Member Since: 5/5/2005
Band Website: bullhalsey.com
Band Members:
WALLY SCHMID - guitars / harmonica / vocals / handsome devil
GARTH GIRARD - vocals / bass guitar / upright bass / pointed silences
DAVID OESTERLE - drums / wrench turner / low brow beer connoisseur
Influences: Howlin' Wolf, Louis Jordan, Miles Davis quintet (first and second), Muddy Waters, Booker T. and the MGs, Paul Riddick and the Sidemen, The Red Devils, The Black Keys, The Mississippi Sheiks, Thelonious Monk, Cannonball Adderly, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, The Rolling Stones, Chris Knight, Bill Evans, Jimmy Cobb, Chet Baker, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Elmore James, Steve Earle, The Who, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jimmy Reed, Sonny Boy Williamson, Ray Charles, Willie Dixon, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, The Incredible Jimmy Smith, The MC5, Kenny Burrell, Little Walter, The Pete Siers Trio, Dwight Yoakum, Grant Green, Django Reinhart, The Yardbirds, The Beatles, Max Roach, Johnny Cash, the Del McCoury band, Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside, Led Zeppelin, Elvis Presley, Elvis Costello, Flats and Scruggs, Hank Williams Sr., Hollywood Fats, Fats Waller, Cream, John Lee Hooker, Count Basie and Chester Aurthur Burnett.
Sounds Like:
A battle to the death between Howlin' Wolf, Bill Monroe and the MC5.
Record Label: Deluxe Records
Type of Label: Indie