The Yayhoos

Artist: The Yayhoos

Group Members:

Eric Ambel, Dan Baird, Terry Anderson, Keith Christopher

Similar Artists:

Faces, Brownsville Station, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Humble Pie, The Blue Chieftains, Tommy Womack

Formal Connection With:

Eric Ambel, The Georgia Satellites, Dan Baird

Genres: Rock

Biography

Made up of three singer/songwriters -- Dan Baird (Georgia Satellites), Eric Ambel (the Del Lords, Eric Ambel & Roscoe's Gang), Terry Anderson (Woods), and one secret weapon, Keith Christopher (Billy Joe Shaver) -- the Yayhoos set out to take over the world in 1995. Unfortunately, it didn't quite work out that way. After a brief Southern tour with Drivin' N' Cryin' on which the band played a greatest-hits set, the boys wrote a batch of swaggering rock songs to shop around. In 1996, they toured Europe and the U.S. in support of Baird's Buffalo Nickel, and several compilation tracks followed ("California" on East Side Story, "Highway Junkie" on Rig Rock Deluxe, and "Tumblin' Dice" with Johnny Copeland on Paint It Blue: Songs of the Rolling Stones). The major labels' response was that three singers (they had four, actually) in one band was too many; also, grown men with facial hair who play rock & roll are not exactly MTV fare. The Yayhoos released Fear Not the Obvious in 2001. Five years later they released Put the Hammer Down and continued to tour. ~ Geoff Ginsberg, All Music Guide

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Discography: The Yayhoos

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Fear Not the Obvious

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Put the Hammer Down

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The Yayhoos are an American rock group. The band was once described as the "Harlem Globetrotters of Roots Rock",^[1] ^[2]"a genuine, supergroup of southern-rock and alt.country heavyweights" ^[3] and just "supergroup."^[4] The four bandmates share singing, songwriting and playing duties.

1 Members' background
2 Record releases
3 Trivia
4 Members' Websites
5 References
6 External links

Members' background

Dan Baird was frontman of The The Georgia Satellites. He has also been a producer and guitarist with several other bands, including with Will Hoge and a new band, Homemade Sin (with Keith Christopher and Mauro Magellan. 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 & The Blackhearts and the Del-Lords. He produced several records by The Bottle Rockets and other Americana and Rock and Roll bands in addition to releasing three solo albums. Ambel toured and recorded as the guitarist for 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 Cowboy Technical Services Recording Studio and The Lakeside Lounge in NYC.

Keith Christopher (Bass) played on both of Baird's solo albums and for Billy Joe Shaver, Tony Joe White and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

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 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.

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