Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Queen, Stanley Brothers, Meat Purveyors, Carter Family, Louvin Brothers, Freakwater, Dwight Yoakam, Kitty Wells, Charlie Daniels Band, Old Crowe Medicine Show, Wanda Jackson, Split Lip Rayfield, Neko Case, Rose Maddox and the Maddox Brothers, Stanley Brothers, Lefty Frizzell, Charlie Poole, Memphis Jug Band, sea shanties, rye whiskey, jameson, blue skies, big hair, and the wide open road.
Famed Nashville songwriter Harlan Howard once said, "Country music is three chords and the truth." The Whoreshoes, an up-and-coming country music band, would agree. This energetic female quintet, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, scorns "contemporary country" and celebrates the roots of country music. Embraced in Europe, their debut CD "Get Lucky" is getting rave reviews on country music websites and radio stations throughout Belgium, Holland the Netherlands, and much of North America.
In just over two years, The Whoreshoes have covered substantial territory. Highlights include: performing at the famed Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the Great American Music Hall, climbing the peaks of the Sierras to the Sugarbowl Music Festival in Lake Tahoe, traveling to the balmy beach bars of Southern California and most recently touring Belgium and Holland; along the way, sharing stages with the popular Old Crow Medicine Show and the legendary Wanda Jackson. But it is their tireless tours of local bars and farmers markets that helped shape their impressive CD, entitled "Get Lucky". These hard-working women know how to make a big time, anywhere and everywhere.
Camilla, Joni, Lala, Emily and Diana come from varied backgrounds of music, but their mutual love for the time-honored songs of American old-time music and early honky-tonk country brings them together. Multi-instrumentalism is a trademark of the band: banjo, fiddle, guitar, lap steel, mandolin, ukulele, honky-tonk piano, upright bass, accordion, washboard and spoons are all featured in their music. Added with their sweet harmonies, and infectious original tunes, The Whoreshoes evoke the best of a bygone era and bring that boot stomping, hollering spirit direct to you!
Radio play:
The Whoreshoes have left a legacy of mostly
original catchy classic country tunes, to be found on radio stations
throughout Belgium and The Netherlands. Tune in and hear their sweet
sounds on "Alt.Country Cooking" Radio Winschoten, HIGHWAY 107, Country
Special Radio Beverwijk, VLOK Radio, Country Style. Tunes and advance
review on www.rootstime.be, Belgium.
If you're in the states, tune in to Outlaw Country (Clear Channel
Fargo, ND), KDHX (St. Louis, MO), KALX (Berkeley, CA), KALW (San
Francisco, CA), and ramradio.net
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Great seeing you (hearing was pretty great also!)at Oakland Museum today. Congrats on your winning the Best of the East Bay. I almost left when I saw the absurd beer line. And I don't even especially like absurd beer. Glad I stayed! John - Oakland
Thanks for being a friend! A geisha with a Japanese resonator banjo [ok, it's a shamisen]. I've heard the Japanese preferred them covered in dog, or preferably, cat skin, and only female animals, so the teats would be on the backside of the "drum." Picky, picky. Enjoy, Major Tom and his Band of Deserters
Howdy Y'all, thnx 4 the Add. Some cool pics ya got posted."Well Dressed Honky-Tonk Man" is a Classic lil ditty, y'all have come up with. I'm moving back to Cali in mid-June, It'd be cool to catch a show of yours somewhere. Hope yer stayin' cool in that Heat I've been hearin' about..
HELLO PEEPS IF YOUR BAND OR YOURSELF COMES OUT ON MAY 14TH AT THE RED DEVIL LOUNGE (ITS BEING FILMED FOR SFTV) ILL SHOUT OUT YOUR NAME OR BAND NAME!!!!!! THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN!!!! DAVEO!!!
OL'Cheeky Bastards Featuring Dave Dalton of Cell Block 5 & Screaming Bloody Marys..The Troubles with Monkeys Featuring Micheal Molenda(Editor of Guitar Player) ,Patrick (Bass Player Magazine),and more monkeys!!!!Come out and support this crazy band or project!! We go on at 11pm may 14th @ the red devil lounge,being taped for SFTV!!!!!!
