Artist description Three female vocals, great harmonies, tasty lead guitar/mandolin, original songs.

Music Style Folk

Musical Influences All of the above.

Artist History (The following is fiction. Any resemblance to actual events is someone else's fault.) After what proved to be an extraordinarily bad run at the blackjack table at Caesar's Palace, during which she lost her entire savings, her car, a pair of faux-alligator shoes, and an autographed David Cassidy LP, Jen Hamel found herself wandering despondent down the Las Vegas Strip. She ran into Vickie Burick and Emily Poe, sitting on a curb drinking grape Kool-Aid from paper cups and bemoaning their own catastrophic gambling losses. Facing the possibility of an eternity of bonded servitude as coat-check girls at the Luxor, the three took a stab at singing Christmas carols in astonishing three-part harmony under the flickering neon lights of the Vegas casino. Despite the fact that it was mid-July, passing tourists were enrapt by the festive melodies and showered them with coins, poker chips, and hotel room keys. Emboldened by this first success, the newly formed trio sought to broaden their repertoire beyond 'Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow.' They quickly discovered, however, that their collective knowledge was limited to only Christmas songs. An emergency meeting was convened at the Las Vegas Denny's (the only place in Nevada where true songwriting is still respected) where, after four hours, 17 pots of coffee, and a slice of pecan pie, a tin box of paper napkins had been turned into the newest chapter in the Great American Songbook. Destiny beckoned. Back home in Asheville, North Carolina (where the good music comes from), the girls agreed that all really great bands start with one thing: a great name. They agreed that all really great house pets start with a great name as well. Combining these two unassailable truths, they named themselves after Emily's family cat: Mosby (Note: no animals were harmed in the writing of this biography). Having no knowledge of Civil War history, they were somewhat confused when a local photographer began ranting incoherently at them that Mosby had in fact been a hero of the Virginia cavalry. Upon learning that they had accidentally named their band after a cat and a man who routinely rode into battle with reins in his teeth and pistols blazing, the trio agreed that a cooler band name would be hard to come by. All that remained was to find a suitable lead melody player - someone with powerhouse playing, a sharp sense of style, and an unflappable calm even in the presence of conspicuously giddy women. When Vickie found John Logue sitting patiently outside a downtown bar, looking very much as if he were capable of laying down tasty leads on command, she asked, "Hey, you wanna play lead in an acoustic chick band?" As fate would have it, John had just finished a tour of difficult-to-spell East Asian countries with an 80's hair band revival, and was looking for a change. (He needs some new threads, but if three women can't take care of that, who can?) ...and with that, Mosby was born. Original songs, tight harmonies, great lead playing, three blonde chicks and one patient guy. Bands are about stories, and stories never suffer from embellishment..

Group Members Vickie Burick, Jen Hamel, John Logue, Emily Poe

Instruments Vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin

Albums N/A

Press Reviews "They sound good." - Tyler Richardson, Grey Eagle Music Hall "My expectations for Mosby were high. I wasn't disappointed. Clear vocals and close harmonies combine to make this new collaboration a delight." - Cecil Bothwell, Managing Editor, Mountain Xpress "Three voices that unite in beautiful harmony when they perform together: that's Mosby. These Asheville chanteuses stopped me dead in my tracks when I first heard them. Terrific arrangements... " - Martin Anderson, WNCW 88.7 FM "It's Abba in overalls." - J. Fuller, Editor, Nature's Best Magazine

Location Asheville, NC - USA

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