Like southern rock and other regionally based musical genres, hill country music is not limited to a specific zip code. This new band specializes in music that draws from many of the musical hills of the United States.
Their heavily blues tinged sound is reminiscent of the Mississippi Hill Country, but pulls from other topographically variant American landscapes as well.
The hills outside of Austin, Texas are traversed in such numbers as The Maverick’s “All You Ever Do is Bring Me Down” and the Texas Tornado’s “Hey Baby Que Paso.” Singer and guitarist Jamie Bernstein (pictured above), who fronted his own eponymous project as J. the Savage with two acclaimed recordings, has written some originals for the project imbued with the hillbilly humor that he brings from the hills of West Virginia.
The band, which also includes Jason Brettel of Los Po-Boy-Citos on drums, Miguel Barrosse on bass and background vocals, and Larry Hall on electric and slide guitar and vocals, adds Piedmont and western blues into the mix as well to make this a truly hilly production.
Special guests tonight include Bruce Tyner on pedal steel and electric guitar and Tom Marron on fiddle and harmonica.
