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\"Honey<\/a><\/strong>BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n

Great music begins with great songs, and great songs are what the Honey Island Swamp Band is all about. The band came together after Aaron Wilkinson (acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals) and Chris Mule\u2019 (electric guitar, vocals) were marooned in San Francisco after the levee breaches following Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, and had a chance encounter with fellow New Orleans evacuees Sam Price (bass, vocals) and Garland Paul(drums, vocals) at John Lee Hooker\u2019s Boom Boom Room on Fillmore Street. They knew each other from having all played together in some form or another in various New Orleans bands, and with the great unknown regarding their return to their underwater hometown looming in the distance, they decided to put together a band and get some gigs going. Fortunately, the Boom Boom Room\u2019s owner Alex Andreas offered the band a weekly gig on the spot.<\/p>\n

Sunday nights at the Boom Boom Room soon became a favorite of Bay Area roots music lovers, who have a long-standing affinity for New Orleans music and musicians. Two months into the residency, sound engineer Robert Gatley approached the band with a rare opportunity \u2014 he wanted to record a Honey Island Swamp Band album at the legendary Record Plant studios in Sausalito, where he worked. The 7-song eponymous debut \u201cHoney Island Swamp Band\u201dcame together beautifully, with Wilkinson and Mul\u00e9 both contributing favorite originals, and was received so well that they all decided to continue the band upon moving back to New Orleans in 2007.<\/p>\n

Honey Island Swamp Band\u2018s music has been described as \u201cBayou Americana\u201dwith timeless songs from Wilkinson & Mul\u00e9, highlighted by Mul\u00e9\u2019s searing guitar, Wilkinson\u2019s sure-handed mandolin, and 4-part vocal harmonies, all anchored by the powerful groove of Price & Paul\u2019s Louisiana stomp rhythm section. The addition of Trevor Brooks on Hammond B-3 organ to the HISB family in 2010 has rounded out the band\u2019s sound, which draws from a variety of influences in the world of roots music, including artists such as Lowell George & Little Feat, The Band, Taj Mahal, Gram Parsons, Jerry Garcia, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Reed, Clarence \u201cGatemouth\u201d Brown, and New Orleans\u2019 own Earl King and Dr. John.<\/p>\n

In April 2009, the band released its first full-length album entitled Wishing Well<\/em>.<\/em>\u00a0The album was well-received and based on the strength of such songs as \u201cNatural Born Fool\u201d, \u201cTill the Money\u2019s Gone\u201d, and the\u00a0 title track, Wishing Well<\/em>was awarded 2009\u2032s \u201cBest Blues Album\u201d by OffBeat Magazine<\/em>, which also named HISB as 2009\u2019s \u201cBest Emerging Artist\u201d and 2010\u2019s \u201cBest Roots Rock Artist\u201d. Most recently HISB won the award for \u201cBest Roots Rock Artist\u201d of 2011 at the Big Easy Awards, New Orleans\u2019 most prestigious arts and entertainment honors.<\/p>\n

2010\u2019s Good To You<\/em> was named to several \u201cTop Ten CDs of 2010\u2033 lists, and has quickly become a staple on the Crescent City\u2019s legendary radio station WWOZas well as on Sirius\/XM Bluesville. It features the southern strut of songs such as \u201cBe Good\u201d, \u201c300 Pounds\u201d and the album\u2019s first single \u201cChocolate Cake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now the band is gearing up for their first nationally-distributed studio recording, Cane Sugar, on Louisiana Red Hot Records in late July 2013.\u00a0Produced by Grammy-winning producer John Porter, the 12 new songs<\/em> illuminate the mix of country-inflected rock, New Orleans funky blues and infectious songwriting that makes Honey Island Swamp Band\u2018s music so familiar yet unique at the same time. Cane Sugar is by far their most fully-realized recording to date and reflects the finely tuned unit the band has become after incessant touring.<\/p>\n

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PRESS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSomewhere, there exists a dark, smoky bar with a jukebox that spins George Jones, Gram Parsons, Delbert McClinton, and Little Feat. And if that fantasy honky-tonk lights your Marlboro, you need to know about Honey Island Swamp Band.\u201d \u2013 Broward-Palm Beach New Times<\/p>\n

\u201cVintage country meets Gulf Coast boogie-woogie blues.\u201d \u2013 Bthesite, Baltimore Sun<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Honey Island Swamp is a real place. It resides near the border of Louisiana and Mississippi. It’s therefore a fitting name for this band that draws inspiration from the music of those two states. With the Honey Island Swamp Band, soul, country, R&B and blues are all on equal footing. The two man songwriting\/guitarist team of Chris Mul\u00e9 and Aaron Wilkinson produce expressive, hook-laden tunes that honor songcraft while respecting the groove.\u201d \u2013 Jambase.com<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a fine band this is \u2013 an utterly refreshing, unpretentious group of first-rate instrumentalists who also sing engagingly. Their music is as delicious as their name.\u201d \u2013 Susan Pe\u00f1a, The Reading Eagle<\/p>\n

www.honeyislandswampband.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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