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The Billy Pilgrims

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General Info

  • Genre: Bluegrass / Country / Roots Music

    Location Colorado, US

    Profile Views: 69617

    Last Login: 4/25/2009

    Member Since 11/2/2006

    Website www.billypilgrims.com

    Record Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    In Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five, a character named Billy Pilgrim reports to be "unstuck in time." He can't help but travel from the present to the past, and then to the future again. The four Northern Colorado musicians who formed a new retro country & bluegrass band named after this literary figure feel the same way about music. .... The Billy Pilgrims band features Lyons, Colo., residents ..Caleb Roberts.. and ..David Richey.., and Fort Collins, Colo., couple ..Aaron & Erin Youngberg.. (or ..Double A.. and ..E.. as their friends like to call them). Dave sings lead and plays acoustic guitar, Erin sings lead and plays upright bass, Aaron plays banjo and pedal steel, and Caleb plays mandolin and electric guitar. .... The Billy Pilgrims return to country music from the 1950s, influenced by Buck Owens, Hank Williams, Ray Price, and Lefty Frizzell, and they also perform vintage bluegrass influenced by the Stanley Brothers, Jimmy Martin, Vern Williams, and Flatt & Scruggs. A typical Billy Pilgrims show includes an acoustic, bluegrass set and an electric, classic country set. .... ..Contact the Billy Pilgrims at ..billypilgrims@yahoo.com..... .... ...... .. .. .. .. .................... ..

  • Members

    To buy the new Billy Pilgrims CD, click: .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ERIN YOUNGBERG: Vocals & Upright Bass .... AARON YOUNGBERG: Banjo & Pedal Steel .... DAVID RICHEY: Vocals & Acoustic Guitar .... CALEB ROBERTS: Mandolin & Electric Guitar

  • Influences

    Jimmy Martin, Buck Owens, Flatt & Scruggs, Lefty Frizell, Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Reno & Smiley, George Jones, Patsy Cline, Wade Ray, Ernest Tubb, Merle Travis, Loretta Lynn, Hank Thompson, Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant, Stanley Bros, Osborne Bros, Kitty Wells, Wayne Hancock, Delia Bell, & Colonel Slim & the Happy Honkies

  • Sounds Like

    If you like some old George Jones & Flatt & Scruggs, you'll like The Billy Pilgrims!.. .. .. .. .. ..

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Bio:

In Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five, a character named Billy Pilgrim reports to be "unstuck in time." He can't help but travel from the present to the past, and then to the future again. The four Northern Colorado musicians who formed a new retro country & bluegrass band named after this literary figure feel the same way about music.

The Billy Pilgrims band features Lyons, Colo., residents Caleb Roberts and David Richey, and Fort Collins, Colo., couple Aaron & Erin Youngberg (or Double A and E as their friends like to call them). Dave sings lead and plays acoustic guitar, Erin sings lead and plays upright bass, Aaron plays banjo and pedal steel, and Caleb plays mandolin and electric guitar.

The Billy Pilgrims return to country music from the 1950s, influenced by Buck Owens, Hank Williams, Ray Price, and Lefty Frizzell, and they also perform vintage bluegrass influenced by the Stanley Brothers, Jimmy Martin, Vern Williams, and Flatt & Scruggs. A typical Billy Pilgrims show includes an acoustic, bluegrass set and an electric, classic country set.

Contact the Billy Pilgrims at billypilgrims@yahoo.com.

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Member Since:

November 02, 2006

Members:

To buy the new Billy Pilgrims CD, click: .. .. .. .. ..

ERIN YOUNGBERG: Vocals & Upright Bass

AARON YOUNGBERG: Banjo & Pedal Steel

DAVID RICHEY: Vocals & Acoustic Guitar

CALEB ROBERTS: Mandolin & Electric Guitar

Influences:

Jimmy Martin, Buck Owens, Flatt & Scruggs, Lefty Frizell, Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Reno & Smiley, George Jones, Patsy Cline, Wade Ray, Ernest Tubb, Merle Travis, Loretta Lynn, Hank Thompson, Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant, Stanley Bros, Osborne Bros, Kitty Wells, Wayne Hancock, Delia Bell, & Colonel Slim & the Happy Honkies

Sounds Like:

If you like some old George Jones & Flatt & Scruggs, you'll like The Billy Pilgrims!

Record Label:

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