TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON
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Katie Euliss learned guitar, piano and bucket bass in the streets of New Orleans. She scammed enough money from tourists to buy Lucky Strikes and smoked oysters for six years. Then she met Mike West. Part entertainer, part snake oils salesman, Mike lived by pickin' banjo and selling cds that he claimed were a curative for hangovers and small mindedness. Together they began a perpetual tour of North America, Europe and Australia. They spent their wedding night in the Tiger Truck Stop, somewhere between Lafayette and the Atchafalya Swamp. Truckstop Honeymoon was born. There ain't nothing nice about Truckstop Honeymoon. They play banjos and wash tubs. They sing about adultery and oil refineries. It's break-neck breakdowns or heart-break waltzes. Like a Dodge with a burnt out clutch, their music has two speeds and no reverse.

"The chemistry between them is captivating and before long you're thinking that living down wind from the oil refinery and making soap out of squirrel fat is the most romantic thing in
the world. They play over two hours, but you feel they could've gone on all night
were it not for the last orders bell!"
Manchester Music, Manchester, UK

"A wonderful collaboration between the banjo-bangin' West and the twangy diva Euliss who pluck, strike, rap and tinkle more than a dozen instruments between them."
Offbeat Magazine, New Orleans, LA

HEADBELLY BUZZARD

Headbelly Buzzard, a totally unique Brunswick phenomena, old time music Brunswick style; now into their 13th. year of their Friday night residency at the Railway Hotel in Nicholson St. and they don't sound or look like they'll ever stop.


"An unforgettable name, an unforgettable band..... recalls the early days of old-timey and bands like the Skillet Lickers .... the band's sound is a historical, unpolished one, rootsy raw with a jam session feel with screeching, droning fiddles, disharmonic banjo plucks, and roughish vocals sounding as if they were bleached in corn liquor... Considering that half way around the globe lies an example of how old-timey once sounded here, Headbelly Buzzard is pretty amazing."
Dan Willging, Twangzine (US)