Drawing from the slide guitar riffs of Ben Harper and John Butler, this four-piece delivers their innovative rock sound with “an insistent up-tempo back-beat, a funk-influenced bassist, and cool, whispered lyrics,†as proclaimed by the Badger Herald.
As a testament to the quality and creativity of their sound, the band received multiple honors in the 2007 Madison Area Music Awards, including Best Unique Song of the Year. The band has also played premiere festivals and venues across the Midwest, including the Southern Comfort Music Festival, playing before The Flaming Lips and the Cold War Kids.
In front-men and founders Andy Sharp & Ryan Harkins, the SHB has formidable songwriters, guitar players, and vocalists able to deliver elements of rock, folk, and blues into their Indie style; Colin Schaeffer & Justin Barak provide the tight beats and grooves of the heart-pounding rhythm section.
Whether they are rocking the Southern Comfort Music Experience at the Alliant Energy Center for a crowd of thousands, the Metro in Chicago for hundreds, or clubs with merely a few dozen patrons, the Sharp & Harkins Band perform their music with energy and vision.
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