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Hardy Drew & the Nancy Boys

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Member Since: 19/10/2006
Band Members: David Leigh - songs, drums, percussion, lead vocals /
Benjamin Freeman - bass
Occasionally with: Randy Reichardt - guitar, vocals
Previously with: Justin Kruk - guitar Nathan Goertz - bass James Wakefield - bass, keyboards and additional guitar on 'Hot Knees''/

Photos from our November 2006 gig .
Photos from our May 2006 gig .

Influences: Colin Hay/Men At Work, Buffalo Tom, Rush, Beatles, Steely Dan, Hüsker Dü, The Replacements, Sugar, Bob Mould, Wang Chung, The Fixx, Los Lobos...
Sounds Like: Hüsker Dü meets R.E.M. meets Buffalo Tom meets The Replacements meets phish meets Rush meets...
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

HDNB's EPK, or: Check out our electronic press kit

We recently signed up with Sonicbids to create an electronic press kit, aka EPK. Please check it out here, and send any comments to us if you wish. Thanks.
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:03:00 GMT

New Tunes on the Site!

We want to let everyone know we have new versions of three of our songs up on the site for your listening pleasure. Please check out Glitter, Submarine Dreams, and The Archer and let us know what you...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:00:00 GMT

HDNB at On The Rocks on 29 April 2007

Yo!  Check out HDNB when the band performs a kickass set at On The Rocks on Sunday 29 April 2007.  Opening act is Edmonton's awesome My Piracy.  Come down and support your local musicia...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:27:00 GMT

Message from David Leigh, HDNB God of Rhythm and Song

Greetings, HDNB fans!  David Leigh here, HDNB's drummer and lead singer.  I want to say just how excited I am at all of the friends who have joined our site - we couldn't be luckier! My chil...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:12:00 GMT

HDNB coverage in Edmonton's Vue Weekly

.: Our thanks to Vue Weekly and writer Steven Sandor.  In his weekly Enter Sandor column for 21 February 2007, "YouTube beats the boob tube in music videos", he discussed how local independent ba...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:32:00 GMT

New tune: That's All Right, I Don't Mind

.: We've uploaded another tune to the site.  Please check out That's All Right, I Don't Mind, another novel, multi-time-signatured song from the delightfully twisted musical genuis, Mr David Leig...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:02:00 GMT

New Song On the Site - Heavy Early

.: Please have a listen to the newest tune uploaded to the HDNB site, Heavy Early.  Let us know what you think.  It's another one of David's interesting, multiple-time signature explorations...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:25:00 GMT

HDNB's Fans Help Support the Bissell Centre in Edmonton

.: At the 26 November 2006 gig at The Fox in Edmonton, fans of our little band pitched in and contributed $90 in donations for the Bissell Centre in Edmonton.  Special thanks to all who donated, ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:43:00 GMT

Gig at The Fox, 26 Nov 2006

.: Thanks to everyone who attended our gig last night, especially for coming down in the sub-sub-sub zero weather - it was somewhere in the vicinity of -35C with the windchill.  HDNB played two s...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:15:00 GMT

Hot Knees

A remixed version of Hot Knees was uploaded this morning.  We hope you enjoy it.  There are more tunes to come soon.
Posted by on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 08:43:00 GMT