Member Since: 18/07/2007
Band Website: www.thefremonts.com, www.billywatson.com
Band Members: In various projects and in no particular order... Patrick Skog (guitar, bass, shakers, etc.), Troy Sandow (harmonica, bass, grape lip), "Mighty" Joe Milsap (Vocal, washboard, maracas, claves, spoons, egg beater, cheese grater, and other kitchen utensils), Kurt Kalker (drums, wood block, red light), Billy Watson (harmonica, vocal, megaphone, maracas, more maracas, wax lips), Ben Hernandez (vocal, spoons, harmonica, kazoo, jug, wash tub bass, radio shack microphones), Nathan James (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, footboard, rack harmonica, etc), Marcus Bayshore (drums), Joe Jazdzewski (electric and upright bass), Alan West (drums, percussion, lizards, and motorcycle parts), Scottie Blinn (guitar, heart), Taryn Donath (piano), Hal Smith (drums, sage advice, and killer BBQ sauce), Chris Michaels (bass), Kyle Jester (guitar, bass, vegetables)
Influences: Josephine Baker's bannana skirt, the Excello label, and Pops Staples. B.B. on Modern, Chess Records, Hubert Sumlin, Johnny Guitar Watson, Steve Cropper, Jimmy Reed, Stax Records, Ike Turner, Lamont Dozier and the Holland Brothers, Junior Watson, Sam Cooke, Jimmie Vaughan, Tom Waits, Eddie Taylor, Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker, and The Motor City.
Sounds Like: Montcalm County.
Record Label: Truax Records
Type of Label: Indie