Artist description Easy listenin' fer the hard-hearted...Hank Topless' rangy baritone vocals and twisted lyrics combine with twangy guitar picking, back-porch fiddle and loping shuffle beats... 21st-century country music from a slanted, sarcastic, soulful perspective. Grounded in old American rural music and high Nashville style, though not "retro," Topless Opry's songs vary from unrepentant country rock to darker ballads and sad songs.. Perfect for those late-night drives, perfected in lots of late-night dives.

Music Style Hard Country

Musical Influences 1940's-60's honkytonk, early country blues, a bit of rockabilly & 60's psychedelia

Similar Artists Johnny Cash meets The Doors at Ernest Tubb's funeral

Artist History Founded early 1999 in Tucson, AZ, by singer/songwriter Hank Topless, with right hand man Chet on bass. Features members of Al Perry & the Cattle and The Zsa Zsas. Topless Opry's debut album "NO PHOENIX BLUES" has received airplay both stateside and in Europe; as of Fall 2003, the band is recording their second album, 13 new hard-country songs, under the working title "EVERYBODY'S GOIN' DOWN.".

Group Members HANK- vocals, guitars, steel guitars, songs; CHET- 5-string bass; DICK- fiddle, lap steel, high lonesome; J. SHADY- drums, guns

Albums NO PHOENIX BLUES (Y'Know Co., 2002)

Press Reviews "My favorite band these days is Tucson's own Topless Opry.""...twisted roadhouse tunes...""...this ain't yer granpappy's honky-tonk..." "The playing throughout is stellar..." "Lucky for all of us, (Topless) is a better lyricist than (Jim) Morrison..."

Location Tucson, Arizona - USA

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