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The Huckleberries

About Me

The Huckleberries began life in 1996 as a busking duo on the streets of Bournemouth, and has now grown to a six piece band that comprises 5-string Banjo.Mandolin, Fiddle, Guitar, Electric Bass and Drums.The band gather their musical influences from traditional folk, bluegrass, latin, eastern and celtic music and combine this with global dance rhythms and good time stomps! which is proving to have a wide appeal in all sections of the music loving public.In the last few years they have performed at a wide range of festivals and venues around the country which include Glastonbury Festival, Stainsby Folk Festival, Towersey Festival and the Larmer Tree Festival to name a few, as well as receiving wide recognition for their albums 'Reelgrass' and 'Jigweed'. They also recently appeared in the BBC series 'Down to Earth' and their music was featured throughout. The soundtrack C.D from the series is now available which includes material by the band.Below is a clip from the series. Meanwhile the band can still be found busking and performing around the country, and have just released their new album "Incahoots" which features original compositions. This first video is some early 1996 footage of the band in their humble beginnings...

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Member Since: 13/06/2006
Band Website: http://www.thehuckleberries.com/
Band Members: Dave Hum (5-string Banjo/Mandolin/Harmonica) - Paul Sax (Fiddle) - Simon Ham (Guitar) - Duncan Stewart (Mandolin/Mandola) - Ismael Sanchez (Electric Bass) - Neil Evans(Drums,Percussion)



Record Label: HUX
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Salisbury Pics

Here are some great pics sent to us from a nice guy called Stanley Homerwho saw us busking in Salisbury recently..http://www.homer.sk/portfolio/000-thehuckleberries /index.html
Posted by on Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:02:00 GMT

New Facebook Fansite

Hurrah! Thanks to our good friend Becky we now also have a facebook  fansite where you can be updated  with any gigs and future events , or view and upload pics and leave comments etc . . . click this...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:06:00 GMT

WANTED - BASS PLAYER!

Sadly we will be saying  "Goodbye" to our bass player Ismael Sanchez whowill be leaving us in September this year to pursue other musical paths further afield.We are therefore looking for a bass playe...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:17:00 GMT

Dave Hum - New Solo CD

Dave has recently completed a solo CD "Celtic and Bluegrass 5 String Banjo" which is now available to buy online via his website. The album consists of favourite traditional celtic and bluegrass tunes...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:25:00 GMT

Bass and Guitar Tuition

Ismael is also available for Bass and Guitar tuition - please email [email protected] if you are interested in having lessons.
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 00:19:00 GMT

Drum Tuition - See Here!!

Neil is now also teaching drums privately, please email : [email protected] if you are interested.
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:19:00 GMT

And then there were six ! Welcome back Duncan

We are very pleased to announce that Duncan Stewart has rejoined the band.Duncan was there at the start of the Huckleberries originally playing theupright double bass then moving on to the mandolin as...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:38:00 GMT

Trowbridge Village Pump pics 2006

..Thanks to all who came to dance to our set at the village pump fest!A hot and fun gig....hope to be asked back!Check out some pics of the gig.. Here
Posted by on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:30:00 GMT