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The Yayhoos are an American rock music|rock group. The band was once described as the "Harlem Globetrotters of Roots Rock", http://septembergurl.com/clients_theyayhoos.asp September Gurl - Clients - The Yayhoos http://www.yayhoos.com/Band.htm Band"a genuine, supergroup of southern-rock and alt.country heavyweights" http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artists/theyayhoos/ Bloodshot Records: The Yayhoos and just "supergroup." http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2006/08/tonights_top_stop_the_yayhoos_1.php Express: A Publication of The Washington Post The four bandmates share singing, songwriting and playing duties.
Members' background
Dan Baird was frontman of The Georgia Satellites . He has also been a producer and guitarist with several other bands, including with Will Hoge and a new band, http://www.danbairdandhomemadesin.com Homemade Sin (with Keith Christopher and Mauro Magellan. http://www.thedusters.net Ken McMahan was the original guitarist but Warner Hodges of Jason & the Scorchers joined the band before they made their first record).
Eric Ambel was a founding member in Joan Jett|Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and the Del-Lords . He produced several records by The Bottle Rockets and other Americana (music)|Americana and Rock and Roll bands in addition to releasing three solo albums. Ambel toured and recorded as the guitarist for Steve Earle|Steve Earle & the Dukes from 2000 to 2005, appearing on 2 studio albums and 2 live dvd's including Earle's 2005 Contemporary Folk Grammy Award winning album "The Revolution Starts Now". He also owns http://www.cowboytechnical.com Cowboy Technical Services Recording Studio and http://www.lakesidelounge.com The Lakeside Lounge in NYC.
Terry Anderson (musician)|Terry Anderson (Drums) played in The Woodpeckers and wrote a lot of songs for both The Georgia Satellites and Dan Baird , as well as releasing a number of solo albums. Terry is frontman of The Olympic Ass Kickin' Team.
Record releases
2001 Fear Not The Obvious released by Bloodshot Records .
2006 Put The Hammer Down released by Lakeside Lounge Records.
Trivia
In the 2006 horror movie Slither (2006 film)|SLiTHER The Yayhoos song "Baby I Love You" written by Eric Ambel could be heard during the credits.
On his radio show, Bob Dylan played The Yayhoos song "Bottle and a Bible" from their Bloodshot Records release "Fear Not The Obvious" written by Dan Baird and Terry Anderson in October 2006.
The Yayhoos did a short European tour in February 2007.
Almost two years after recording and releasing "Fear Not the Obvious", The Yayhoos showed their still underground status by playing a concert booked just for them in the living room of a Herndon, Virginia resident and long-time fan.
Members' Websites
http://www.danbaird.net Dan Baird
http://www.ericambel.com Eric 'Roscoe' Ambel
http://www.olympicasskickinteam.com Terry Anderson
References
External links
http://www.yayhoos.com The Yayhoos official website
http://www.danbaird.net/yayhoos More info on The Yayhoos
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll Yayhoos at AMG
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