Hank Waite, guitar and vocals; Rebecca Agiewich, keys and vocals; Jim Fleming, drums; Sean Holman, viola; Dave Taylor, lead guitar; Rick West, bass
Influences
Hank Williams (Sr.), Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, Velvet Underground, Savoy Doucet Band, Buck Owens, Freddy Fender, Clifton Chenier, Bob Dylan, Solomon Burke, Tom Waits, Loretta Lynn, Be Good Tanyas, Woody Guthrie, The Beatles, The Eagles, The Breeders, Pete Seeger, Peter Tosh, Toots and the Maytals, Bob Marley, Grateful Dead, Mary Gauthier, Elton John, Billy Joel, Aaron Copeland, Wilco, Paul Simon, John Denver, Wyclef, Postal Service, Randy Newman, Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal, Dr. Dre., etc.
Your set was a most pleasant surprise. Your songs floored me. It was all very honest, good songwriting, some really excellent lines. Heartbreaking stuff.
--A Milkmashers fan
I took the wife down to see Ted Nugent at the Tacoma Dome on Thursday, and let me tell you: you guys are every bit as good as Ted Nugent.
--A drunk Milkmashers fan
If you don't make it in music, you could totally be a stand-up comedian.
--A cute, misguided Milkmashers fan
Some say we're funny, some say we're heartbreaking, and some say we're um... Ted Nugent (presumably because we rock, but who knows?). Well, whatever you call us, we're just Milkmashers, and we're just trying to make our own brand of honest Honky Tonk. So honest, in fact, that we're taking the "hon" out of honesty and putting it back into "Honky." Of course, we're also putting the KY into "Honky," but we're not sure where that came from.
Same with Tonk.
Dan errrr. Hank... I wanted to wish you merry christmas. I'm back in colorado but not going to canon for christmas. on account of i drink alot and my parents don't live there anymore. I have a place by aspen with a hot tub and extra bedroom if your travels take you that neck of the woods. merry christmas!!! caleb
Damn, Hank, sounds like somethin' outta Austin by-God Texas. Only better! Can't Waite to hear more and get my hands on one of those cd's...I'll bet they're hotter than two foxes fornicatin' in a forest fire~!!
