Folk Bands and Artists
Gal Holiday and The Honky Tonk Review
New Orleans, LA
Gal Holiday and the Honkytonk Revue are a startlingly brilliant, authentically-minded rockabilly cruiser of a band, spewing real-life stories of broken down rigs and hard luck on the road.
Since their inception the band has been led by the captivating Vanessa Niemann, armed with powerhouse vocals and serious songwriting. Since leaving behind her childhood days of running barefoot with a tambourine in the Appalachians, Vanessa keeps true to her mountain roots in the swamps of New Orleans with her no-nonsense sound – albeit with a few more tattoos and better footwear.
The band keeps their country cadence with bass player and music director David Brouillette, once a small-town Louisiana boy whose first start in music began with lobbying a local pizza parlor to let him play and promote shows on Saturday nights. Though his days in rural Louisiana are long gone, like Vanessa, Dave also stays true to his roots with his characteristic honky tonk-style rhythm that keeps the crowds dancing.
Vanessa and Dave have made Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue a vehicle to keep country dancehall culture alive while paying homage to classic honky tonk greats such as Hank Williams, Connie Smith and Webb Pierce. Their journey of almost a decade continues to evolve through their original compositions which dominate their most recent release, Last to Leave.
