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***This is a Great Review of our latest album from Amplifier Magazine*** THE HIPPY NUTS BEFORE THE FALL OF ONIONS OR TALES... SANDPILE The Hippy Nuts are a throwback to a golden era wherein substance was more important than style in pop music. Not to say that the gritty Nuts lack the latter. This veteran New York City-based collective, helmed by sassy Texas transplant Kathena Bryant (vocals/harmonica) and guitar slinging Seattle bred ex-patriot Tim Champion (also the producer/engineer) somehow get overlooked in the hip, flavor-of-the-moment disposition of their geographic environs. Yet their sophomore effort is hands down the best urban roots rock album to come down the pike in a long, long time.Drop the needle (metaphorically speaking) on track one side two and be prepared to be blown away by “Pouring Out My So” - a cinematic anthem which embraces soul and country akin to the best Muscle Shoals had to offer. “Watch Your Language” and “Lay It Down” capture the restless Americana spirit of Steve Earle’s Guitar Town or Lucinda Williams’ Car Wheels on a Gravel Road by way of a funky swamp groove that percolates slightly behind the beat.Too bad Steve Marriott isn’t around to enjoy the Nuts’ loving remake of “Thirty Days In The Hole” - he’d probably repay the favor with a ballsy reading of the Nuts’ druggy dirge “Lay It Down,” which closes Tales on a satisfying yet ominous note. You can’t always get what you want, but sometimes, you get what you need. • AMPLIFIER--, 2007 Amplifier, All Rights Reserved.

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Member Since: 30/12/2005
Band Website: www.thehippynuts.com
Band Members: Our cover of Humble Pie song "30 Days in the Hole" by Steve MarriottKATHENA BRYANT: vocals/ harmonica/songwriter TIM CHAMPION: Producer, guitarist, songwriter, keys.SHANNON FORD: drums/percussion, T.BAG JADE:Bass, MARK EPSTEIN/ Bass, PETE DRUNGLE/keys, MARTEEN/ keys, DAVE EGGAR/ piano/cello, JOE MOWATT/ percussion, JAMES CONANT / harmonica. Background singers: Tony Winner ALICE RIPLEY, JEFFERY SMITH BASIL RODERICK, CARLA A. STICKLER, MARK AHLMAN, PHIL SIMIC AND JOE "THE WEST VILLAGE RAMBLERS"Wanna laugh? Hear one of our first songs--finally recorded and a new video too! "Smile on the Shelf":) "Smile on the Shelf" A Dolly Parton style nuts song:
Influences: Our shared love of Great 60's and 70's Records yielded our first songs/ recordings, The KATHENA BRYANT "Highway" CD album released before we became THE HIPPY NUTS. Produced by fellow Hippy Nut TIM CHAMPION, it's available on Itunes Its Country Like The Rolling Stones Like Sausage & Beer.

Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Lucinda Williams, Ryan Adams,Steve Marriott, Johnny Winter, Led Zeppelin,Rolling Stones, Curtis Mayfield, Sly and the Family Stone, Prince, Jimmy Scott, Abbey Lincoln, Anita O'Day, Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb, George Jones, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Karen Carpenter, Tommy James, Grand Funk Railroad, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, English Music Hall, Small Faces, Noel Coward, George Jones, Irma Thomas, John Prine, Al Green, Humble Pie, Prince, The Turtles, Dionne Warwick, Janis Joplin, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Cream, Derek and the Dominoes, Stevie Wonder, Steppenwolf, Black Crowes, Danny Gatton, Brian Eno, The Mamas and the Papas, The Byrds, The Allman Brothers, Gene Vincent, George Harrison, John Lennon, The Beatles, Al Kooper, Pete Townsend, Townes Van Zandt, Traffic, Dave Mason, Van Morrison, The White Stripes,The Who, Patty Loveless, Willie Nelson, Amy Winehouse, Bonnie Raitt, Chuck Berry, Outkast, Aretha Franklin, Jackie DeShannon, Peter Gabriel, The Meters, The Sundays, The Faces, Bonnie and Delaney, Loretta Lynn, June Carter, Wanda Jackson, Nick Drake, Arvo Part, The Cure, Tony Burrows, Ian McLagan, Ron Wood, Paul Weller, Blur, Pavement, Luna,
Sounds Like: People say we remind them of Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, Norah Jones, The Black Crowes, Free, Humble Pie, The Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse, Al Green, The Carpenters, Sophie Tucker, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Portishead, X,Amplifier said of us: "If Steve Earle shagged Dolly Parton, their offspring would sound like The Hippy Nuts' release " Hardcore Mellowdriven" We've also been told we sound like The Stones, or Bonnie and Delaney or Curtis Mayfield, or Dave Mason or Burt Bacharach or The Black Crowes... but these comparisons are because of our various types of songs. We like to rock out, funk it up, then get dreamy and melodic and downright 60's pop. As for our actual sound, we have a traditional analog sound with classic gear, guitars, amps, and effects. The vocals are soulful twangy and quirky. We've been told that by the time we put all of our passion and influences together we sound distinctive. We hope that's true.... Alan Pepper who booked us at the sorely missed The Bottom Line said that he'd booked alot of female singers but none of them sounded like Kathena.
Record Label: Sandpile Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Whispering to the Flowers" by The Hippy Nuts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYFmD86t5wY Our New Video..which we shot along the Hudson River in New York City.. brought to you with love. Okay, maybe it is a bit John & Yoko... We're r...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:31:00 GMT

Jung and archetypes and counter transference

This book is deeply enlightening, even though it's probably not for the layman. It makes me want to ditch regular standard pyschotherapy and find a great Jungian therapist. Reading abouthow this t...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:26:00 GMT

Dean Koontz

I just finished this, my first Dean Koontz book! I picked it up free in a giveaway pileat Marble Church, where Norman Vincent Peale, author of "The Power of Positive Thinking" was pastor for about 50...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:38:00 GMT

The Hippy Nuts "Pouring Out My So"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncGEJr8Zpsk This is our song set to groovy images by Art Teacher Gene Wisniewski.. We love this!
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:37:00 GMT

Hippy Nut, Tim Champions Vintage Style Pedals Now In Stores

Hello Sweetie Pies,Ok, now when I told producer songwriter extraordinaire Terry Radigan about this, shereplied, "What are y'all now? Mad scientists!" I mean to tell y'all that I went to Texasfor o...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:08:00 GMT

We posted a slideshow on YouTube.. "something good" song

Here it is mates!
Posted by on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:37:00 GMT

The Hippy Nuts Lost Recording from 1995

Oh my Sweet Jesus, my sister Lisa sent me a copy of the home movie she madeof me and Tim (before we called ourselves THE HIPPY NUTS) She gave it to me on a dvd so I plan to post the performance up ...
Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 18:37:00 GMT

The Hippy Nuts as part of a Huge Art show. Beautiful, People!

The Hippy Nuts And Urban Jungle Art Thur. Apr.17th, 9pm Niagara Bar, 112 Ave A @ 7th street East Village NYCTHE HIPPY NUTS hanging out with lots of ART on the Walls while we play for y'all. Wanna for...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:47:00 GMT

Poetry and Wine with Charles Simic and The Hippy Nuts

The Hippy Nuts have recently realized that we should share our love of poetry with ourfriends. If y'all notice, there are 2 spoken words thingys on our new Onions album."Pouring out My So" has spok...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:27:00 GMT

SuperBowl Sunday... We don’t have a tv but I do want to watch!

I'm getting that lonesome feeling I get when I think of most of the world doing something that I don't have easy access to. WE Hippy Nuts don't have a tv by choiceand it's been about 6 years since w...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:34:00 GMT