The Hooten Hallers have been busting vans and playing
blurry back room bars for a decade but on their self-titled
album they come out swinging with new life and a healthy
balance of freneticism and focus. Having toured for years
as a garage-blues duo, the band has recently evolved to include
baritone saxophone player Kellie Everett, who has
had stints recording and gigging with the likes of Pokey Lafarge,
J.D. Wilkes, The Legendary Shack Shakers and William
Elliott Whitmore. Everett’s background in jazz standards
and music theory are spliced with the unhinged
showmanship that have built the Hooten Hallers’ rapidly
growing national following to create an album that can be
at times be wild, in your face, party music while still leaving
space for a tender ballad with soul and classic country in
fluence. This type of versatility has allowed The Hooten
Hallers to expand their already varied audience. It’s not
uncommon to walk into one of their shows to see outlaw
bikers dancing next to some college kids dancing next to
an aging hippie or a couple of parents whose kids are at
home with the babysitter.
Hooten Hallers
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21/04/2017