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Houser & Co

About Me

Richard Houser and the main “Company” member, Greg Smith, have long been immersed in the local/regional music scene. Along with group credits including The Wandering Zulu Brothers, Wurm, Clear, Blue Rapture, The Reagan Boggs Band, and now The JimJams, Richard and Greg have performed in an acoustic duet fashion under a variety of names for 10 years.However, Houser & Co. is much more than an acoustic duet. The concept of Houser & Co. is to vary the personnel from show to show. The audience never knows who will perform. Heck, Richard and Greg never know which musicians will show up! The result always seems to work (which we thank the talented “Company” members for that), leaving the crowd smiling and enjoying the performance. And, fans know they can see “The Company” month after month, and see something different every time.Richard Houser has also recently illustrated Barbara Kingsolver’s best selling non-fiction novel, “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle”. The book’s frontispiece has been made into a poster, which can be purchased at www.richardahouser.com. Copies of the book can be ordered from www.kingsolver.com. Richard is also co-chef of the Meadowview, VA restaurant called “The Harvest Table”. The restaurant, and attached general store, furthers the concepts of Barbara’s novel: Consuming locally grown, organic food, with full knowledge of the source of supply.So, set a night aside to come see Houser & Co. You won’t leave disappointed, and you may even be humming a tune or two when you leave. But you will leave smiling, and thinking “I just saw a great SHOW”!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 01/12/2007
Band Members: Richard Houser: Vocals, Guitar-- Greg Smith: Guitar- AND THE REST OF THE COMPANY: Ron Baisden: Sax, Flute, Keys, Harp, Accordian, Vocals, Everything- Sam Burke: Bass, Vocals- Alan Gamble: Drums, Vocals- Jason Crawford: Mandolin- Kevin Jackson: Fiddle- Amy Baldwin-Vocals- Tim Paretti: Guitar- Dana Dotson: Vocals- AND OTHERS THAT WILL BE ADDED AS WE REMEMBER THEM OR THEY SHOW UP TO PLAY!
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Record Label: Just What We Need

My Blog

Fun Stuff This Week

Hey Now,We've got some fun stuff this week. First, we'll tape a live TV show at Java J's on Thursday, Jan 7, at 6PM. Got Kevin Jackson from Wolf Creek sitting in with us on fiddle, gonna do a few acou...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:01:00 GMT

Its Time For A Change......

Most of our friends know that our background in music has been very focused on playing gigs in the local scene. We've each had our "busy times" with music, playing most weekends in bars, festivals,&nb...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:47:00 GMT

Some Fun Stuff Coming Up

We’ve got some really good shows coming up with both Houser & Co and the JimJams...... On April 19th, The JimJams make their Tri-City debut on Studio One, WETS-FM, 89.5. All of the JimJams h...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Houser & Co is Out and About Again!!!

Greetings all, We’ll be taking our tomfoolery roadshow to NY on 5th this Saturday, March 29th. NY on 5th is a cool club on 5th Street in Bristol, TN near "The Sign". 8:30 PM show time (early for...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:53:00 GMT

NEW SONGS ON PLAYER!!!!!!!!

Hello All, We've added three songs on the player: "Ships", "Bittersweet", and "Ain't No Harm". We knocked these out at WETS studios w/ Mike Strickland steering the controls. We thank him a lot, as we ...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:52:00 GMT

A Few Gigs, A Demo Done Soon

Hey Now, Little update on the Company: We'll be playing Feb 20th at The Harvest Table in Meadowview, VA. Showtime 8 PM. Great place to eat, great atmosphere. We'll be there Wednesday before Emory &...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:53:00 GMT

No January Show :(, BUT A DEMO WILL BE OUT SOON :)

Hey Now, Most that hang around with us know we had planned a once a month gig at the Cabaret, and had given them an exclusive for Bristol, ie that's the only place we would perform in the area. The Ho...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:15:00 GMT

YouTube Vid

  A strange little medley of Fever and Moondance From Dec. 22nd show. Check out more vids from this show on YouTube or here. ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:o...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:29:00 GMT

Dec. 22nd Show Highlights

Boy, we had some great talent out this past Saturday....we heard Kevin Jackson play fiddle on many tunes, and it was amazing!!!!! And how about Dana Dotson? Never been on stage with a live band before...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:52:00 GMT

Credits for Songs On Player

Should have done this awhile ago, but here's who played on the songs on the player: SMOKESTACK: Billy Crawford: Slide Guitar>>>Megan Gregory: Fiddle>>>Nathan Alston: Backing Vocal>>>Richard Houser>>>G...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:35:00 GMT