Artist description Rock and roll - rockabilly - western swing - female harmony duets - instrumentals - Americana

Music Style Rockabilly

Musical Influences Rockabilly

Artist History The Ranch Girls and their band have been performing since 1991, playing rock-a-billy / hillbilly based songs with female harmony vocals, songs from their heroes as well as originals, most of them written by Mary Ann.Their first show was the 15 of June 1991 in Amsterdam. A few years later the name of the band "The Ranch Girls and the Drifting Texans" was changed into "The Ranch Girls and the Ragtime Wranglers".So much has happened since then:- the band got Dutch, German, Finnish, Belgium and Japanese record releases, three 45's, four EP's and three CD's. - they performed at all major Rockabilly festivals in Europe (4 times at the major Hemsby festival in the UK), went to the USA three times and played at major Country & Western festivals in almost every European country,- the Ragtime Wranglers accompanied artists like: Sid and Billy King, Hardrock Gunter, Curtis Gordon, the Collins Kids, Larry Donn and more

Group Members Since June 1999 the line-up has been as follows: Ranch Girls Mary Ann (below, right) and Mary Lou (below, left) backed up by "The Ragtime Wranglers": Joe (guitar/steel-guitar); Sietse (drums); Patrick (bass) and Jerome (mandolin). The band still hangs its hats in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Instruments Vocal duet - guitar - upright bass - drums - mandoline

Albums Rhythm on the Ranch - Hillbilly Harmony

Press Reviews "Favorite European act at Hemsby"Visitors of the 11th Hemsby festival (U.K.) in Now Dig This (mag.)."They have the potential to be one of the biggest bands on the U.S.scene"David Loehr from the James Dean Gallery."CD des Monats"Rockin' Fifties (German Magazine) about Rhythm On The Ranch."Most exciting band of the weekend"Original Cool (mag.) January 1997 about the show at the RAB-rebel weekender in Indianapolis."The Ranch Girls & Ragtime Wranglers sind so ziemlich das beste was es an europäischen Hillbilly/Rockabilly Formationen gibt"Rockin' Fifties (German Magazine) about their show in Munich july 1995."This band have helped to make this music both creditable and cool"Mark Fenech in Southern & Rockin' magazine."The best backing of an American act I ever saw"Willie Jeffery about the Ragtime Wranglers backing up the Collins Kids Hemsby 1998.

Additional Info Also issued vinyl 45's and EP's

Location Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland - Netherlands

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