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Hannah Williams Band

About Me

The Hannah Williams Band formed after almost a year of trying to put the perfect band together in Austin. Once the surrender happened it all came together very gracefully. After each fronting their own bands, Hannah and Damon, partners in crime since thier teens, have finally come together to form their own unique sound. They formed "Ocean Jones" in Los Angeles, but fled that scene to a more roots, blues and earth-friendly Austin. Shortly after the move, they happened upon Mr. Dee Rob. They played with him for 15 min and he completely blew them away. He was thier dream bass player. Super funky and greasy and the audience certainly agrees. He is a show stopper all on his own. They played acoustic style with Jorge De Armas on the Cajon and percussion and that was fine and mellow. Jorge adds a latin flair to the bluesy funky tunes and that's very nice. Lance Lane is the newsest edition and he fits right in. He is a hard hitting funkman and gives this band that backbeat it needed for the hip-shakin goodness. Add Damon’s unique jazzy/ bluesy/ funky guitar style mixed with Hannah’s soulful, sassy vocals and it’s hard to not find yourself swerving happily and feeling the love!!~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Some press now ~ ~ ~ ~ ~“Castelluccio (Hannah) has a voice that would give Janis Joplin goose bumps. Her magnetic performance is a cross between Nikka Costa and Edie Brickel. Both a show-stopper and heart-stopper, Castelluccio has what it takes to take this band to the next level” –Richard Frias, Music Connection“Williams (Damon) exhorts the audience to dig deep and discover life from a new perspective. Williams is a first-rate front man with a power similar to Eddie Vedder’s and guitar skills that express the same passion as his vocals.” -Bernard Baur, Music Connection

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Member Since: 07/05/2005
Band Members: clip from Nuno's 3/22/7

Add to My Profile | More Videos Hannah - Vocals/Guitar, Damon - Guitar, Dee Robinson - Bass, Lance Lane - Drums, Jorge DeArmas-The Box/ percussionOn Demo: Jeff - Drums, Justin C.-Bass, Andri Leonardo - Keys I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
Influences: Bob Marley, Etta James, Nikka Costa, Stevie Ray Vaghan, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Beth Hart, Edie Brickel, Janis Joplin, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Joni Mitchell, Eric Clapton, BB King, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, Pink Floyd, Prince, Stevie Wonder, All the Motwon greats; The Funk Brothers, Jack Johnson, James Brown, Led Zepplin, Ben Harper, Tracy Chapman, Foo Fighters, Kenny Burrell, Sly and The Family Stone,the list goes on and on....
Sounds Like: Bluesy, funky, feel good music
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Hannah Williams Band in full effect

Wow, I guess I haven't posted anything here in over a year! Crazy! I've been doing all my "myspacing" on my own page. We have our full band now and are playing lots of shows and having a great time. W...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:35:00 GMT

Band update.....

Hi! Well, putting a band together out here is a lot more challenging than we originally anticipated. So, Damon's now playing w/ a funky r&b cover band that gigs 4x a week! And Hannah is working on her...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:12:00 GMT

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy New year! We hope you rung it in right! Austin was awesome, we had music and art, chalk drawings on the bridge, fire dancers, a hallway of hanging string a drum circle and fireworks at midnight....
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 08:02:00 GMT

new music coming!

new tunes are coming! we gotta finish vocals, mix then post. it should be about two weeks more and we will be done.
Posted by on Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:36:00 GMT

Recording.....From Venice, CA to Austin, TX!........

Well, Well,.....a lot has certainly gone on lately. We truly apologize for being slightly MIA lately. First off, the recording is sounding better than expected. Pro Tools 002 is a LOT better than the ...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:38:00 GMT

Looking for a new bass player

We're looking for a new bass player, so if you play and are interested, or know anyone who may be interested, please let us know. We'd like to find someone new asap. Our friend, Justin, who plays bass...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Jul 2005 09:00:00 GMT

recording! Pro Tools! and News...

Well we just purchased Pro Tools 002!! Yay! That's very exciting. We had the M Box before, but there's only so much you can do with two mic inputs. We had our first recording session the other day and...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Jul 2005 08:52:00 GMT

Hello!

Well, we're brand new My Space members. This is very exciting. I can't wait to get the whole thing up and running. As well as our website. We're still a pretty new band, so these things take time. It'...
Posted by on Mon, 23 May 2005 19:15:00 GMT