Our new single 'Hell or High Water' is available to download via http://www.facebook.com/davidhopeandthehenchmen and clicking the 'Shop Now' link 

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 via http://app.owjo.com/catalog/item/15581 

Really like the chorus and how you wait to introduce it, well played also...

David Hope:Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Eoin Jordan:Bouzouki, Mandolin, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
David Murphy:Dobro, Pedal Steel, Acoustic Guitar and Vocals
With
Declan Sinnott:Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Keys, Vocals
Martin Leahy:Drums, Percussion
Michael Creedon:Bass Guitar
Vickie Keating:Backing Vocals
Produced by Declan Sinnott
All songs written, words and music by David Hope (c) 2011


Hell or High Water

Recorded in Dublin by Dav Nagle of Blackhorse recordings i got the idea from this tune from....you guessed it....TRAVELLING!! Pat yourself on the back.

03 It takes a long time to get home

Sommerloch: Interview mit David Hope

Assembled and fronted by Co. Clare singer-songwriter David Hope in the summer of 2009, Hope joined forces with Cork based musicians, Eoin Jordan (The Céilí All Stars) and David Murphy (The Lost Brothers / John Blek & The Rats / Monorail) to form what was the original line up of the band, David Hope & The Henchmen.
David Hope and band quickly made a name for themselves on the Irish Folk / Americana scene and have played many festivals including the Shannonside Winter Music Festival, Kilkenny Rhythm & Roots Festival, The Westport Folk & Bluegrass Festival, The Cork Folk Festival, Terminal Convention Music & Arts Festival and The Clonakilty International Guitar Festival plus over 150 gigs at a host of Ireland’s top venues.

The Henchmen’s dynamic sound is steeped in vintage country blues, foot-stompin’ American mountain folk, a pinch of alt.country twang - all soaked in a distinctly Irish whiskey flavour. The band are influenced by many styles of music; the classic rural American recordings of Lightnin’ Hopkins and Hank Williams, the traditional Irish folk of Planxty, great songwriters like Tom Waits and Steve Earle, right up towards the contemporary Americana sounds of Calexico and Gillian Welch.
In 2011, the band launched their EP 'Hell or High Water' produced by the highly acclaimed musician and producer, Declan Sinnott (Christy Moore / Moving Hearts). The first single 'Hell or High Water' was released in April 2011 to great reviews and radioplay and was followed up with the band’s first music video, produced by IMTV award winning film maker, Shaun O’Connor.

Press:

“David Hope & The Henchmen are one of the very best Roots-related outfits operating at present. They seamlessly blend Folk and Roots inflections with grittily intelligent lyrics and enviably catchy choruses which simply cry out for airplay. They’ve finally got all that down on record and they’ve pulled it off in style. Game on.”
- Whisperin’ and Hollerin’ (U.K.)

“…’Hell or High Water’ is a melting pot of traditional American country, traditional Irish and rootsy Americana. The Declan Sinnott production on the track allows Hope’s vocals to breathe while surrounded by a fantastic arrangement. Subtle electric guitar licks and bass never overpower while a brushed snare rhythm drives the track on.”
-nessymon.com (Irl)

“Quality first single from the recently formed group, David Hope & The Henchmen … it’s a great introduction to the band who have a bunch of amazing songs in them!”
- 2 U I Bestow (Irl)



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