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Western Swing...Hot off the Griddle.

Anyone whos hungry for a big plateful of country-fried swing can stop looking now because the dinner bell is ringing. Big B and His Snakeoil Saviors is an 8 piece western swing and boogie band that is serving it up fresh in the San Francisco Bay Area. Assembled from the finest ingredients around and served with extra hot sauce, they are guaranteed to make you dance until you cry. Featuring a hard-swinging rhythmn section, hard-working horns, pedal steel legend David Phillips and Ben Buettner as yodeler-in-chief, they are burning down houses wherever they go. There's enough to go around, come on and get yourself a hot plate of cowboy soul.

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Member Since: 5/29/2006
Band Website: snakeoilswing.com
Band Members: Ben Buettner (Voc, Gtr), Mark Petrella (Bull Fiddle), David Phillips (Steel Guitar), Garry Williams (Drums), Jennifer Jolly (Piano), Brian Campbell (Tenor Sax, Clarinet), John Halbleib (Trumpet)
Influences: Billy Jack Wills, Ella Mae Morse, Johnny Cash, Louis Jordan, Red Foley, Lefty Frizzell, Webb Pierce, Eddy Arnold, Jimmy Bryant, Kitty Wells, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Speedy West, Asleep at the Wheel, Leon McAuliffe and his western swing band, Johnny Bond, Basie, Bob Wills, Tex Williams, Merle Travis. Amos Milburn, Willie Nelson, the Miller Sisters, Hadda Brooks.
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HICKS on WAX!

We'll be in the studio next week to cook up a nice stack of tracks for you . Stay tuned for more info on that AND our upcoming website AND a schedule of dates when we may...
Posted by Big B and his Snakeoil Saviors on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 03:10:00 PST