Artist description "like meeting a cross between Hank Williams Sr. and Elvis Presley. I'm really not a country music fan, but this stuff is fun." - Rhythm City magazine "clean, uncluttered country, drawing on the likes of Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens. Serpas' lyrics are riddled with the kind of wordplays that mark the most memorable country compositions." - Keith Spera, New Orleans Times-Picayune Rising from the honky tonk haze of New Orleans comes Ghost Town, tipping their hats to Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and Buck Owens, while creating their own distinctive brand of boot-stomping, hip swaying country. Powerful songs about lonesome nights and broken dreams - an electric hoedown of tear-soaked ballads and saloon-shaking rockers.

Music Style Country - Americana - Alternative Country - Alt. country

Musical Influences Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Elvis Presley.

Similar Artists Dwight Yoakam, Marty Stuart, the Derailers

Artist History They call it thrillbilly music. "We take everything we ever listened to - country, rock, rockabilly, bluegrass, everything. Cram it all in a blender and mix it up. Fast." That's how singer Christian Serpas describes Ghost Town. Ghost Town blasted into country music's consciousness about 2 years ago in New Orleans. They won the New Orleans JIMMY DEAN TRUE VALUE COUNTRY SHOWDOWN only four months after their first show, and quickly built a reputation throughout the region as a must-see live act, turning in sparkling opening sets before heavyweights including Randy Travis, Brad Paisley, Terri Clark, Ricochet, Tammy Cochran, SheDaisy and Kenny Chesney, and increasing their fanbase with each performance. In the summer of 2000, they released their debut CD "Electric Hoedown". Driven by radio-ready sing-a-longs like "There Ain't No Good in Goodbye" and "That's It, I Quit, I'm Gone", the disc grabbed them a surprising amount of airplay, plenty of rave reviews, and favorable comparisons to Dwight Yoakam, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley. The CD was voted "ALBUM OF THE YEAR" by readers of Tambalaya magazine, who also voted Christian Serpas "MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR". While Ghost Town's exciting live show gets the crowd's attention, it's the quality of Serpas' songs that keeps them listening, and coming back. "Anyone can relate to our songs," says Serpas, "because we're singing about the two things that everyone knows about - heartache and happiness - with a good beat."

Group Members Christian Serpas - vocals, acoustic guitar, Jeff Oteri - drums, vocals, George Neyrey - lead guitar, vocals, Joe Lincoln - bass guitar.

Albums Electric Hoedown (2000), Giddy Up (2002)

Press Reviews Tons of them. See PRESS page at www.ghosttown.org

Location New Orleans, LA - USA

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