Rochelle Harper Band - RHB

RHB is the recipient of the 2007 Covey Award: Favorite Pop Band on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Thanks Y'all!!Rochelle Harper a.k.a 'the Hippie Chick' and her partner Gary "Boz" Boswell have been a well-known performance team along the Gulf Coast since January 2002. Rochelle's evolution as a songwriter has lead her strongly in the direction of lyrics with a spiritual emphasis. She continues to find players who have a strong faith and great musicianship to back up her lyrics creating a vortex of love between the band and the audience. If you are in the crowd you feel like your are on the stage and that Rochelle and each player is singing or playing directly to you. If you're a guitarist then you are watching the Boz with his purely Rock-n-Roll guitar licks; that's where his heart is. His abilities go far beyond Rock-n-Roll and he and Rochelle have become a formidable musical team over the last couple of years. Dan Quibell, a.k.a., Dr. Wind blows a variety of wind instruments. If you close your eyes when you see him pick up the flute and listen, you may feel like you're at some hippie rock-n-roll show back in the 60's or 70's. AMERICANA Baby. That's where RHB is at!! Derrell Brown is playing keyboards and contributing his years of experience and his incredible talent. Derrell recently joined the band and is a staple here on the MS Gulf Coast. His keyboard talent brings the listener into a variety of places depending on what style he's playing. He may play the Hammond B-3 or honkey tonk piano or good old fashioned blues. As soon as he starts singing you may think you're at an Allman Brothers show. Brotha, has a voice. David White is a phenomenal drummer that stays busy playing with bands in styles from one end of the genre gammett to the next. He is a human metronome! He Rocks!! SISTA JAZZ is the "Other Face" to the Rochelle Harper Band. In 2003, the Rochelle Harper Band began covering jazz songs ranging from the 20's up thru the 21st Century. The guys dress in Zuit Suits and Fadora's and Rochelle wears gowns like Rosemary Clooney, adds gloves, maybe an Audrey Hepburn - styled hat or a head dress and the scene brings the listener back to the 40's. They cover songs made popular by Billie Holliday, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Louie Armstrong as well as, Etta James, Norah Jones and Sade. Swing, Torch and the occasional Brubeck Song. Originals, Covers, Rock, Blues, Country-Rock, "Jazz" and Christian music is what this band is playing. Basically, we're a "Genre Trip"!Check out http://coastnightlifeobserver.com/localbands.html for more local band information on the Gulf Coast. MyGen Profile Generator