. Justin and I met in my store in 2006 when he came to buy strings and almost insantly began playing. Once Orion picked up the mandolin, the band was complete. I keep WV home base in Lewisburg and travel to meet the boys as much as I can.
Influences
We focus on writing orginal music and to do that we draw inspiraion from the great musicians that have come before us... its is unique from each of us but it is easy to say names like: Jimi Hendrix, Towns Van Zant, Tom Waits, Larry Keel, John Hartford, Guy Clark, Djengo Reinhardt, Tommy Peoples, Stephane Grappelli, Wyatt Rice, Dave Sweet and many more... .. .. Our Music is writen to create a relationship with the listener, in the end relationships are the core of our musical inspiration... relationships with people, music, and places.
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