Phil Greaves/Vocals Acoustic Guitar &
Den Chapman/Vocals Lead Accoutic Guitar(various shapes & sizes)/Mandolin/Tambourine
Sue Timmins/Voice of an angel
Influences
The Clash
Bolan
Free
The Beatles
U2
The Beat
Woody Guthrie
Bluegrass
Kate Rusby
Bruce Springsteen
The Rolling Stones
Eagles
Teardrop Explodes
Echo & the Bunnymen
Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Lloyd Cole
Led Zep
luka bloom
XTC
Sounds Like
Original (we hope)/
It is done live/
We need a good producer(or someone who knows which knob does what)/
Through our own ears pretty good(post Guinness)
The Bon Hobos are friends who have got together because of mutual love of music of all genres.
DEN CHAPMAN is the musician, plays guitar (various shapes & sizes) mandolin banjo harmonicia & vocals.
PHIL GREAVES is the songwriter, he sings & plays
guitar.
SUE TIMMINS is the voice of an angel.
Our music is mainly acoustic and we aim for each song to have a memorable chorus and meaning to us.
We have a modern day protest song SOLDIER BOY of which is
getting good feedback.
Other songs include IAIN WYNN about a brave young man who fought
illness but always had a laugh & a joke. TO SAY I LOVE YOU IN A SONG about Phils mum, MILITARY MAN about a hard drinking uncle,ITS TIME FOR ME TO COME HOME, our attempt at a U2 style song, THE TRAIN, a riff based song & SANTAS COMIN' which appears every Xmas. We have covered and old tradition classic HARD TIMES which is featured here.
He have also recorded for own entertainment I FOUGHT THE LAW ,Bar room version KNOCKIN ON HEAVENS DOOR, Atmospheric Version & COPPERHEAD ROAD Acoustic version.
Our aim is for our songs to be used in film or television or taken to a different level by an established artist or a young band who are going places. The songs can be esily adapted to a more Rock style.
hey how are you? we wanted you to check out our songs on our page. our sound is ambient, dark, orchestral & cinematic. keep in touch we'll see you soon!
Thanks for trawling through this vile cybersewer in order to find the likes of us; hope it was worth it. Thanks also for providing evidence that - despite appearances - Silsden actually does contain humanity; I honestly wouldn't have credited, having visited it a few times. Live and learn, eh? Drop by whenever you fancy inexpensive liberalbilly thrills, won't you? Keep it gangsta, CrackTown
Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
hey how are you? we just wanted you to go to our page and check out our songs. we also have our cd available for sale on Snocap on our page. keep in touch!
Thanks for the add! I appreciate it! Swing by my site here, and check out the tunes, etc, and leave me a comment and let me know what you think. If you wouldn't mind rating my songs, I'd really appreciate the feedback. Thanks. Peace!
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