RITCHIE - LEAD VOCAL
CHRIS - GUITARS & VOCAL
STEVIE - BASS & VOCAL
SHANE - DRUMS &VOCAL
Influences
STEVIES INFLUENCES - STEVE EARLE,GARTH BROOKS,LYNYRD SKYNYRD,JOE NICHOLS,HANK3,JOHN McVIE,STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN,PETER GREEN,MICK RONSON,INDIAN LARRY,STAN WEBB,JACK BRUCE,JACK CASSIDY, DAVID LEE ROTH,DEL AMITRI,JOHN MAYALL,PAUL KOSSOFF,PAUL ROGERS,ANDY FRASER,JIM LEA,J.D.MANGRUM,HARRY DEAN STANTON,DENNIS HOPPER,ALL THE BASTARDS & BITCHES AT C.O.B.B,S&N BREWERIES,THE GUY THAT INVENTED KEBABS,MY DAD.http://www.angelfire.com/dragon2/cobbsocietyuk/..............................
CHRIS'S INFLUENCES - Michel Camilo, Joe Pass, SYLVAIN LUC, Scot Henderson, Jean-Marc Belkadi, John Scofield, Wayne Krantz, Tommy Emmanuel, Pat Metheny, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Django Reinhardt, Baden Powel, John Coltrane, Roben Ford, Martin Taylor, Dream Theater, Johannes Sebastian Bach and whoever! Anybody, anything can influence me... but my biggest influence is Jesus! John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[a] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." ...........................
RITCHIE'S INFLUENCES - Trace Adkins,Chris Cagle,Jason Aldean,Alan Jackson,Montgomery Gentry,Dierks Bentley,Brad Paisley,Keith Anderson and many more but my two hero's and biggest influences have got to be Toby Keith and the main man Garth Brooks these guys have got me hooked on country music and all i hope is that i do these guys songs justice and that you guys like the way i do them.........................
SHANE'S INFLUENCES - Jack,Danny,Buddy,Foster,Miller,Johnny,You get the picture ? Women,Willy Nelson,Alabama,The Eagles,The Shadows,ALL the South African Country Artists.and some drummers.Hillbilly Deluxe Live At Silver Spur Folsom Prison Blues
HILLBILLY DELUXE
BIO AND INFORMATION
Hillbilly Deluxe was formed early in 2007,from the ashes of Midnight Rebels,a band that had,
unfortunately,ran its course.
HILLBILLY DELUXE UK members are:-
SHANE,(South Africa.drums),ExMidnight Crossing.
Shane was born in South Africa ’many moons’ ago and started his drumming career at the age of 9 years old, playing "Boere music" as they call it there. He then started in backing bands for all the top Country artists as well as a studio musician for EMI in S.A. In 1986 he was the bull riding champion in the Rodeo Circuit in S.A. In the 90’s . He started Memphis Sound, where he worked as sound engineer for top international artists. Shane came to Scotland in 1999 where he started Midnight Rebels,
STEVE,(England.bass),Ex Good Ole Boyz.
Steve has been playing seriously for about 20 years,first on guitar,then onto bass about 15 years ago ,and has played in various blues/rock bands in and around Newcastle .Steve has been playing country for about 12 years or so,starting with Newcastle based "The Good Ole Boyz ",then after moving to live in Scotland joined " Midnight Rebels "
CHRIS (France.guitars) Experienced freelance,gigging and session musician.
Chris has gained worldwide experience (Usa, Japan, Europe, Africa, Caribbean) as a session guitarist, composer,and arranger in all styles of music,from pop to jazz, electronic to latin ,classical to heavy metal and flamenco,...but particularly country.Chris has ended up settling down in Scotland ,and was a member of " Midnight Rebels " for 2 years.
RITCHIE ,(Scotland,Vocals),Ex Against The Grain,
Ritchie is a country music daft boy who loves the music of Trace Adkins,Chris Cagle,Jason Aldean,Alan Jackson,Montgomery Gentry,Dierks Bentley,Brad Paisley,Keith Anderson and many more but his two hero’s and biggest influences have got to be Toby Keith and the main man Garth Brooks .Ritchie was previously vocalist with Scottish duo " Against The Grain ",before being contacted by Shane,Steve and Chris with a view to forming a new live band,The result is " HILLBILLY DELUXE ".
HILLBILLY DELUXE
We played our first gig at Glasgow’s Grand old Opry,on the 3rd of June,2007 to great encouragement,we would like to thank everyone that made it such a success,YOU KNOW WHO YO ARE.....THANKS
and since then, have played all over central Scotland the highlands and
northern England,the English gigs are due to recieving work from Mickey Larkin of JL Entertainments,
as well as working on our debut CD and own songs.
We play a mixture of country,from traditional,linedance and bluegrass,to the latest hits by the
newest artists
Hello, Welcome, Thank you for the add and new friendship. When you get a chance stop by and check out my new songs that I wrote and my music video's. I am wanting to get my music out and heard. Leave me a comment let me know what you think. Thank you for your time and have a blessed day.. KEEP ON ROCKIN!!
Hi guys - missed you at Embo this year, but I see ur down to play next year! Hope ur all doin good. Hopin to get down to see u again in the summer. Take care xx
Hi Guys, hopeing this finds you well and busy. Nice write up in the Country Routes mag, and looking forward to meeting you on our travels. Also, i've popped in to let you know my Debut CD is now out. I've uploaded some tracks on my myspace and my website. Please take a look and let me know what you think.
Thanks for the add guys, half are from Glasgow and half from edinburgh... just started up so everything is still a bit rough. Love your sound, and hope to see you play soon.
Hey Bros, we were just passing by and wanted to stop in and say " ROCK ON "by the way your Guitar player must plug himself in when he plays..HOT-HOT-HOT i have nick named him speedy " GRAYHOUSE " U.S. A
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