Everly Brothers, Beatles, Beach Boys, Elvis, Elvis Costello, Elvis Brothers, Squeeze, dB's, Raspberries, Carl Perkins, Cracker, The Bears/Adrian Belew, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, T-Bone Burnett, Sam Phillips (both), the Clash, the Jam, AC/DC, Iggy Pop, the Band, the Kinks, the Who, the Rolling Stones, the BoDeans, BR5-49, Brian Eno, Brian Setzer, Brian Ferry, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Buck Owens, Burt Bacharach, Carlene Carter, Cheap Trick, the Cars, Chet Atkins, Crowded House, John Hiatt, the Jayhawks, John Cash, the Faces, Jeff Lynne, Graham Parker, James Taylor, Lou Reed, Pezband, Off Broadway, Louis Prima, Lucinda Williams, Marshall Crenshaw, Paul Simon, the Ramones, the Records, Jules Shear, Squeeze, the Soft Boys, the Talking Heads, the Velvet Underground, The Webstirs, World Party, XTC
LOVE THESE ALBUMS
1. "Rise and Shine" --The Bears
2. "Like This" --the dB's
3. "Cracker" --Cracker
4. "Revolver" --The Beatles
5. "Underwater Moonlight" --Soft Boys
6. "East Side Story" --Squeeze
7. "Goodbye Jumbo" --World Party
8. "Imperial Bedroom" --Elvis Costello
9. "American Idiot" --Green Day
10. "Armchair Theatre" --Jeff Lynne
11. "Born Yesterday" --Everly Brothers
12. "Slow Turning" --John Hiatt
13. "Labour of Lust" --Nick Lowe
Sounds Like
Your basic anglo-Pop. A little bit rootsy, a bit Americana, a bit BritPop-flavored. Pretty catchy tuneful stuff.
See the debut of Jeff and Mike and Steve Dvorak
performing as the"Everly Hillbillies®"
Chicago's best Everly Bros Tribute... at Murphy's of Arlington...in Arlington Heights, Friday March 27th.
Graham Elvis from 80s pop sensations THE ELVIS BROTHERS introduced Mike Cohen and Jeff Janulis in 1990. He’d been working on some studio recordings with Mike and drummer extraordinaire, Mark Fornek. Mike and Jeff hit it off very well vocally, their voices complementing each other in a nearly brotherly way. Mike and Jeff had a shared passion for the early rock and roll music of the Everly Brothers, Carl Perkins, Elvis and the like as well as an appreciation for the Beatles and others in a similar vein. Perfecting their harmonies, they took to writing and performing in the early 90s. The duo often opened for the Elvis Bros at Chicago area clubs, and as G. Elvis was want to comment, ‘They didn’t suck’. The two Abbeys applied their Everly-inspired harmonies covering a good portion of the Everlys catalog, as well as overlaying their harmonies on other classic 60s music. They put together a top notch band featuring guitarist Steve Dvorak, drummer Mark Fornek and a turn-style of bass players including but not limited to Chicago blues stalwart Mike McCurdy, Carl Lubicz and John Slywka.
In 1995, they released “Please File Under: “Twang” ” featuring tracks from the group as well as Little Submarine, a song penned by Mike’s friends, the Webstirs and featuring Graham Elvis. Mike and Jeff continued on throughout the decade, making yearly appearances at International Pop Overthrow Chicago fests including the recent April 25th performance. They occasionally play around reclaiming their Everlys roots, under the moniker of “The Everly Hillbillies”. What the heck is a Neverly?
New studio recordings coming soon to include new Abbeys Carter Ruehrdanz and Don Koss.
"And all the stories we can tell…
"What great harmonies! Reminds me of my Dad and Uncle, especially "The Stories We Can Tell" album in the 70s. What else can I say? Just great! I wouldn't mind having your voices on my album." - Edan Everly
HollowRain has been entered in 95 WIIL Rocks Bandemonium contest for 2009 with the song "Darkest Places"! HollowRain needs your help by simply voting!
To vote for HOLLOWRAIN, send an email to stu@95wiilrock.com. YOU MUST put the band name (HOLLOWRAIN) and song title "Darkest Places" in the subject line, just copy and paste from this message. In the body, include your name and working phone number. Only one vote per person per email address allowed, as any more would disqualify your vote. Voting ends on July 3rd at 5pm.
The top six bands entered in the contest get to play at Austin's Fuel Room in Libertyville, IL in the next part of the competition. HollowRain would get lots of exposure from this and a chance to win cash and prizes. Please help the band out by voting and spreading the word to all of your friends, family members and coworkers!
Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:
Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.
Though source materials are quite aged, much remains relevant today.
I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
Hallo there! I'm afraid I don't frequent ThisSpace so much anymore now that everyone is on FB. It's pretty dull 'round about these here parts of late... :)
You guys never cease to amaze me. Wonderful harmonies. Are you sure you're not brothers? It's uncanny. Anyway, best to you, sorry it didn't work out with the strange ones.
Congrats on the $150K new stage outfits... but did The Abbeys also spend $25,000 on a makeup artist? :) Hey, if you can get the RNC and its donators to cover the bill, good going!
