About Me
Welcome to Hillgrass Bluebilly Entertainment - Louisiana. We are the 5th chapter for Hillgrass Bluebilly, a roots music label, concert promotions company that is leading the way for the raw & primal roots revolution that has begun, and has now planted its seed in Louisiana. Please add the other Hillgrass Bluebilly Entertainment myspace pages and the bands, and join Hillgrass Bluebilly's "Dirty Foot Family"......
HBE is a record label, booking agency and we find roots music for television and film. We are currently wrapping up our first album which is a double tribute to Hank Williams Sr. and Leadbelly. The album is called HIRAM and HUDDIE, including artists such as BOB LOG III, SCOTT H. BIRAM, WAYNE "THE TRAIN" HANCOCK, POSSESSED BY PAUL JAMES, CHILI COLD BLOOD, TOM VANDENAVOND, C.W. STONEKING, TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON, REV. PEYTONS BIG DAMN BAND, SODA & MORE. HIRAM and HUDDIE is set to release in July 2008 along with the soundtrack we are doing for SLOWBOAT FILMS: THE FOLKSINGER, starring POSSESED BY PAUL JAMES, SCOTT H. BIRAM & J.D. WILKES of TH' LEGENDARY SHACK*SHAKERS. After HIRAM and HUDDIE, we will be releasing POSSESSED BY PAUL JAMES third album before the end of 2008. We are currently working on another album, JR and RL, a double tribute to Johnny Cash & R.L. Burnside due out late 2008 / early 2009.
In the summer of 2008 ( July / August ), HILLGRASS BLUEBILLY ENTERTAINMENT is going on their first North America tour with BOB LOG III, SCOTT H. BIRAM and POSSESSED BY PAUL JAMES. We will post the concert dates in FEB / MARCH 2008. It will be supporting the HIRAM and HUDDIE CD, to be released in July 2008.
HILLGRASS BLUEBILLY ENTERTAINMENT ( HBE ) WAS INITIALLY CONCEIVED SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER OF 2004. TWO 30 YEAR OLD MEN CAME TO THE REALIZATION THAT THERE WAS ABSOLUTLEY NO STRUCTURE OR PASSION HARDLY LEFT IN AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC, MAN MUSIC (THAT THE WOMEN LOVE), AS IT PERTAINS TO MARKETING, PROMOTING AND MANAGING. TO HBE, ROOTS MUSIC STOMPIN’, BLOOD, BALLS, GRIT, HOWLIN’, YODDELIN’, TALENT & DETERMINATION. THE MUSIC WE REPRESENT HAS A GREAT DEAL OF PASSION ACCOMPANIED WITH IT, AND IF YOU ATTEND OUR EVENTS & LISTEN TO THE MUSIC WE BRING YOU, YOU WILL BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE SAVED! WE AINT KIDS, AND WE AINT OLD MEN. WE HAVE A LOT OF PASSION ABOUT THIS, MAINLY BECAUSE, YOUR HARD-PRESSED GRANDPARENTS AND YOUR BEATLES AND ELVIS LOVING MOMS AND DADS DIDN'T STEP UP. WE DON'T CHOOSE TO BE THE GUYS TO RUN HBE, WE ARE STUBBORN, WE BOOOOOO BAD MUSIC AND THERE REALLY ISN'T MUCH ANY 20 MEN CAN DO TO STOP JUST ONE OF US. THAT'S WHY THERE IS HBE, THAT'S WHY HBE ROOTS ARE GROWING ACROSS THE WORLD.
HBE's MUSIC/MERCHANDISE STORE IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH LOOP, IN AUSTIN TEXAS, AND WILL NOT OPEN UNTIL THERE IS A DEMAND. WE HAVE MERCHANDISE AND MUSIC FOR THE BEST ROOTS MUSIC BANDS THAT ARE ALIVE AND TOURING. SHOW POSTERS, CD'S, VINYL, BUTTONS, COOZIES, T-SHIRTS, TRUCKER HATS. WE HAVE IT ALL! YOU CAN'T HAVE IT EITHER, UNLESS YOU HAVE ENOUGH PASSION TO CONTACT US AND LET US HELP YOU AND ADD TO YOUR MUSIC ROSTER IN YOUR HEAD. ITS NOT OUR "IDEA", AND ITS NOT LIKE WE ARE PULLING "THAT CARD". WE ARE HBE, AND WE KNOW WHAT THE FUCK WE ARE DOING. NOT REALLY, BUT IF WE PLAY OUR CARDS RIGHT, OUR IDEA JUST MIGHT PAN OUT FOR EVERYBODY.
OUR HEADQUARTERS IS IN AUSTIN TEXAS (ATX), HILLGRASS BLUEBILLY's HOME BASE IS LOCATED IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA (PHX) AND OUR NEWEST BRANCH IS LOCATED IN FT. WAYNE, INDIANA (FTW), AND CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE (TENN) ATX, PHX, FTW and TENN IS WHERE WE HOST OUR CONCERTS AND EVENTS. ALTHOUGH, WE REPRESENT OUR ARTISTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE ARE EXPANDING! IF YOU'D LIKE TO HOST HILLGRASS BLUEBILLY CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN YOUR HOMETOWN, WRITE AND ASK US, TO FIND OUT HOW. CHANCES ARE, MOST OF YOU WILL BE TURNED DOWN. WE ARE LOOKING FOR FEW DEDICATED PROMOTERS WITH A GOOD EAR AND A STRONG GRASS ROOTS APPROACH TO LIVE CONCERTS AND EVENTS AND WAY OF LIFE (DIRTY FOOT FAMILY). PLEASE WRITE US HERE ON MYSPACE, AND WE CAN DISCUSS THE OPPORTUNITIES AND ADVANTAGES FOR YOU AND HOW YOU CAN GROW WITH HILLGRASS BLUEBILLY ENTERTAINMENT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, ITS NOT JUST MUSIC WITH HILLGRASS BLUEBILLY. THERE ARE RAW ETHICS AND THERE IS A STRONG MORAL CODE, THAT MUST LIVE WITHIN. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, PUT A BULLET IN YOUR HEAD OR MAN UP. OUR FLAG IS FLYING HIGH, WE AINT HARD TO FIND.
