Snooks La Vie - vox, harmonica
Narmon 'Brother T' Tulsi - hammond organ, bass, piano
Nick Kipridis, Brian Morrison, Adam Pringle - guitar
Jamie Jones - drums
Influences
Funk, Soul and Blues Singers - Bobby Bland, BB King, Jackie Wilson, Wilson Pickett, Al Green and his cousin - Junior Parker, Lightning Hopkins, Slim Harpo, Bobby Womack, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Aaron Neville, Lee Dorsey, Willie T, Elvis, Van the man, Bob Marley, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, James Brown, O V Wright, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Anne Peebles, Mavis Staples, Snooks Eaglin
Harmonica Players - Little Walter, George 'Harmonica' Smith, Big Walter Horton, Rice Miller, Jimmy Reed, Kim Wilson, Junior Wells, James Harman, Rick Estrin, Lynwood Slim, Stevie Wonder
Guitarists - BB King, Albert King, Freddie King, Earl King, Chris Isaak, Steve Cropper, Jimmie Vaughan, Tiny Grimes, Junior Watson, Jimmy Nolen, Ronnie Earl, Albert Collins, Leo Nocentelli, Ike Turner, James Black
Bass Players - James Jamerson, Duck Dunn, Bootsy Collins, Robbie Shakespeare, Aston Barrett, George Porter Junior, Larry Graham, Willie Dixon, Larry Taylor, Conrad Lozano
Hammond Players - Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Booker T, Art Neville, Jackie Mittoo, Wild Bill Davis, Bill Doggett, James Black
Piano Players - Ray Charles, Herbie Hancock, Alan Toussaint, Professor Longhair, Jon Cleary, Billy Preston, Otis Spann, James Black
Drummers - Zig Modeliste, Al Jackson, Sly Dunbar, Fred Below
Other Great Bands - The Neville Brothers, The Meters, Los Lobos, Joe Camilleri, Renee Geyer, The JBs, Los Lonely Boys, The Mavericks
BAND BIOGRAPHY
Does the world really need another Soul band? James Black (RocKwiz) will tell you that the answer is "Yes!" but its gotta be The Hiptones! Their sound is a blend of Roots and Blues with a powerful pop songwriting sensibility.
Like all great bands, The Hiptones is an organic creation much greater than the sum of its parts. Over the last 6 years an eclectic group of musicians came together from the " roots" music scene in Adelaide, South Australia. The Hiptones grew and coalesced in 2005 into the current lineup of Snooks La Vie on Vocals, Brother T on Hammond and bass, Adam Pringle on guitar and Mark Chewey on the skins.
For some reason, all the great towns that create roots music are never the biggest cities. It is something about being away from the centre of the commercial music industry. Think Memphis, Austin, Nashville and New Orleans (The Hiptones favourite) . One day when the rest of the world is exhausted from the current fads real music comes through and has its day. It seems like that time is now for The Hiptones.
While there are lots of bands that have their roots in the blues, there are few with a singer as good as Snooks La Vie. Less with a band that can entertain a crowd in a bar for five hours straight and even fewer that can write songs as good as the blues and soul classics that inspired them. The Hiptones is a roots band that can play with a style of their own and they write like they play.
They cruise around in a 62 T-Bird, wear funky retro clothes and play obscure vintage instruments. They listen to music most people have never heard of, but what they create together is very cool, very real and totally hip.
In these days of artifice and contrivance The Hiptones are a band that truly care about the music. There has never been an air of despair about this band. These are 4 guys who consistently go all out to play to a room full of people keen to forget the weeks work and grind and dance to music that speaks to the mind and the body.
The Hiptones sound is a gumbo of the roots music with a pop sensibility. Out front is Snooks, a white soul singer with an incredibly powerful voice. Brother T drives the bass and Hammond organ deftly bridging the gap between retro funk and new soul. Adam Pringle lays down sublime guitar, providing that Atlantic R&B funk attack and Chewey on the skins, can do it all.
Their debut album Right Now is particularly special given that it brought the Hiptones to the attention of a major label SONYBMG. Thats extraordinary given that all the vocal takes are first and only takes, and the entire album (with the exception of Hound Dog) was recorded and mixed in four days at Woodstock studios with James Black producing during a Melbourne heatwave in January 2006.
Hot from the start, The Hiptones debut full-length album is a set of songs stripped back to their essence.
Right Now is released through SONYBMG in Australia. Samples from all tracks are available on the website www.thehiptones.com. Email us if you have trouble finding it. email@thehiptones.com
GLAD I MADE IT TO THE "COMMO CLUB" FRIDAY NITE, YOU WERE HOTT! LOVED YOUR VERSION OF RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA!!! WILL COMPILE A CD OF TRACKS YOU MIGHT ENJOY, CATCH YOU SOON I HOPE. CHEERS! MIZ BEA HAVEN
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Event: ABC STATELINE Date: Tue, December 8, 2009
Stateline are coming to interview us at Planet Muse on Tuesday. STATELINE airs on ABC TV on Friday nights. For my overseas friends, you will be able to view the interview via www.abc.net.au/stateline
We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser?
I've written a protest song called Song For Cheltenham, St. Clair and invite all Adelaideian South Aussies to show their support by being at the Charles Sturt Council meeting on Monday 23rd November, where you'll get the chance to join in with the chorus and sing your hearts out to show 'the authorities' we the community, will not be ignored. For a copy of the Chorus for you to learn, see my latest blog details.
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Thank you very much for the Link Up & Sharing Your Music
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Keep up the Great Work!
Wishes you All the Best in 2009!
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DRUM CLINIC featuring; Dean Butterworth, session drummer and current member of Good Charlotte. Wednesday November 4th Adelaide Hq Complex $15 - 7pm THE DRUM SHOP DERRINGERS
Hi there, we're launching our new album this Friday 6th November at Fowler's Live on North Tce. Support by The Shiny Brights and Kicks Tornado (tix on the door or http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=31066&ref=moshtix).. We're very excited, hope you can make it down on the night to help us celebrate! Cheers, SP ;)
Thanks so much for the AD! You totally rock.. Can you take a second and check out my songs, and post a comment on my page and let me know what you think? It would be totally sweet, and really help out. Thanks! talk soon.. Jon p.s : They're on iTunes too, if you want some iPod love.. ;)
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