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Holy Ghost Tent Revival

About Me

Needing You
Directed by Gene M. Smith
Holy Ghost Tent Revival on Harvey's Kitchen
"Their exploration of styles occurs in a coherent and exciting framework, not a gratuitous display or hodgepodge. Their exciting, polyglot arrangements make perfect musical sense...HGTR isn't genre-bending; they push genre off the cliff." -- Sarah Hall, Salisbury Post
"The (band) play a fantastically entertaining mixture of dirty jazz, roots country/bluegrass, big band and rock that can only be described as explosively intoxicating. The kind of "explosive" that one of those people shot from a cannon perhaps feels." -- Matthew Godbey, The Post & Courier
"Don't think too hard about the genre in which Holy Ghost Tent Revival should be pigeonholed. Rather, get up, dance with your eyes closed and relish in the fact that the Greensboro (band) makes euphonium and banjo sound good together...Holy Ghost recalls a New Orleans jazz band rocking out, reminding us that, for a time, jazz wasn't much more than good and dirty dance music." -- Andrew Ritchey, Independent Weekly
'Getting Over Your Love'
Directed by Gene M. Smith
Co-Directed by Alec Lewis
'Hardwood Swing'
Filmed live by "jackjnston" at Mauch Chunk Opera House 05/09/09 in Jim Thorpe, PA
'Northbound'
Filmed live by "irelandnov2007" at Mauch Chunk Opera House 05/09/09 in Jim Thorpe, PA
'What's Up'
written by 4-Non Blondes
Filmed live by "ryknow12" at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 09/20/08
Stephen Murray plays the banjo and guitar, Matt Martin plays the guitar and banjo, Hank Widmer plays the trombone and euphonium, Patrick Leslie plays the bass, Ross Montsinger plays the drums, Mike O'Malley plays the keys. Jaime Coggins plays the manager, nobody plays the label yet, Greensboro plays the hometown, Friends play the harmony, Love plays the inspiration, Fate plays the compass, and the Music plays itself.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 19/03/2006
Band Website: www.holyghosttentrevival.com
Band Members: Matt Martin
Stephen Murray
Hank Widmer
PJ Leslie
Ross Montsinger
Mike O'Malley
Influences: The Books, CCC, George Harrison, The Format, Iggy Pop, Postal Service, Nick Drake, James Taylor, Wings, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, The Beach Boys, Ray Charles, CSNY, Neil Young, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Sufjan Stevens, Avett Bros, My Morning Jacket, Broken Social Scene, Akron Family, Ryan Adams, Jay-Z, Mos Def, Dr. Dre, Kanye, Eurythmics, AC/DC, Radiohead, Prince, The Cardigans, Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, Beck, Foghat, Mates of State, Old Crow Medicine Show, Doc Watson, The Darkness, The Secret Machines, Muddy Waters, Willie Nelson, Ratatat, David Bowie, Olivia Tremor Control, Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, Kings of Leon
Sounds Like: BOOKING: Charisma Artist Agency [email protected]

Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Chattanooga Times Free Press and more

Many thanks to those that came out this past week as we travailed across the land to Chattanooga and Knoxville, TN, and then on to Macon and Atlanta, GA. The crowds were receptive and made for a memor...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:27:00 GMT

How about some new music?

Hey everyone! I hope February has treated you with kindness, it certainly has treated us in the best of ways. This 'Little Dipper' tour was our longest stint out on the path away from and back to Gr...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:23:00 GMT

JAPAN

Well April 22nd is the scheduled release date of 'So Long I Screamed' in Japan, and we will be booking shows in the future to support our debut album as well as our second album. The world may not ac...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:51:00 GMT

Oh Bristol, and to the North!

Again you swoon us with your brilliant hospitality! A place we would like to call home away from home any day, thank you so much for all the support! Shows in the city between the states are so refr...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:36:00 GMT

Check For Webcast

As you all know, we've been webcasting off and on during our little tours etc, and we wanted to let you know that we will be trying to continue to do it to some effect at as many shows as possible. F...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:14:00 GMT

CD Review In Salisbury Post

http://www.salisburypost.com/Lifestyle/121808-Holy... Here's a wonderful review of our new CD by Sarah Hall from the Salisbury Post! "Their exploration of styles occurs in a coherent and exciting...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:28:00 GMT

Buy our CD online!

Good news for folks in far away lands : You can now buy our CD onlin e! for a physi cal copy go Here! We' ll accep t credi t card payme nts throu gh PayPa l and then ship a copy to you as soon as ...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:10:00 GMT

Album for sale in Greensboro!

After this Friday, the album will be available for sale at the Maya Gallery on Tate St! We will make sure they have posters as well and we'll keep you posted on other locations where the album can be...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:09:00 GMT

CD Release live on the web??!!

YESis the answer to that question!For everyone out of state and country, our man Gene will be working his webcast system to bring the show to you! Tune in on at holyghosttentrevival.com on the night ...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:21:00 GMT

*TOUR DATES* November is my name

Well here we go a wassailing up north and slightly west, we're bringing all our instruments and Steve will wear a vest, ooohhh hiiiii O we hooope that you like the style we bring and we proo...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:05:00 GMT