They are different for each person in the band, but as a group it could be: Cream, Hot Tuna, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, and many others. Check out the song list.
Playing a mix of danceable blues with a nod towards swinging jazz and an eclectic selection of rock and pop tunes, the Willie Painter Band consists of four veterans of the Triangle music scene. Willie Painter (guitar) and Craig Dittmar (bass) were members of the Boomers, who played for over 20 years in the Triangle and eastern North Carolina. They have performed in the past with Lightnin’ Wells and the Real Gone Cats. Currently they also play with the Pigz Brothers, Mike Hamer and the Rhinoceroses, and the Tommy G Experience. Painter wrote a monthly music column for the Urban Hiker from 1999 to 2004. John Hanks (drums) currently plays with the NC Jazz Repertory Orchestra and the Gregg Gelb Swing Band and has performed with Mose Allison, Mary Lou Williams, the Swamis and many others. He has been a musician with the American Dance Festival for years, and teaches at Duke University, where he is a Guest Lecturer. Bill Newton (saxophone, harmonica) is a founding member of two Triangle musical institutions: Becca and the Hi-Tones and Bill Newton’s Big Blues Quartet. He has recorded with the Indigo Girls and Big Mama E and the Cool, among others.
thanks for letting me sit in at Papa Mojo's. I haven't done that song in a long, long time. It means alot to me to sing it along side Willi and Craig. It's very special. And Mister Hanks, you did a fine job too. Ya'll sounded great all night (for as long as I was there). I'm sure you finished the evening with a bang! i LOVE YA'LL
Hey guys. I see you'll be at the Pizza Palace 12/15. Sweet! I'll see if I can round up a date and dance a jig wi' yall. we'll be there this coming weekend (Barefoot Blue) then the following weekend (Individually Twisted) I know you'll be in Texas for Thanksgiving Willie, but the rest o' you guys can come on out. hugs to ya!!! lots-o-luv
Sawteeth McTweedy loves them some damn Willie Painter Band...even though the Willie Painter band has told us several times that we outright suck! Thanks Willie! But we still love you!
