Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue

Gal Holiday and the The Honky Tonk Revue was founded in the summer of 2004 as
Vanessa Niemann set out to create a band that harkened back to her rural roots in the
mountains of Western Maryland. Having been raised on folk and bluegrass music, she
longed for a re-connection to her musical ?kinsfolk? in her new home of New Orleans
where she had been transplanted 5 years earlier. Following Hurricane Katrina, The
Honky Tonk Revue returned to New Orleans with the unwavering support of longtime
bass player and Natchitoches, Louisiana native, Dave Brouillette, the capable North
Carolina drummer, James Clark and the addition of veteran guitarist, Dave James upon
his return to the Crescent City in early 2008. Supplementing the band?s sound is the
inclusion of the pedal steel guitar, the shoes of which are filled by numerous players
including the exceptionally proficient Steve Spitz. The band has recreated itself while
maintaining a devotion to the spread of country music in Southern Louisiana and the oral
traditions of rural America and radio hosts of yore with Gal?s research and history of
each song played.
The Honky Tonk Revue plays Vintage Honky Tonk, Rockabilly and Classic Country
music with a heavy dose of Western Swing for good measure. They sit poised on the
edge of a country music revolution with the marketplace awakening to a new generation
of musicians who have a deep-seated love and appreciation for the tried and true honky
tonk sound of their predecessors; musicians like Webb Pierce from West Monroe, LA,
Hank Williams and less known musicians from the past like Helen Hall, a hard hitting
Texas song writer who experimented with country in it?s various forms including
rockabilly. What better Pied Pipers to lead us to country music salvation than Gal and her
motley band of country boys?

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