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The Road Hammers
Rock / Country / Southern Rock

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Member Since	3/10/2005
Band Website	theroadhammers.com
Band Members	Clayton Bellamy, Jason McCoy, Chris Byrne, Corbett Frasz
Influences	The trucker greats, from Del Reeves to Red Sovine
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Record Label	Montage Music Group
Type of Label	Indie

Upcoming Shows

Jul 29 2008

11:30A

St. Louis, Missouri

Jul 30 2008

8:00P

Harrah’s Voodoo Lounge

Kansas City, Kansas

Aug 1 2008

5:00P

Big Valley Jamboree (Mainstage)

Camrose, Alberta

Aug 2 2008

9:00P

Grizfest (Mainstage)

Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia

Aug 3 2008

8:00P

Grande Cache Recreation Centre

Grande Cache, Alberta

Aug 9 2008

7:30P

Gouverneur Fairgrounds

Gouverneur, New York

Aug 11 2008

2:00P

Missouri State Fair (Budweiser Stage)

Sedalia, Missouri

Aug 11 2008

6:00P

Missouri State Fair (Budweiser Stage)

Sedalia, Missouri

Aug 12 2008

2:00P

Missouri State Fair (Budweiser Stage)

Sedalia, Missouri

Aug 12 2008

6:00P

Missouri State Fair (Budweiser Stage)

Sedalia, Missouri

Aug 15 2008

9:00P

Rochester, New York

Aug 16 2008

11:15A

WMUS Muskegon Moosefest

Muskegon, Michigan

Aug 17 2008

1:30P

Mountain Days Festival

Dayton, Ohio

Aug 20 2008

8:30P

Central States Fair

Rapid City, South Dakota

Aug 23 2008

12:00P

Campground "C" - Whistler

Whistler, British Columbia

Sep 14 2008

12:00P

St. Joe Country Fairgrounds

South Bend, Indiana

Sep 17 2008

7:00P

Lindsay Exhibition Grounds

Lindsay, Ontario

Oct 2 2008

8:00P

Muscle Shoals to Music Row Live!

Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Oct 5 2008

5:00P

Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Ampitheater

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Oct 10 2008

8:00P

Norfolk County Fair

Norfolk, Ontario

Oct 11 2008

8:00P

Foothills Fall Festival

Maryville, Tennessee

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About The Road Hammers

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Band Biography

Like a big ol' 18-wheeler barreling down across the border, The Road Hammers are an unstoppable musical force, bound and determined to deliver a trailer load of the toughest, coolest, real-est country music to come down that southbound pike in a long, long time. Conceived as a side project by Canadian country star Jason McCoy and forged under the unforgiving reality-TV lights of CMT Canada's "Making the Band," The Road Hammers took on a life of its own from the very beginning.

"It was an unplanned pregnancy, and it was an experiment on camera," McCoy says with a laugh. "But we're all real happy with the baby. The thing with the TV series was this; if it flies, you've got a successful band to launch off of this thing, and if it flops, well, everybody likes to see somebody fall."

Needless to say, The Road Hammers flew, a lot higher than anyone, even the band members themselves, ever expected. Those band members – guitarist/vocalist Clayton Bellamy and the world class, kickass rhythm section of bassist/vocalist Chris Byrne and drummer Corbett Frasz –may have come together on camera, but onstage and in the studio the Road Hammers quickly formed the kind of greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts bond that every musican dreams of.

"The first time I saw Clayton Bellamy, he was playing in a beer tent at a Cowboy Stampede," McCoy recalls. "I thought he was a real good player with a good stage presence, and he was obviously a fantastic singer. Exactly what he was doing was exactly what I wanted."

With the exhilarating musical and vocal tension between Bellamy's go-for-broke, rock 'n' roll heart and McCoy's deep-fried country soul providing the creative fuel, and the Bryne/Frasz rhythm section hammering it all home, the band's self-titled debut album quickly ascended to the upper reaches of the Canadian country charts, with four songs – "East Bound and Down," "Nashville Bound," "Girl On the Billboard" and "I'm a Road Hammer" – hitting the Top 10.

The latter track, a sweat-drenched, blue-collar anthem with a countrified "We Will Rock You" groove, serves as the band's theme song and begs the musical question, "Just what is a road hammer?" It's a question for which McCoy has a ready reply.

"We always say, if you drive 18 wheels, four wheels, two wheels or a unicycle; if you make your living on or near the highway, or if you've just got a restless spirit in your heart, then you're a road hammer," he says. "All of a sudden we've got 20 rows deep standing at the stage and we're going, 'Whoa, I guess we're not the only ones.'"

In 2005, the band was nominated for six CCMA awards and walked away with the trophy for Group or Duo of the Year. Road Hammers also picked up a Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year. The following year, the band received two CCMA awards – Group or Duo of the Year and Best Video for "Girl On the Billboard," their high-octane remake of Del Reeves' 1 single from 1961. The video for the song also shot to 1 at CMT Canada.

"I loved Del Reeves and 'Girl on the Billboard' when I was a kid, and I knew that all it needed was a modern twist from this band," McCoy says. "It's such a great song, and it's early rap, it really is."

Songs just don't get much more country than "Girl On the Billboard" but – onstage and on record – the Road Hammers rock, and the band has quickly evolved into one of the most respected outfits on the road. At the recent Canadian Country Music Awards in Regina, Saskatchewan, Byrne and Fras were tapped for the CCMA's All Star Band on bass and drums respectively, along with The Road Hammer sidemen Mike Little (keyboards) and Kenny Greer (steel guitar).

Mixing steady-rolling standbys from Reeves and Jerry Reed and contemporary trucking classics from artists like Paul Thorn ("Heart With Four Wheel Drive") and Lowell George ("Willin'") with freewheeling originals like "Nashville Bound," "Overdrive" and "I've Got the Scars to Prove It," The Road Hammers is a wild ride that covers a lot of musical ground.

While his own decade-long career – which has already produced six hit albums, 10 Top-10 singles, and a slew of awards including Male Vocalist of the Year at the 2001 Canadian Country Music Awards and three SOCAN Song of the Year awards – was running on plenty of momentum, McCoy's restless creative spirit moved him to take to a sharp left turn at the end of 2005, and The Road Hammers was born.

"I wasn't ready to make another solo record, and I'd had this idea in my head for a long time," he says. "And I always thought The Road Hammers would be such a cool band name."

When McCoy mentioned his cool band name and concept to a friend at CMT Canada and the network caught wind of what he was up to, things got real crazy real fast, with cameras filming the fledgling bands every move, from meetings to rehearsals to recording studio to songwriting sessions. The show ran for two successful seasons with Hollywood actor/Vancouver native/The Road Hammers fan Jason Priestley stepping in as director for season two. The Road Hammerrs were pretty much conceived and born on TV.

"In Canada the show certainly helped us," McCoy says. "Everybody in the country scene kind of knew who I was, but the marketing strategy was like a three-headed monster. We had a good radio campaign, we had good TV and we had good print, and it just worked."

Word of the band's success at home quickly drifted south to Nashville, and The Road Hammers eventually signed with indie upstart Montage Music Group and headed into the studio with Jason Aldean producer Michael Knox to record some additional tracks and fine-tune their debut for American release. Those tracks, "Working Hard and Loving You," "I Don't Know When to Quit," and "I've Got the Tracks to Prove It," perfectly round out the project with the one-two punch of Nashville-sized hooks and that trademark The Road Hammers intensity.

With the bulk of the album recorded in Nashville by McCoy and his longtime co/producer/collaborator Scott Baggett, The Road Hammers puts a new coat of paint on a neglected corner of country music's foundation. From Red Sovine's "Phantom 309" to Dave Dudley's "Six Days on the Road" to Kathy Mattea's "18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses," all the way to Garth Brooks' "Calllin' Baton Rouge," trucking songs have been a country music constant. And this band of “road hammers” know from experience that hard-touring musicians and long-haul truckers have long been kindred spirits.

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dreamerz	Jul 25 2008 9:28 PM Hey Guys!! What's up???
bethany*	Jul 25 2008 5:04 PM You guys were really amazing singing live on the radio at WJLS, the "Big Dawg".. My mom & I were so excited to finally meet you guys! Good Luck in the future & We hope to see you guys again!
dreamerz	Jul 25 2008 11:37 AM Just showing some love. Happy Friday. Come read my blogs and leave some comments. Thanks!!!
Dave_Stone	Jul 25 2008 3:49 AM Great meeting you guys on your stop at WKML. Safe travels and best of luck!
Lisa	Jul 24 2008 7:23 PM MyHotComments Hi guys! Just thinking about you guys. Have an awesome weekend. You guys still rock my heart.
Beth	Jul 24 2008 7:18 PM WHEN YA COMIN BACK TO WISCONSIN???? WE MISSED YA @ THUNDER !!!!
Jackie	Jul 24 2008 7:04 PM Hey guys ur music puts me in a great mood...Love it...hope to c u in concert one day...love the energy of the band....have a great tour
Rachel	Jul 24 2008 6:35 PM I love your music!!!
DJ Rocking Earl Mike	Jul 24 2008 2:52 PM Hello Guys, your music is the real HAMMER !!! Yeah. Thanks for the friendship. Greets from Germany. Mike
Laura	Jul 23 2008 9:41 PM U guys r simply the best.. u rock it like it hasn't been rocked b4.. Woot Woot!! Keep up the gr8 works guys!!! Laura :) Sault Ste. Marie, Ont Canada!!!!!
Donnie Lee Clark	Jul 23 2008 5:41 PM Thanks guys...
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Kayla™[$hake it!]☮[ASD♥][BC♥]	Jul 22 2008 4:04 PM Hey! :] thanks for everything today; you guys are so sweet! :] Hope to see yall soon! (:
George Hamilton IV	Jul 21 2008 8:52 PM Thankyou for having me! Hope you like "Gasoline" :)
Donnie Lee Clark	Jul 21 2008 11:18 AM Thanks guys...
Miami Steve	Jul 21 2008 9:18 AM Great show today in Jax. I will post pics tonight. It was nice meeting you too. Take Care....Steve
SHARON WILD The Queen of Skin	Jul 21 2008 7:37 AM Hey Boys! Just dropping by to show some Canadian Love! I see you're keeping busy! That's Good! Think Ink!!! Miss Wild Queen of Skin xxx
jay.	Jul 20 2008 10:37 PM WOO!! LOVED YOUR SHOW LAST NIGHT I WAS RIGHT IN FRONT!! I got some hella awsome pics of you guys so you should check em out! LOVE THE MUSIC!
anna	Jul 20 2008 10:38 PM hi guys how are u today anna
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