Girl Howdy's Rhythm Section ...
Billy Nadeau: drums
Texas-dancehall veteran Billy Nadeau holds down the fort on drums. Billy lived in Austin during the '70s and '80s, playing with everyone from Junior
Brown to The Derailers and Johnny Gimble, and recently toured with Wanda Jackson. Billy knows his honky tonk like the back of his hand!
Brian Rost: upright stringbass
Versatile go-to roots musician Brian Rost dials in the pocket and comprises the other half of our fabulous rhythm section - Boy Howdy!
Lillian Fraker: dynamic, diehard, dyed-in-the-wool bluegrasser extraordinaire also subs on upright string bass.
Girl Howdy roars into town on a mission to keep the honky-tonk torch burning bright! This 6-piece combo features an all-gal frontline tearing it up on fiddle, steel guitar, piano, flat top guitar and soaring vocal harmonies, backed by a top-notch rhythm section of upright bass and drums.
Playing music from the classic honky-tonk era spanning the late 1940's to the early 1960's, Girl Howdy plays songs from such legends as Hank Williams, Kitty Wells, Buck Owens, Loretta Lynn, Ray Price, the Davis Sisters, Webb Pierce, as well as honky-tonk-inspired originals. Hogwild for raw twang, this band plows through their retro-based repertoire with energy, enthusiasm and utter devotion.
Girl Howdy's lineup includes Rose Sinclair on steel, Betsy-Dawn (BeeDee) Williams on guitar, Paula Bradley on piano, and Emma O'Donnell on fiddle, Billy Nadeau on drums and Brian Rost on upright bass.
The roots honky-tonk mission of Girl Howdy continues, delivering tight vocal harmonies, spare yet punchy arrangements, an infectious honky-tonk groove, and above all one heck of a good time!
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"Girl Howdy packs some serious gurl-harmony with classic honky-tonkin’
grooves." - Providence Journal
"...sweet harmonies, sliding steel and sawing fiddle--define Girl Howdy's genuine jukebox sound. With a few exceptions, males dominated the post-war Honky Tonk scene. But in the 21st Century Girl Howdy
rules..." - Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association Jamboree
