Member Since: 08/03/2007
Band Members: Ernie Locke (Vocals, Harp, Guitar), Aaron Fowler (Drums), Mark Cunningham (Organ)
Photo by Nicole Kibert
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"It's a three-piece with the larger-than-life Locke on his furious sounding harmonica or his '50s Les Paul Gold Top, backed by young-yet-veteran drummer Aaron Fowler and Mark Cunningham on vintage Fender Rhodes electric piano and Hammond bass organ. They could possibly be the best live band in the southeast,..." - Shawn Kyle, ReaxMagazine
" … and lord, if you’ve never seen Nervous Turkey perform – and I hadn’t – I’d recommend you do it as soon as possible...Nervous Turkey burned through a ballistic set of guttural, heavy-breathing blues-punk, rife with mic-melting distorted harmonicas and wicked drums and keys...You really had to see it to believe it." - Jay Cridlin, tbt*
"Nervous Turkey perform unabashedly raucous barroom blues-rock marked by the guttural vocal growls and fierce harmonica playing of bandleader Ernie Locke." - Creative Loafing
"Nervous isn’t a word you’d use to describe frontman Ernie Locke’s guttural, Tom Waitsy voice. With his harmonica, guitar, and raucous band mates Aaron Fowler and Mark Cunningham, Locke and Nervous Turkey kick out some of the nastiest blues tunes around Tampa Bay." -TBT
"Tampa’s Nervous Turkey is a band best enjoyed live – that’s where the charisma and talent of frontman Ernie Locke truly shines...If simple fun is what you crave, Nervous Turkey’s solid live performances will hit the spot." - Bao Le-Huu, Orlando Weekly
Record Label: Unsigned