The Belleville Outfit is a loose conglomeration of music school students, Austin musicians and most of all friends. The 6 piece band mixes easy jams with acoustic instrumentation. They describe their music as a combination of “gypsy swing, big band jazz and cross-genre Americana music.”
Their debut record Wanderin’ comes out February 5. The title track below is modern bluegrass a la Allison Krauss, while “Somebody Like You” adds electric instruments and jams a little harder than your average newgrass group (for example The Duhks, Crooked Still, Nickel Creek). These guys are young men and woman performing a genre and adding energy to a genre that in the recent past has been dominated by a aging group of Opry stars, so for me it’s exciting to have some new blood in this scene. Hope you enjoy and buy the disc already!
I really like this…thanks for the intro
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I am honored to live in the same town as the Belleville Outfit. I see this band everytime I can all around central Texas. This band is well beyond there years. I have been into the Austin Music Scene for over 10 years and band come and go but the Belleville Outfit stand above all the rest. They were just named as Austin Best New Local Band by the Austin Chronicle. This band has only been together since April 2007 but sound like they have been playing together for many years. Pheobe Hunt will be a mega star she just needs to get her voice out there. Conner Forsyth is a master Jazz Pianist he electrifies every crowd with his piano mastery. Jonothan Konya the Jazz Drummer is one of the best Jazz Drummer in Austin. Rob Teter the Lead Singer is one of the most soleful white man I have ever heard. He sings Jazz to Old Country without missing a beat. The lead Guitarist Marshall Hood is a quite performer that lets his guitar do all the talking. The way he switches from his different types of guitars and never missing a note. Last but not least the Band would not be what is it with out the low sounds of Upright Bass Player Jeff Brown. Together this band will rock any auditorium or local bar. See this band now because in a couple of years you will have to pay big bucks to see them at there concerts.
If you have the chance to see these kids live, don’t miss it! This band gets better and better. IMHO, they are one TV appearance away from very big things.
David? Jay? Conan? You listenin’????
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