DES HORSFALL works in Duo, Trio or full band format :
********* KUSCHTY RYE - ACOUSTIC DRIVEN ROOTSY ROCK ********
DES HORSFALL- Vocals, guitars, bass;
JAMES NEWSOME - Drums, cajon, percussion;
ANDY MCKERLIE - bass, organ, guitar
ALI WOOD - Accordion, trombone,vocals;
IAN ALVESTON - Acoustic/electric slide guitar, guitars, vocals;
LAURA TAYLOR - Vocals.
KUSCHTY RYE is an organic being with a fluid line up...
**** RED PALOMINOS ****
HARD PUMPING, BLUESY COUNTRY-ROCK
DES HORSFALL - Vocals&guitars
ANDY SMITH - Bass&vocals
JAMES NEWSOME - Drums&vocals
JON SHORT - Keys&vocals
Influences
Well....not in any particular order, and I'm sure I'll add to this
The Byrds, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Dion, Van Morrison, Ronnie Lane, The Faces, The Strawbs, John Mellencamp, John Hiatt, Joe Ely, Steve Earle, Charlie Rich, Paul Carrack, John Fogerty, Neil Young..plus anything I've heard and admired in my formative years up to the present.
British Roots-Rocker seen extensively on Country Music Television and VH-1 with hit videos.
Opening act for Joe Ely,Steve Earle,Emmylou Harris, Little Feat, John Berry, The Tractors and others.
Currently working with his new bands KUSCHTY RYE , RED PALOMINOS and on various projects at Valve Analogue Recording Studios which he owns and operates. Check out www.outbackmusicgroup.com.
DES HORSFALL EXCLUSIVELY USES WIENBROCK AMPLIFIERS. Custom Special 'Palomino' Rig 35 watt ME3 Pro head and 2x10 Cab in RED TOLEX.!!!!!
LATEST NEWS New John Miller album should be finished by Christmas. Hope to have copies available by late January/early February. I'll let you know when it's ready. Johnny M
Des, Just wanted to let you and your friends know that we will be at the following UK venues as part of the Honky Tonk Merry Go Round 2009 with our special guest star ‘Misisipi’ Mike Wolf (San Francisco, USA) A full list of all the European dates and booking details can be found by visiting the blog on the myspace page
Thursday 26 March GLASGOW, Scotland Woodend B & LTC
Friday 27 March NEWCASTLE, England The Tyne
Saturday 28 March HALESOWEN, England Private Show (Invitations Available – Ask Me)
Sunday 5 April LONDON, Camden, England Honky Tonkin' Sunday
Hope you can make it along to one of the shows. John
THE HONKY-TONK MERRY GO ROUND starring John Miller and his Country Casuals with special guest Tom Armstrong (USA)
Friday 23rd May - GLASGOW - Accies Club Saturday 24th May - NEWCASTLE - The Tyne Bar Sunday 25th May - BRIGHTON - Honky Tonk Hayride 3 at Hector's House Tuesday 27th May - TSCHUGG, Switzerland - Muhlekeller Wednesday 28th May - MUNICH, Germany - Rattlesnake Saloon Thursday 29th May - COLMAR, France - Le Grillen Friday 30th May - DEVENTER, Holland - Het Burgerweeshuis Saturday 31st May - LONDON - What's Cookin' @ The Sheepwalk Sunday 1st June - LONDON - Honky Tonkin' Sunday @ The Golden Lion
Greetings from The Whips Des....let's get a campaign going to drag Daz out of retirement...if you're reading this....come on D....gardenings had it's day
Great to finally find you! I did a search on Myspace and there you were! I took your que and did a country record, bet you never thought I would! Hope things are going well with you and the family. Give me a ring at 214-675-9979. Would love to chat! Oh by the way... I got to meet Joe Ely & of course... I told him about you coming to Texas because you like his music. He was quite amused & sent his best!
Love the recordings, especially Whistle To Blow! (It's almost Texan)
