Artist description All-original Rockabilly from traditional to modern played in the classic three piece style of Gretsch guitar, upright bass, and drums

Music Style Rockabilly

Musical Influences Rev. Horton Heat, Stray Cats, Bill Monroe, Chuck Barry, Django, Barney Kessel

Similar Artists Rev Horton Heat, Stray Cats, SCOTS

Artist History formed in Denver, 1994

Group Members Lance Bakemeyer-bass and vocals; Chuck Hughes-guitar and vocals. Taz Bentley-drumming on CDs.

Instruments Lance (Romance) Bakemeyer - Standup Bass, Banjo.  Chuck Hughes, Guitars.  Taz Bentley - Drums

Albums Rev it up with Taz and Our Brand

Press Reviews College Music Journal - 6/15/98 - "the trio?s love of (and knack for) all kinds of Rockabilly is no joke". Washington Post - 3/15/97 - "Not an oldies rehash like many of their contemporaries, the Hillbilly Hellcats have evolved Rockabilly into an up-to-date style that skewers tradition with a punkish glee"New York Press - 11/14/96 - "The Band comes into their own with a white trash passion that is almost cinematic".Nashville Tennessean - 3/30/99 - "What Rockabilly in the 90?s should sound like"Las Vegas City Life - 4/28/99 - "What Brian Setzer always wanted the Stray Cats to be but could never achieve".Weekly Alibi - Albq, NM 5/5/99 - "Think Cramps without the psychosexuality, Southern Culture without the bare-footed Appalachian kin". "An impressive array of songs that draw from all Rockabilly variations".Orange County Weekly - 4/29/99 - "Chuck Hughes is , if anything, a meaner guitar picker [than anyone in the Reverend Horton Heat, Southern Culture on the Skids, and the Beat Farmers".]Tucson Weekly - 4/28/99 - "The Band cops elements of swing, bluegrass and punk to a heavy Rockabilly sound. Add to that crafty humorous lyrics and you will get the shtick".Salt Lake City Event - 4/15/99 - "The Hillbilly Hellcats are the hardest working do-it-yourself Rockabilly band around. Our Brand speaks for the band?s belief in doing Rockabilly their way and not doing tired rehashings of Carl Perkins tunes".

Location Denver, Colorado - USA

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