Steve Earl, Lucinda Williams, Townes Vanszandt, Greg Brown, The Carter Family, Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, Victoria Williams, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, and the list goes on and on and on!!
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Our music speaks for itself, just listen to our mp3's and decide for yourself!! but we like to consider our music to be a country, bluesy, hillbilly esque kinda music.
One Great way to find out more about our music is to buy our CD, we are available on CD baby here's the link, please, if you have the time, check us out there and rate our CD!!
http://cdbaby.com/cd/hillbillyvoodoo
When people ask us to describe our sound, We tell them “ Well, there’s a real hillbilly influence but as songwriter’s we play a variety of sounds and instruments.” Thus the VooDoo part of our name. Lance and I met in 1993 and have played together ever since. At first we just focused on accompanying each others songs, as time went on and new instruments were introduced to the act, we embarked on an exciting journey of co-writing songs. The songs we write together are strongly influenced by old-time music and the great songwriters of our time, Lucinda Williams, Towns Vandszant, Greg Brown, Welch & Rawlings and Steve earl to name a few. Our lyrics seek to reflect the trials and struggles of our lives and the broader influence of the world we live in. Our sound is not so much a specific genre or niche but a vibe and a groove. As individual songwriters, we both delve into the emotional and the stories we feel need telling.
The years of 2000 and 2001 were great years for us, playing festival stages,(bluegrass, old-time, cowboy poetry and arts festivals) , radio stations all over Utah and Colorado, and house concerts. The music took a bit of a back seat for the years in between now and then due to a life threatening illness with our youngest child, but she is well and healthy and we are, once again , ready to get out and share our musical journey with the folks out there who enjoy music!
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Hi guys, really enjoyed your songs, that kinda music is always very comforting to me, it's great stuff. Hope all is well with yous, greetings from Eire, all the best, Jamie, Iama.
Steve's working harder and harder. Sundays are the only days we get him 24hours. The kids are doing their job (driving me insaine, testing me how long I can go before I get mad). Took them to the dentist last week. Andrew has a mouth full of problems. Sarah only three cavities. Don't know how we're going to survive payments on that. Sarah's also potty training right now.
Check out the new FACEBOOK SONG and if your a Facebook member be sure and join the group "Fans of AJ Downing". Stay tuned on a new album due out by the end of the year!
Hi Tamlyn and Lance... we are still perpendicular, I just got back from the mushroom trip, found a lot... Gosia had a surgery a week ago, she feels better now... the summertime started with a lot of rain (the river near us is dangerously swollen). Are you planning a trip back to Poland? - when? - best regards from us, Gosia & Wlodek...
Hi Hillbilly Voodoo ... here is our latest 10 min. Shaman Strings live video 'Cave of Graves’ … everybody trying to see something new from those tombs.
Note: The video has 5 minutes cut from the middle of the live recording. LET US KNOW what you think ;-)
Sarah is three now. She's a cutie and my leech. The only thing Steve has to fall back on is EMT. He does that on weekends. It's not enough to support us. Besides that there isn't anything out there that he's aware of.
