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Poor Billy

About Me

Poor Billy from Denmark create their own gallery of characters in a dusty and scratchy roots music. The recipe is very simple: A singer with a remarkable sense of textual universe, in a band where the chemistry and energy is present and tangible, and the music undiluted.With a strong influence from the Mississippi Delta, Poor Billy have created a unique piece of work with their new cd: "Moonlight stranger". The genre Poor Billy explores echoes of artists like: Bob Dylan, 16Horsepower and Soggy Bottom Boys.The songs and stories have their origions in the universe of singer Karsten Olesen. And the audience can experience the music not only as entertainment, but as a vitale part of their lives.Poor Billy have excisted for seven years, and are a very productive and creative orchestra who love to create new songs."It..s like digging for gold. We dig and we dig. Sometimes we hit a vein of gold. So we also see our rehearsel room as a goldmine. When we find the gold, we leave the session as whole individuals. It..s that energy, we want to pass on to our audience."Poor Billy have played in concertplaces all over Denmark. They have had the song "Give it all back" in rotation in Danish National Radio (P4) and for the time being "Sct. Christopher" from the new CD is on P4. Poor Billy have also been "Band of the week" on www.mymusic.dk"Moonlight stranger" is produced at Lundgaard Studio with Thomas Alstrup as producer. During the production Poor Billy experienced the great pleasure of seeing the whole process forming as a synthesis. The atmosphere was very tense, a quality reflected in the album, which radiates mysticism, power and nerve... real editor best profile tools real editor best profile tools
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Member Since: 20/05/2007
Band Website: www.poorbilly.dk
Band Members: Karsten Olesen : Vocal, acoustic guitar, harmonica//Peter Sandegaard : dobro, banjo, electric guitar,acoustic guitar, backing vocal//Jesper Holt Andersen : Bas, backing vocal//Søren Poulsen : Drums and washboard
Influences: Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, The Doors, Chuck Berry
Sounds Like: Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, The Doors
Record Label: poorbillymusic
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Songwriting competition

     Poor Billys are proud to tell, that our song Snake with 7 tails has been chosen by the judges on www.festival4starslive.com to go through to the Final voting stages for Heat 2 of their Internat...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:44:00 GMT

Poor Billy på "Kulturministeriet"

 Der er lagt i ovnen til en fed aften på                     "Kulturministeriet"                               i Ebeltoft,                           hvor Poor Billy                       lørdag d. 23 ...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 10:24:00 GMT

Poor Billy på Fermaten

    Så er det tid at rykke ud.Vi spiller på Fermaten i Herningimorgentorsdag d. 21. maj kl. 20 til "Americana night"programmet ser således ud :Peder Juul bandUlrik KampPoor Billytag dine venner med ti...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 07:52:00 GMT

Mini tour fra Poor Billy

Kom og hør Poor Billy spille musik fra deres kommende CD.Vi spiller på :Fermaten i Herning torsdag d. 21. maj kl. 20.00programmet ser således udPeder Juul BandUlrik KampPoor Billywww.fermaten.dk------...
Posted by on Sat, 16 May 2009 06:04:00 GMT

"Track of the week" on garageband

Poor Billys song 'Sct. Christopher' is 'Track of the week' in the genre offolkrock on the site www.garageband.com. Thanks to the many enthusiastic reviewers on garageband reviewing 'Sct. Christopher'...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:14:00 GMT

anmeldt på Billybop

..TR>..TR> ..TR> Poor Billy: Moonlight Stranger  CD;PBMS001 Album Kindly Submitted by Poor Billy Style : AmericanaRate (1-5) : With a strong musical pressure coming from the Mississippi delta b...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:38:00 GMT

Poor Billy indtager Kulturministeriet

Til alle jer der elsker roots/americanaSå er der godt nyt fra Poor Billy.I kan komme og høre os spille på"Kulturministeriet" i Ebeltoft lørdag d. 21. juni kl. 20.30. Der er entrè på 70 kr. (50 kr...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:28:00 GMT

Koncert på "Kulturministeriet"

Poor Billy spiller på "Kulturministeriet" i Ebeltoft lørdag d. 21. juni kl. 20.30.Der er entrè på 70 kr. (50 kr. for medlemmer). Det bliver en varm og levende aften med masser god musik for modne menn...
Posted by on Sat, 31 May 2008 11:20:00 GMT

Review of CD

Our CD "Moonlight stranger" got very good review on www.billybop.be in Belgium. Here is a little bit from the review, that you can read on the site. "Ten tracks, of which nine are at least said impres...
Posted by on Thu, 08 May 2008 07:50:00 GMT

Moonlight stranger anmeldes og er i radio

Poor Billy har fået albummet "Moonlight stranger" anmeldt på www.diskant.dk og www.rootszone.dk Derudover spiller radioer i England, Holland, USA og Sverige vores musik. bl.a. www.wdyn.net ...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:33:00 GMT