Biography

Start
Bio Nederlands
The Band
Bio English
Bio Francais
Discografie
Photo's
Nieuws
News
The Agency
Links
The Hillbilly Stringpickers is a Country-Swing and Rockabilly trio, which has was founded in 1998.

The band conveys the authentic feeling and atmosphere of this style of the music and has thrilled audiences at performances such as the 1999 Terschelling Rock & Roll festival.
The overall style of the band is comprised of the following styles: Honky Tonk, Country-Boogie, Hillbilly and Rockabilly. Basically, it is summarized: American Roots Music.
Apart from playing their own songs, the band also does covers from artists such as Elvis, Hank Williams, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and contemporary artists like Wayne Hancock.
These guys play it solid and straight, like they did it in the fifties.

Early in 2000 they entered the "National Greaseball Contest", which is organised by the AVRO, a Dutch broadcasting corporation.
They went straight into the finals, leaving  established bands far behind.

After a two-hour live radio show they finished third and were heaped  with compliments and praise by the expert jury.

Since then, they played at various festivals, clubs and events and have become one of the most popular bands on the American Roots Music circuit.

Amphlified,  semi-acoustic or acoustic, just say  what You prefer and the band will gladly play for YOU.