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Tony and the 45's

About Me

Tony and the 45's come from a wide range of backgrounds, from rock, jazz, country and blues. The great American Melting Pot live on stage! They've been playing around Minnesota's Greater Twin Cities area for over a year now and are close to wrapping up their first CD! What you're listening to on this site is the unmixed tracks of what we have so far. Let me know what you think!

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Member Since: 24/06/2007
Band Website: http://www.virb.com/tonyandthe45s
Band Members: Tony Houle - Guitar/Vox Scott Manske - Bass Nate Dahl - Drums Josh Mcewen - Drums Greg "Peewee" Fagan - Sax
Influences: Eric Clapton, John Hiatt, Delbert McClinton, John Hammond, BB King, Buddy Guy, Sam and Dave, Tom Waits, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimi Hendrix, Robben Ford, The Band, Los Lobos, Billy Joe Shaver, Led Zeppelin, Robert Cray, Al Green, The Beatles, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, CCR, Jerry Douglas, Derek Trucks, Sonny Landreth, The Holmes Brothers, The Black Crowes, Ben Harper, Marty Stuart, Steve Earle, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Anders Osborne, Doyle Bramhall II, Charlie Sexton, Big Sugar, Big Wreck, Django Reinhardt, Keith Richards, The Subdudes, The Temptations. . .
Sounds Like: If I'm lucky it'll sound like. . . John Hiatt, Eric Clapton, CCR, Delbert McClinton, John Hammond, Los Lobos etc. But I've never been that lucky.

Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Some New Websites And The Music Store Is Up!

It might be a bit rude posting it here on myspace, but well. . . I'm doing it anyway. I started two new sites on Virb and Reverbnation. They are pretty cool services, but the drawback is they don't ...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:06:00 GMT

Jamming With the Roadhouse Scholars

Last weekend was a blast! Over in Green Bay is one of the best bands around, people I'm proud to say I'm friends with. To back up a little bit, I've know these people for a long time. Ten years or ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:31:00 GMT

Tonys Doings as of Sept. 07

Well, the CD is ALMOST done. It's been about a year now, but with the help of recording genius Ron Parker a master is nearly in hand. I figure another week or two--tops. In the meantime the 45's ha...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:25:00 GMT

News about the Upcoming CD

I thought I should tell everyone what exactly is going on with the CD right now. There's going to be 12 tracks total. I have interests in the Blues, Rock and Country areas of songwriting and that's ...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:40:00 GMT