Biography
Karen Collins, a coal miner's daughter from Southwest Virginia fronts one of the Washington D.C. area's top honky tonk country bands, The Backroads Band plays classic country music like it was played back then. With a mix of original songs written in a classic country style to boot scootin' vintage country covers, they'll have you out on the dance floor in no time at all. Their sound is classic from the 1940s-1970s with a song list ranges from Patsy Cline and Hank Williams to The Everly Brothers and Chuck Berry with a dash of Bob Wills thrown in.
Their new CD "Tail Light Blues" is receiving rave reviews and airplay in the US and in Europe.
"what makes this album worthwhile is the original songwriting... and while Collins has a great quote from ex-ET pedal steel player Buddy Charleton, who guests on two tracks, "I wish Ernest could have heard your songs," the person you can easily imagine singing them, especially the title track, is Loretta Lynn, they're that good, and that classic country.
- 3RD Coast Music - Aug. 2007
Karen has one of those voices perfect for Country music, lots of character and a little bit of an edge...
this one is a highly recommended entry into the Honky Tonk sweepstakes in which we are all winners!
Blue Suede News - Summer 2007
Instrumentation
Karen Collins - vocals, guitar, fiddle
Ira Gitlin - lead guitar, vocals
Geff King - bass, vocals
Rob Howe - drums
Discography
Tail Light Blues - Karen Collins & the Backroads Band - 2007
Backroads & Bayous - Karen Collins - 2004
Links
| http://backroads.karencollins.net |