CC Rider: GUITAR/VOCALS,
Laurie Rider: VOCALS,
T.W. Lott: GUITAR 1,
Josh Sharpe: PEDAL STEEL GUITAR,
Matt Starling: BASS GUITAR,
Tyler Hayes: GUITAR 2,
Matt Smith: DRUMS
Influences
Anything that's good ranging from Hank Williams Sr. to Nirvana
Sounds Like
"Hayshaker is a gem, and if you're sick of that stadium country spectacle where the size of the hat is more important than the music, you'll regain your faith in pop music with Hayshaker." Ink 19 Review
"Pack up your '56 Plymouth Fury and hit the long lonely dusty road and let Hayshaker's "Black Holiday in Mexico City" be your soundtrack." TWANG NATION Review
"...the band is comfortable enough with themselves to just play what comes out instead of sticking to a definitive sound." ninebullets.net Review
"This swamp-saturated indie rock has come along the lines of Parson and all of their Waycross Forefathers. Hayshaker is making some noise, and it's not just on stage." 11th Hour Review
"Their songcrafting is good enough to promise good things for the future of the band." Pop Matters Review
"...a straight up kick you in the teeth country/rock ride (Black Holiday in Mexico City)..." Lithium Radio Review
"Lyrically, Hayshaker renders a gothic country image that, while filled with the pre-requisite shit kicking and beer drinking, harkens back to the older age of country songs full of murder and angst." South East Performer Magazine Review
Order your HAYSHAKER CD Now by clicking the "add to cart" button below. CD's are $5.00
Hayshaker is C.C. Rider on guitar and vocals, Laurie Rider (vocals), T.W. Lott (lead guitar), Matt Starling (bass, vocals), Tyler Hayes (lead guitar), Josh Sharpe (pedal steel) and Matt Smith (drums).
The band was formed in 2001 and released its first recording, “Black Holiday in Mexico City” (Shut Eye Records, Atlanta), in 2007.
The harmonies of husband and wife, C.C. and Laurie Rider, make the music reminiscent of the Waycross legend Gram Parsons. The band is said to belie “their leanness in members by producing a massive sound sure to shake the tin roof off any roadhouse.”
Pete Knapp of Shut Eye Records said: “Like a bulldozer in a field of wildflowers, this powerhouse from the land of Gram has enough intelligent twang to satisfy any lover of quality Americana music — and enough pent-up rage to satisfy any PBR-swillin’ NASCAR fan south of the Mason-Dixon line.”
Hayshaker made the hour and a half trek down to Jacksonville’s Vision Sound Studios to record their seven-track Shut Eye debut, “Black Holiday in Mexico City.” The CD works hard to not suffer from repetition.
Hayshaker experiments with the traditional pedal-steel, guitar picking, Scots-esque drinking song that is “Laurie's Song,” the roots rock sound of “Black Holiday” and the straight ahead rock stylings of “Dirtkick.”
The band is comfortable enough with themselves to just play what comes out instead of sticking to a definitive sound.
I’ve been a music journalist for more than 10 years. Over the years, many artists and managers have asked me what the best way to break into the European music market is.
Here are some things you can do:
Publish artist press releases, news, and tour dates to the CountryHome Forum on MySpace, http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazine , CountryHome Forum is part of CountryHome, http://www.CountryHome.de , Germany's Premier Country Music Online Magazine. Everything you publish to the CountryHome Forum will be published in my weekly Newsletter which has over 80,000 readers.
Send me CDs and DVDs for review and set up an artist interview with me. All reviews and interviews will be submitted to the magazines I'm writing for. More information for which magazines I'm writing can be found at http://www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
Upload artist videos to http://www.MyVideo.de and http://www.ClipFish.de . Both websites are like http://www.YouTube.com and uploading videos is free. The websites are completely in German. If you don’t speak German and need assistance, I will help you open an account and upload a video for 25 Euro. Each additional video upload for the same artist name and at the same video website is 10 Euro.
If you have more questions about the European music market or about any of the information I send to you today, please contact me at Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de too.
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany
I love the new track, "As I Lay In." The lyrics, the music, the vocals & harmonies... all of it, absolutely wonderful! Thank you so much for your music!
Today I like to inform you, that you can read and watch interviews with your favorit country stars in Enlgish, German and French at http://www.CountryHome.de/Interviews .
Warm regards
Christian
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Phone: ++49 6101 544613 Mobil: ++49 171 6903352 Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de Info@CountryMusic-Magazin.de www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
I loved your set at Star Bar this past weekend, and enjoyed meeting all of you. I plan to make it to your Athens show this fall. Please always let me know when you're playing in north-Georgia: I'll be there!
Danger!Danger! You are entering the club's forbidden secret no people zone! Get out or a spindly geek and a power-tripping bitch will attempt to disperse you!
I got to Cypress Creek too late the other night to see/hear y'all, but made this quick sketch of (some) of you in a booth after your set. I'm looking forward to seeing ya at GPGP next month!
Enjoy the Gnat's Landing gig guys. We play there all the time. Wish I would be in town this weekend to hear ya'll play. We need to line up a gig together on the Island some time! Love your tunes.
Online Now!
