Billy Two Shoes

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Member Since: 1/5/2008
Band Website: www.myspace.com/billytwoshoes"myspace.com/billytwoshoes
Band Members:
Jason Cowans and James Gettles - Drums, guitar, mandolin, lap steel, banjo, penny whistle and vocals. Dan Rees - Harmonica.
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Billy Two Shoes
P.O. Box 1107
Dubiln, OH 43017
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You can also find Billy records at these locations:
Athens, OH - The Log Cabin Gift Shop
534 Richland Ave.
Columbus, OH -
Music Go Round
833 Bethel Road
Kansas City, MO - It's a Beautiful Day
3916 Broadway
These three go way back in thier Appalachian roots. Dan and James used to spend many nights as teenagers sitting on the banks of the Ohio River, starting across the dark water to the hills of West Virginia, contemplating the ways of the world. You could hear the train running along the valley and echoing through the hillsides. The riverboats churned as they slipped through the water, their diesel engines giving off a low rumble which rattled the windows as they slowly passed us by. Their heaping loads of coal moving up the river, and providing another day's wage.
Jason and Dan met at Rio Grande, a small college in the hills of Gallia County. They packed up thier music and headed to Memphis, Tennessee for a couple of years. James moved down to Memphis also, but only stayed for a few months. In that time, Jason and James spent many an hour playing wiffle ball in the back yard between shifts at the Mr. Pride car wash and the Circle K. Many years and much music later, Jason and James decided to take a weekend for themselves and create a record which reflected their time in appalachia. The end result is what you now hear from Billy Two Shoes, their "Appalachian Memoirs".
Influences: Hillpeople and moonshine, Appalachian culture and the river, bluegrass and poverty, triscuits and cheese, the low rumble of the barges moving up the river, fog sitting in the valley, selflessness, dirt roads and gravel thoroughfares, the backwoods unwritten codes, camping stories and nights at the farm, coal sheds stocked for winter, dogs and cats sitting on couches, sleepy small towns, tobacco fields, rusty cars sitting on the hillside, springtime afternoons at the lake, crows in the cornfields, the compulsion to set things ablaze, insanity to the left, water on the right.
Sounds Like: Some say old Pink Floyd, some say Appalachian Ween
The Billies are working on some new songs, and have about fourteen written, and working a few more before we start cutting them. We're thinkin' that we'll stick with the gorilla session approach, cause that was a big part of the way this first one turned out. We'll keep you posted. We're hoping to finish up the record be the end of October.
We really 'preciate all of the support that we have received from so many musicians around the country, and Billy asks you to take a couple of minutes to go and visit some of our friends. These people are doin' some great music, and Billy would be greatful if you gave them a listen too!
Record Label: Copper Still Records
Type of Label: Indie