Artist description Willy King is an emerging new artist from Halifax, Nova Scotia He has recently developed this solo work after touring and playing lead guitars in the SenseAmelia project. The Queens were brought together in the spring of 2003 to contribute to the first recorded material by Willy King. Their talents were well used to create the final mix of sounds, developed from blue-grass, country, rock and jazz influences. The final product is a band that creates simple, yet sophisticated arangemets of honest and well-lived songs.

Music Style acoustic country, the brand new old school

Musical Influences Grateful Dead, Neil Young, Pete Yorn, Ryan Adams, Lucinda Williams

Similar Artists Merle Haggard, Hank Williams Sr, Wilco, the Sadies,

Group Members The Queens are: Jude Pelley - lead guitars, mandolin, backing vox Liam Tucker - bass Mairi Rankin - fiddle Aaron Farr - drums

Location Halifax, Nova Scotia - Canada

Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).