Hillbilly Holiday

Genre: Country
Secondary Genre: Americana Cambridge, Massachusetts USA Contact

Hillbilly Holiday compresses a century of American music into the sound of 1950's Nashville (um, if that sound had included an Asian female lead vocalist). It's good-time music for a good time, whether you're into listening, dancing, or drowning your sorrows in a bucketfull of ballads.

Artist Information

Biography

What if a group of indie rockers took a hard right turn into traditional country music, not worrying too much about the rules, except for the one that says "anything goes"? And what if they were fronted by a lead singer whose only country credentials are that she comes from a country (Taiwan) and doesn't really like country music? And what if they stretched the definition of "country music" to include...pretty much anything? And what if they put on some fancy clothes and just tried to show people a good time?

Well, Hillbilly Holiday is what you'd have. It starts with three members of late-90's Boston indie band (and Thirsty Ear recording artists) Baby Ray -- Kenny Lafler, Nate Logus, and Paul Simonoff. Add in Selena Tan (formerly of Boston's Tweety UK) on lead vocals, and Erica Moody (formerly of Boston's The Touch Me There's) on keys. Have 'em do songs from pretty much every decade of the 20th century as if they were all being played in 1956. And have yourself a beer.

Instrumentation

Selena Tan - Vocals
Erica Moody - The Mighty Wurlitzer
Paul Simonoff - Bass
Nate Logus - Drums
Kenny Lafler - Vocals, Guitar

Discography

Check out the "Audio" page!

Links

Audio

Video

Photo Gallery

  • Kenny and Selena

  • The whole band

  • Selena croons a ballad

  • Live at Sally O'Brien's

  • The scene and the Plough & Stars

  • Nate and Kenny

  • Selena and Nate

  • Yep, it's a Telecaster

  • Farmer Paul

  • Erica, all dressed up with someplace to go

Press

  • Who Needs Press When You've Got Pure Magic? [+ Show ]

    If you want to see tons of fancy press, go to http://www.babyray.com/press/ and read the clippings. ...

Setlist

Bada Dada Dump
Blue Christmas
Blue Days, Black Nights
Cannonball Rag
Circle J Ranch
Corcovado
Don’t Make Me Over
Don’t Say You Care
Drive In
Good Morning Heartache
Greenbacks
Highway Patrol
I Forgot To Remember To Forget
I Sure Miss You
It’s Not My Fault
Just Because
Midnight Shift
Mystery Train
Out of Mind
Sing It Again
Take Me With U
The Claw
Walking After Midnight
Wave of Mutilation
Wichita Lineman
Wildwood Flower

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