Austin based band, Horse Opera, like to describe their music as "real country music" or quite simply, honky tonk. Raw, emotion driven songs covering the gamut from Saturday night in the honky-tonk, to Sunday morn’ at the altar. Songs for the workin’ man, the drifter, the drinker, the sinner, the saved, the lonely, the lover, the fool and the wise man.
Calling on the influence of ‘50’s and ‘60’s country music, and a touch of the ‘70’s Outlaw edge, Horse Opera has crafted a sound all their own, planted firmly in the traditions of classic country music. Jimmy Deveney formed Horse Opera in 2005.
Deveney spent many years in New Mexico playing in cow-punk, rockabilly and country bands such as Gaceystick’, ‘The T-Lords’, ‘The Jonny Cats’, ‘The Giddy-Ups’, & ‘The Helltones’; opening for such acts as Alejandro Escovedo, Dave Alvin, Rosie Flores, Ronnie Dawson, The Derailers, Rocket from the Crypt, Billy Joe Shaver, Sleepy LaBeef, Big Sandy and his Fly Rite Boys, Los Straightjackets, and many others. In 2009 Deveney found the right equation for the band when Ben Sparks was added on bass and Scotti Iman on drums. These veteran musicians steeped themselves in country tradition by spending years playing beer joints and dance halls across Texas and now all tour extensively as Horse Opera.
The Band's first studio album Sounds of the Desert was released in 2010 and prompted the Jupiter Index to rave, “...Horse Opera delivers a set of country songs that seek to satisfy the most avid of country fans with their new release.” So if you consider yourself a student of real country music, dust off those cowboy boots and head on out to see Horse Opera. Crack open a cold one and let these boys put a little twang to your two-step, you'll swear you can smell sawdust in the air.
TOUR DATES:
If you're heading down to SXSW, Horse Opera's hosting “Hoedown @ The Highball” on Saturday March 19th! http://kgmusicpress.com/horseopera.cfm
03/24- Blanco's Houston, TX 8:00
03/25- Railroad Blues Alpine, TX 8:00
03/26- Cowgirl BBQ Santa Fe, NM 9:00
03/27- Low Spirits Albuquerque, NM 8:00
03/30- Coal Street Pub Gallup, NM 8:00
03/31- Flagstaff Brewing Flagstaff, AZ 8:00
4/1-(Friday) The Pike
10pm/ Free/ http://www.pikelongbeach.com/1826 E. 4th St. Long Beach, CA 562-437-4453
4/2-(Saturday) The Ranch Party @ EB's Wine Bar 9pm/ Free/ www.myspace.com/ranchpartycountrynights
The Farmer's Market @ Fairfax and Third
4/3-(Sunday) KPIG Radio's "Please Stand By"10:00 am-12:00 pm KPIG FM 107.5 Watsonville, CA 95076 LISTEN LIVE!! http://www.kpig.com/listen/
4/3-(Sunday): Pints & Pickin' @ The Plough/Starry Plough
3-6 PM/ all Ages/ $53101 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, CA 94705-1822 (510) 841-2082 www.starryploughpub.com/
04/06- World Famous Kenton Club Portland, OR 8:00
04/07- Little Red Hen Seattle, WA 9:00
04/08- Ponderosa Lounge Portland, OR 8:00
04/09- Whiskey Jacques Ketchum, ID 9:00
04/13- The Little Bear Evergreen, CO 8:00
04/14- Three Kings Tavern Denver, CO 9:00
04/15- The Adobe Bar Toas, NM 6:00
04/16- El Patio Bar Mesilla, NM 9:00
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