The Drifters – Country And Western Band

Country And Western Band available UK Wide

The Drifters are not your average Country And Western Band. This five piece band plays both Country & Western and pays homage to Traditional Honky Tonk, Western Swing, Bakersfield and Bluegrass – with all the original energy and edge of electric bar bands from country’s classic era. The band performs Classic Country and Western (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s) including Honky Tonk, Western Swing, the Bakersfield Sound, Bluegrass, Outlaw and Alt-Country.

The lead vocals hails USA which helps gives an authentic voice to the stories behind the songs – handpicked from the likes of Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Bob Wills, Gram Parsons, Buck Owens, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle and many others.

With three part harmonies, pedal steel, acoustic guitar, telecaster and bass (and the occasional washboard, piano, dobro and harmonica thrown in) The Drifters lay claim to being the most authentic honky tonk barroom band in the UK.

With well over 300 gigs since they started including UK festivals such as Stow Fest, Harlequin Festival and headlining Wanstead Festival, they are also regulars at Soho’s Country Soul Sessions and several other London Venues.

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Repertoire List – Original arrangements of

• Merle Haggard
• Willie Nelson
• Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
• Johnny Cash
• Hank Williams, Gram Parsons
• Bob Dylan
• Waylon Jennings
• The Band
• Buck Owens and His Buckaroos
• Neil Young
• Johnny Bush
• George Jones
• Kenny Rogers
• Luke McDaniel
• Lefty Frizzell
• Dave Dudley
• Warren Zevon
• Grateful Dead
• Steve Earle
• Flatt and Scruggs
• Gene Autrey
• Porter Wagoner
• The Skillet Lickers
• Vic Chesnutt
• Gary P Nunn
• Woody Guthrie
• Flying Burrito Brothers and others.

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