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View les honky more tonkies's EPKLes Honky More Tonkies is a rock band. And because they hail from Nashville, they throw in a healthy amount country, bluegrass, roots and southern rock. Not because they have to, but because they can. It's in their blood.Coming up with a band name ain't easy, but when a friend shouted the nonsensical phrase "less honky, more tonky" at a Junior Brown show in 1997, the soon-to-be pioneering members of Les Honky More Tonkies knew that it was a sign from a drunken profit on a higher plain.In 1997, guitarist and lead singer Johnny Mark Miller, aka Johnny Pyro, left his hometown of Kingsport, TN to reunite with former band mate, musical brother, and drummer who brings the thunder, Joie Todd Kerns, aka Joey Lonzo, who had recently migrated to Nashville himself. Deep in the heart of music city, they began laying the groundwork for Les Honky More Tonkies. By the summer of '98, they had played their first gig in the Big Guitar and by 2001; they had released their debut album, "Greatest Hits".Like most bands these days, Les Honky More Tonkies have been through their share of line up changes. Hell, keeping a band together for 8 years is hard enough. After hiring and firing some fine, and not so fine, musicians, Pyro and Lonzo enlisted the help of Jeremy Pennebaker, aka Strokey, Jason Graumlich, aka Levi Gunn, and Rob Ogles, aka Big Sammy Bravo.The boys released their sophomore effort "The Fabled Catbird Seat" in early 2005 to rave reviews and released the EP, "76", five songs to fire up the southern rock revolution in April of 2007.If you enjoy the revved-up rock without pretension and shoe gazingâ€¦if you enjoy songs to slam a PBR in a can toâ€¦and if you think that Iron Maiden and John Prine should have recorded an album togetherâ€¦then Les Honky More Tonkies is the band for you. Stay tuned.
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Member Since: 1/31/2005
Band Website: you're lookin at it
Band Members: Johnny Pyro (lead vocals, guitar), Levi Gunn (slide guitar, lap steel, vocals), Joey Lonzo (drums), Big Sammy Bravo (bass), Part Time Honky: Hari Rockwood (guitar, vocals),

Influences: Eh, the usual suspects....Drive By Truckers, Jason & The Scorchers, Replacements, Guns N Roses, Cheap Trick, Waylon Jennings, Iron Maiden, Georgia Satellites, Jayhawks, Uncle Tupelo, Old 97s, Faces, The Darkness, AC/DC, Supersuckers, Hellacopters, The Wildhearts, Hank Williams, Bon Jovi, Steve Earle, John Prine, Tom Petty, David Allen Coe, My Morning Jacket, Johnny Cash, Ramones, New York Dolls, Ralph Stanley, V-Roys, Social Distortion, The Black Crowes, Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Jon Stewart, George Lucas, Burt Reynolds, Chad Bowers, Miller High Life, Jack Daniels
Sounds Like: Shit To Me. - The Black Crowes
Record Label: Why would we want to share all this money?
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night’s alright....

Alright y'all. This Saturday while the unwashed masses are comparing heat stroke stories Bonna-who, we'll be joing forces with 3 of the finest like minded rock and roll bands south of the Mason-Dixon ...
Posted by Les Honky More Tonkies on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:39:00 PST

Alright, here it is........

Hurricane Doyle Les Honky More Tonkies Shawn Byrne Thursday May 22nd 9pm SHARP! The Basement So come on!
Posted by Les Honky More Tonkies on Wed, 21 May 2008 02:31:00 PST

As promised, the names of those who did not show last night.....

Just kidding. We wouldn't really do that. Thanks to everyone that came out. It was a damn fun Cinco De Mayo!LHMT
Posted by Les Honky More Tonkies on Wed, 07 May 2008 05:41:00 PST

We are writing YOU out of the will.............

.........if you don't come out Monday. You have no excuses for missing this show. It's early. Eight o'clock. It's cheap. So cheap that it's FREE! It's Cinco de Mayo. So I expect to see EVERYONE...
Posted by Les Honky More Tonkies on Sat, 03 May 2008 04:05:00 PST

The Billygoats are back and we’re sharin’ the stage at their reunion show.

Hey y'all, after a 6 year absence, Nashville's own alternative country quartet, The Billygoats will return to the bar where they got their start way back in 1995 for a very special reunion show. ...
Posted by Les Honky More Tonkies on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:32:00 PST

LHMT or Whites of Spring

Having trouble deciding whether to go to Rites of Spring or the Les Honky/Victrolas/Lauderdale show Friday night? Let us help. Let's weigh the pro's and con's:Rites of Spring will have:-------------...
Posted by Les Honky More Tonkies on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:24:00 PST

Heartbroke and Faithless Video Shoot

I posted some pics from yesterdays shoot for the ’Heartbroke and Faithless’ video. There will be more as soon as I get the files from the other folks that had cameras. Everything wen...
Posted by Les Honky More Tonkies on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:59:00 PST

LHMT MUSIC VIDEO!!!

Hey y’all! I just wanted to let everyone know that we will be making our way to Joelton, TN bright and early tomorrow morning, to begin production on our first music video. It...
Posted by Les Honky More Tonkies on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:10:00 PST

5 Spot Last Night

I don't usually posts about gigs after the fact, but I felt that I needed to throw out a great big "thank you" to everyone involved in last nights show. To say "you missed out" if you didn'...
Posted by Les Honky More Tonkies on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:10:00 PST

Les Honky Leap Year

Next Friday, Feb. 29th, Les Honky More Tonkies will host the kind of show that only happens every four years. Besides the fact that it's Leap Year, It's also my 8th birthday (You can do th...
Posted by Les Honky More Tonkies on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:18:00 PST