***“I don’t like to call it classic country because that makes it sound like its gone, and it ain’t gone. We just need to give all of the people who still love this music, a voice in what country music REALLY is" -L. Hudgins*****************************************************
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******************Lucas Hudgins and his band The First Cousins, have been described as "Texas roots meets snakeskin boots" , which explains what makes this not your everyday traditional Country band. Originally Formed in 2002, current line-up in 06-07,the band is now looking to make a move in the Regional Music scene. Soon after the release of Hudgins Debut Honky Tonk Illusion (2005), which was well recieved by the Central TX roots country music fanatics, Chris Miller also of Dave Alvin and the guilty men, met Hudgins in Austin TX, and joined the band. The two moved in together and immediately began writing and arranging tunes, and then recruited Austin Jazz and Country legend David Leroy Biller to play Pedal steel guitar, and Dave Wesselowski (bass) to join Hudgins’ band of Ben Massey and Matt Puryear. The collaborative efforts of Hudgins and Miller blossomed into a great writing team, while working on their next project and the Cousins began gaining recognition from not only their music, but these well crafted songs. Dynamic Guitarist Chris Miller also influenced the band with his deep roots in blues, funk, and soul, "you just never know what he might play". The Twin guitar parts and the arrangements of Biller and Miller, to go with the powerful vocals of Lucas Hudgins make the band sound classically authentic, but with a degree of originality from the extreme mixture of their influences. Charlie Pride, Waylon Jennings, Ray Price, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Faron Young, George Jones, Wynn Stuart, and Johnny Paycheck comes through. Along with the surprising appearence of swing, blues, jazz, funk, and soul. Their sound changes from song to song giving the band a chance to show all of these, from Honky-tonk to Americana to hillbilly soul making them able to simultaneously please a traditional crowd of a TX dance Hall as well a more modern venue. As one of Austin’s best young vocalists Lucas Hudgins is the Key to the bands success, his vocal quality, classic style, and more importantly his gift of range from melodic crooning, to fevered raw hollers is what you must hear to believe is coming out of this truly talented Texan.................* For Booking Contact: Send Message for Lucas H. (512) 326-1314,--(512)740-6073 for OAK HILL MUSIC-- or (512) 970-8534
(* e-mail: [email protected] *)
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