The Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk Band

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Mandy Dye, the electric-bass player in Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk:

Q. What kind of music do you play?
A. The name says it all: We play cowboy, hillbilly, hippie and folk music. Our cowboy genre includes covers of Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, etc. The hillbilly side of it is mostly traditional bluegrass numbers. Our hippie-psychedelic side includes some Grateful Dead as well as some trippy originals like "My Messiah." The folk genre is broad, spanning Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan. We also have a large repertoire of originals which fall into all of those categories. In fact, the new album consists only of originals.

Q. If not for (blank), your band wouldn't exist.
A. Victorian's Midnight Cafe - we've discovered each member of the band there. Therefore, it's fitting that we host our CD-release party at "the Vic." The owner, Greg Rowe, is very supportive of our music and gives us a lot of liberty to host whatever crazy themed shows we conjure up - from free-pizza-party happy hours to our monthly, thematic open-mike shows.

Q. What is your favorite quote about your band, and who said or wrote it?
A. George Golding of Columbus' Star Productions, who said we were "like the American Flogging Molly." That was a very flattering compliment and an accurate way to describe our sound.

Q. Why should someone see your band?
A. We always have a lot of fun onstage - which translates to the audience. Also, we throw great parties. When someone new comes to a show, we encourage them to introduce themselves.

- Aaron Beck

- Aaron Beck - The Columbus Dispatch

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Mandy Dye, the electric-bass player in Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk:

Q. What kind of music do you play?
A. The name says it all: We play cowboy, hillbilly, hippie and folk music. Our cowboy genre includes covers of Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, etc. The hillbilly side of it is mostly traditional bluegrass numbers. Our hippie-psychedelic side includes some Grateful Dead as well as some trippy originals like "My Messiah." The folk genre is broad, spanning Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan. We also have a large repertoire of originals which fall into all of those categories. In fact, the new album consists only of originals.

Q. If not for (blank), your band wouldn't exist.
A. Victorian's Midnight Cafe - we've discovered each member of the band there. Therefore, it's fitting that we host our CD-release party at "the Vic." The owner, Greg Rowe, is very supportive of our music and gives us a lot of liberty to host whatever crazy themed shows we conjure up - from free-pizza-party happy hours to our monthly, thematic open-mike shows.

Q. What is your favorite quote about your band, and who said or wrote it?
A. George Golding of Columbus' Star Productions, who said we were "like the American Flogging Molly." That was a very flattering compliment and an accurate way to describe our sound.

Q. Why should someone see your band?
A. We always have a lot of fun onstage - which translates to the audience. Also, we throw great parties. When someone new comes to a show, we encourage them to introduce themselves.

- Aaron Beck

- Aaron Beck - The Columbus Dispatch

The Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk band. The best band at Comfest also had the dumbest name.

It's hard to tell what you're going to hear from something called the Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk band, but you'd bet good money it's going to be bad.

You'd lose. The 10-piece group - four guitars, bass, drums, banjo, harmonica, fiddle, and spoons - played some of the most rousing bluegrass this side of Nashville. The best of the bunch was the bassist, whose stunning voice was on full display on a song about how she disappointed her mother by not becoming a preacher's wife.

by Chad Painter
The Other Paper
Columbus, Ohio - The Other Paper

The Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk band. The best band at Comfest also had the dumbest name.

It's hard to tell what you're going to hear from something called the Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk band, but you'd bet good money it's going to be bad.

You'd lose. The 10-piece group - four guitars, bass, drums, banjo, harmonica, fiddle, and spoons - played some of the most rousing bluegrass this side of Nashville. The best of the bunch was the bassist, whose stunning voice was on full display on a song about how she disappointed her mother by not becoming a preacher's wife.

by Chad Painter
The Other Paper
Columbus, Ohio - The Other Paper

Here is a portion of the article written by Kitty McConnell in The Other Paper (1/10/08).

A WEEKEND AT BYRNE'S THAT WASN'T FOR STIFFS
by Kitty McConnell (1/10/08 page 13)

Suffering from severe post-New Year's Eve burnout, Night Moves kept it low-key last weekend at Byrne's Pub (1248 W. Third Ave.) in Grandview. The city's nightlife was in a mid-winter lull as well, and the dressed-down neighborhood pub was the perfect place to hibernate.

Byrne's bluegrass happy hour (no cover for this early show) was filling up by the time Night Moves and coworkers arrived at six on Friday night, and bartender Joel was fast with our pints ($3)...

While the Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk Band set up on the raised stage in Byrne's somewhat cramped back room, we sipped Black and Tans and scarfed down thin-crust pies from the adjoining Granddad's Pizza. The handwritten "Servers ONLY take food from window!" sign is a testament to the quality of this irresistibly greasy pub grub. While the predominantly young-professional crowd around us gradually increased in size, one group of buttoned-down types loosened their ties and stationed themselves permanently at the Golden Tee machine...

Our lazy mood was in full comfortable swing, and rather than disrupting that with amped-up musical self-indulgence (as bar bands are often prone to do), - CHHF played an energized, countrified set without blowing any tubes or breaking up the conversation. The music was an entertaining compliment to the evening rather than the overwhelming centerpiece of it - an unexpected boon that even a table full of musician and regular concert-goers appreciated...

- The Other Paper

Here is a portion of the article written by Kitty McConnell in The Other Paper (1/10/08).

A WEEKEND AT BYRNE'S THAT WASN'T FOR STIFFS
by Kitty McConnell (1/10/08 page 13)

Suffering from severe post-New Year's Eve burnout, Night Moves kept it low-key last weekend at Byrne's Pub (1248 W. Third Ave.) in Grandview. The city's nightlife was in a mid-winter lull as well, and the dressed-down neighborhood pub was the perfect place to hibernate.

Byrne's bluegrass happy hour (no cover for this early show) was filling up by the time Night Moves and coworkers arrived at six on Friday night, and bartender Joel was fast with our pints ($3)...

While the Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk Band set up on the raised stage in Byrne's somewhat cramped back room, we sipped Black and Tans and scarfed down thin-crust pies from the adjoining Granddad's Pizza. The handwritten "Servers ONLY take food from window!" sign is a testament to the quality of this irresistibly greasy pub grub. While the predominantly young-professional crowd around us gradually increased in size, one group of buttoned-down types loosened their ties and stationed themselves permanently at the Golden Tee machine...

Our lazy mood was in full comfortable swing, and rather than disrupting that with amped-up musical self-indulgence (as bar bands are often prone to do), - CHHF played an energized, countrified set without blowing any tubes or breaking up the conversation. The music was an entertaining compliment to the evening rather than the overwhelming centerpiece of it - an unexpected boon that even a table full of musician and regular concert-goers appreciated...

- The Other Paper