Greg Harkins- guitar/ Vocals,
Jeremy Wheeless- guitar/ Mandolin,
Kris Wade -Upright Bass,
James Gwyn-Drums,
Emily Gimble-Piano/ Vocals
Influences
Bob Wills, Milton Brown, Benny Goodman, louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, Nat King Cole, Charlie Christian, Ray Brown, Barney Kessel, The Cats and the Fiddle, Slam Stewart, Slim Gaillard, Stuff Smith, Jelly Roll Morton, Bobby Darin, Bing Crosby, Johnny Gimble, Dick Gimble, Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz, Johnny Smith, Roy Lanham and the Whippoorwills, Blossom Dearie, Cab Calloway, Les Paul, Slim Richey, Rick Mcrae, Kenny Frazier, Jimmie Rivers, Tal Farlow, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Atkins, Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti, Roy Smeck, Harry Reser, Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards, Tex Williams, Spade Cooley, Merle Travis, and of course.....the man who started us on the path to all this great stuff.......
Willie Nelson.
We are a great group of friends from Austin Texas Who Love to play "good" Music .
Although we are mainly a swing band we are always writing new material, branching into different styles, and making fresh arrangements of old favorites.
FOR BOOKINGS
Please contact KT with the Nancy Fly agency at
WWW.KT@nflyagency.com
Or call 512-288-2023
Photos By John Grubbs
Rockslide photography
Hey it was no problem it was tons of fun!! my friend liked watching all the food go by our table. and after we left we went to watch the Gay Pride thing that was around the corner, it was funny!!
Hey guys its Lauren from Wimberley!! Thank you soooooooo much for coming out there it was very fun and i've had great reviews!!! I have listened to the CD about a hundred times and my favorite song is feelin' blue for Texas!!! I will get out to see ya soon. thanks again p.s. maybe you have to look at my face to remeber who i am!!ha ha
Hey Yall, I will be coming home reall soon, Ive done my time around this world and its time to come back to Texas, i want to hit yallup when I get into town, also I wana have a party and yall come out to play at it. Write me back and let me knwo what your looking like for mid July. Good to hear from you boys, Cole
If I wasn't chained by this consuming jealousy, I'd be an absolute, raving, mad, lunatic fan of your delightfully tasteful music! Your style is what music ought to be! Thanks for adding me.
Hey, Friend! I have a new, enhanced CD single available at Waterloo Records and ALL of its proceeds are going to Capital Area Food Bank. Have a good weekend!
Sometimes I think there's nothing better than sitting back, cold beer in hand, french fry smell wafting through the floor, the jazzy-swingy sound of Marshall Ford Swing Band in my ears. Thanks for a great night, guys.
We are Ralph & Tamara and we sure do thank yall for adding us as FRIENDS!
If you sing or write or perform COWBOY SONGS, POETRY heck, if you just want to call and say HOWDY, then be sure to join us on MONDAY & FRIDAY night at 7 PM TEXAS time until 9 pm TEXAS time for the RALPHS BACK PORCH RADIO SHOW! The LIVE call in number is 347 215 8849 and yall are always welcome.
Hey fellas, on April 1st our record "Strange Invitation" is released nationally! We have an instore at Waterloo on April 1 @ 5pm, and the record release party is at Threadgills South on April 4. Hope you can make it out!
Blood Drive: Sunday, March 30, 2008, 9am-1pm - Oy vey - we really need more sign ups! Congregation Beth Israel - 3901 Shoal Creek Boulevard Appointments are Still Available! Please sign up on line at www. inyourhands. org. Our Sponsor Code is “CBI.” If you have more questions about donating blood, please contact Kent at knitcholas@tcms.com. If you have a problem signing up on line, please contact Jessica by telephone at 512.454.1589 or by email at Education@bethisrael.org. If you can’t give blood, PLEASE help by recruiting friends, family, coworkers, etc. to donate at CBI on March 30th.
