the StringBenders
- Houston, TX
- Country Band
- 19 Verified Bookings
Page S. said “The StringBenders were a perfect band for our community crawfish boil! They are very talented and professional. The list of songs was spot on for the…”
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Gulf Coast Texas sound! Take a little hill country, a little Cajun and mix it up! I take the best of both Texas and Louisiana Cajun music and put it together to make a toe tappin' heartbreakin' good time for all! Fiddle, pedal steel, accordion makes a nice gumbo! Don't be fooled by imitators! This is the real deal!
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Price Range: $700-4000.00
Gig Length: 45 - 240 minutes
Languages: English, French
Unions: AFM
Two steppin' good times just like a Saturday night in a Texas or Louisiana dance hall. A gumbo of two steps and waltzes to 'pass a good time'! Twin fiddles, accordion and pedal steel to make you cry in your beer and dance the night away!
Unlike many of today's "old-timey" bands, who play a wide range of folk, bluegrass and country, Kevin Anthony & the Twin City Playboys (his Minneapolis based band) & Kevin Anthony & G-Town (his Galveston based band) are trying something different: rather than encompass a variety of sounds, they have pinpointed a very specific genre. Born and raised in Galveston, Texas, band leader Kevin Anthony has always been drawn to the combination of Texas and Cajun music that dominated his region growing up, and their debut album Texas Memories plays like a tribute to Anthony's musical upbringing. "I love the old style of music mostly because it reminds me of my family and the music that they used to play," Anthony explains. "After the passing of my grandparents I felt the strong need to carry on their musical tradition."
And carry it on he has. The cover of Texas Memories features a photograph of Anthony's grandmother Violet, perched on the back of a pick-up truck playing her acoustic guitar. The opening track, "The Violet Two Step," is an ode to Anthony's first music mentor, and it kicks off a disc full of classic Southern Texas country music that is at once reminiscent and timeless.
(4) floor monitors
Traditional Texas country, Cajun & original material
Faded Love
Wild side of life
Heartaches by the numbers
Lacassine Special
Waltz across Texas
If you got the money
Tonight the bottle let me down
Les Flames d’en fer
Criminal Waltz
Kawliga
Boot Hill Drag
Crazy arms
Balfa Waltz
Pass me by
Jolie Blon
Blues de Port Arthur
My shoes keep walking back to you
You win again
Eunice Two Step
Acadian Two Step
J’ai ete au bal
Gran Mamou
Honky Tonk Blues
Bill Quinn | Pedal steel |
Eric Paulson | Bass |
Kevin Anthony | Leader, vocals, fiddle, guitar |
Dan Sorretto | Bass |
Gene Harper | Drums |
John Terr | Cajun accordion |
Kyle Hebert | Bass, Cajun accordion |
3 vocal mics
Fiddle XLR
Bass amp XLR
Snare mic
Pedal steel amp mic
Accordion XLR
Triangle mic
Page S. said “The StringBenders were a perfect band for our community crawfish boil! They are very talented and professional. The list of songs was spot on for the…”
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