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The Octanes

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"The Octanes", Houston's premier roots/rockabilly band. Consisting of:Adam Burchfield (Guitar, Vocals)Nick Gaitan (Upright Bass, Vocals)Snit Fitzpatrick (Drums)
The Octanes have shared shows with the likes of: Wanda Jackson, Southern Culture On The Skids, Candye Kane, The Nekromantix, The Phantom Rockers, Pep Torres, Mack Stevens, and The Chop Tops, just to name a few.Adam Burchfield has toured the U.S. and Europe with regional and International artists (Sonny Boy Terry, Coal, ) and has shared the stage with the likes of Billy Gibbons, Chris Duarte,and Gary Primich.Nick Gaitan has toured the United States with one of Houston's most successful bands, Los Skarnales, and is currently a member of Billy Joe Shaver's Band, and performing with The Octanes, as well as his own project , The Umbrella Man.Snit Fitzpatrick has been playing drums with the Octanes since March of last year.Best known in Houston as founding member of the Hollisters,Snit accepted Adam's offer to jump on board,and has been "Driving the Bus" ever since
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Member Since: 13/02/2007
Band Website: WWW.THEOCTANES.COM
Sounds Like: ROCKABILLY WITH A TWIST....OF LIFESOL!
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Have you been to the Continental Club to see us???

If not..get yer ASS OUT!!!We go on at 9:30..after Glover Gill and lot's of cheap drink specials for you professionals out there.
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:24:00 GMT

Don't Ya Just Know It?

Hey hey hey ! Ah ah ah!  Just updating the our blog and had that wonderful song in my head. You know, the one where the guy says gooba gooba gooba gooba....ah ah ah ah....anyway its in the movie Snatc...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:02:00 GMT

Thanks for Reading And Subscribing

Alright, it looks like quite a few folks are checkin out the blog. I believe it might have brought a few people out to the club as well. If you're a new-comer to our monday night shows, come up and in...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:58:00 GMT

The Continental Club On Monday Nights

This is an experiment. I've never started a blog, but here goes. I guess the idea here is to write a little about a subject and then let others comment on it, or something like that. So, here goes ......
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:04:00 GMT