Member Since: 21/07/2006
Band Website: www.youngedward.com (under construction)
Band Members: Robert Brettelle: guitar, mandolin, harmonica, vocals Steve Allen: banjo,
vocals Danny Garcia: upright bass, harmonica, vocals Michael Polera : fiddle, vocals
Influences: Hank (I and III), Johnny, Bob, Vassar, Doc Watson, Fast Heart Mart, The Handsome Family, Clarence "Tom" Ashley, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Dock Boggs, Uncle Dave Macon, Abba, Elvis, that guy Steve met over at Encore Music who told him that "any idiot can play clawhammer," Simon Cowell, James Brown, Arnold Palmer, Juicy Fruit gum, the mountains, the plains, Jackson, hot pastrami sandwiches, the U.S. military, Scotland, Wales, legalized prostitution and soft drugs, John Donne, Faulkner, polarized sunglasses, the internal combustion engine, parliamentary democracy of the kind practiced in the Netherlands, hippies, punks, Poe, Shakespeare, organic farming, lunar cycles, tap water, Mexico, salt, poor hygiene, dawn, that really cute VJ that used to be on MTV during the '80s, the Bible (especially Ezekiel and The Book of Revelations), sexy painted hoofs on farm animals, the kind of liquor that might make you go blind, silence.Bands YOUNG EDWARD has played with:Railroad Earth/
South Austin Jug Band/
Too High String Band/
The Red Elvis's/
Moot Davis and the Cool Deal/
Breaker 1-9/
Thrift Store Cowboys/
The Rivet Gang/
Fast Heart Mart/
The Saltine Ramblers/
The Squash Blossom Boys/
Edith Grove and Bottle Tree/
The Old Main
Sounds Like: A quartet of newborn babes wailing in perfect four-part harmony.
Record Label: For booking contact Robert at [email protected]