Member Since: 10/7/2005
Band Website: howlingdiablos.com
Band Members: Johnny Evans-Harp/Sax
Johnny Bee-drums
Mo Hollis-bass
Erik 'Evil E' Gustafson-guitar
Tino Gross-vocalsKid Rock & The Howling Diablos Live
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Johnny BEE is gettin' DOWN...email Diablos' Management for autographed photo!
Influences: the Diablos dig any type of real music, but... especially Howling Wolf, Sun Ra, Muddy Waters, Aretha Franklin, Hound Dog Taylor, Rolling Stones, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, AC/DC, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Captain Beefheart, F. Zappa, John Coltrane, Wild Man Fisher, RL Burnside, Iggy Pop/Stooges, Wayne Kramer and the MC5, Fats Navarro, Art Pepper, Beck, Billie Holiday, George Clinton, Charles Mingus, Allman Bros., Miles Davis, Willie Nelson, Max Roach, Gene Krupa, John Lee Hooker, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Bessie Smith, White Stripes, Johnny Cash, ZZ Topp, Ramones, Elmore James, Johnny Paycheck, Temptations, Curtis Mayfield, 5 Blind Boys, Harmonica Frank, 1 String Sam, ELVIS, Mort Crim, Willie D. Warren, Bill Monroe, Marvin Gaye, Al Kooper, Leonard Skynard, Hank Williams, John Sinclair, Paul Wine Jones, Junior Kimbrough, Kenny Brown, Savoy Brown, James Carter, Bettye Lavette, Fuggs, BB King, Mitch Ryder, Charlie Parker, Lennie Bruce, Philly Joe Jones, Soledad Bros., Don Patterson, Brother Jack McDuff, Gov.Mule, Jimmy Smith, Etta James, Big Maybelle, Ozzy, Kool Moe D, Andre Williams, Nathaniel Mayer, Johnny Winters, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Patti Smith, David Allan Coe, Ben Harper, Holmes Brothers, Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, Doctor Ross the Harmonica Boss...and many more.
Detroit's true Gs...The Purple Gang!! Real gangsters don't wear tennis shoes punk.All of these guy's hat styles still available at Henry the Hatter's in Detroit...
Tino's uncle Harry got whacked with this guy, Harry Millman, the leader of the Purple Gang back in the day, check the stats
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Check out the great review of "Car Wash" in the April issue (2006) of DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE!?!"CAR WASH" wins BEST NATIONAL/INDIE RECORD at Detroit Music Awards 2006!!!
so quit frontin and GO BUY IT...and remember...the Diablos are descendants of real actual gangstas ...and proud of it
Sounds Like: Veteran blues-rockers the Howling Diablos have been mashing-up roots blues and modern-day urban music for more than a decade. The band started life as a pickup band backing blues legends like Hubert Sumlin and Bo Diddley at a Detroit nightclub. With the addition of an unknown turntablist named Robert Ritchie - better known to you as Kid Rock - the band helped create a hybrid style that has sold buttloads of records (for other people). Now, with "Car Wash," the Diablos eschew the loops-and-beats approach and instead kick out some blues jams so funky you'll wonder who left the lid off the garbage pail. This approach was largely inspired by frontman Tino Gross' ongoing production work for Mississippi-based Fat Possum records. He has brought a modern touch to records by R.L. Burnisde and Little Freddie King. In return, he was inspired to return to his own roots as a blues player. He let the band loose in the studio, and it doesn't disappoint. With droning slide guitars and propulsive bass and drums, the Diablos take country blues and put an innovative big-city spin on them. Making a guest appearance on three songs is the great Johnny "Bee" Badanjek of Mitch Ryder's Detroit Wheels. While "Car Wash" is a straight-ahead blues record, the blues have never sounded so contemporary. - Brian J. Bowe / Creem Magazine/168 MagGod is on your side...The MAN is on our side!
JL Hooker commands you to BOOGIE
Go read this book about the first real American Badass... Don't forget It's A Man's Man's World, but it wouldn't be nuthin' without a woman or a girl....
Record Label: Alive! Records BOMP
Type of Label: Indie