" ELECTRIC EARL " by R E Davis
Robert Earl Davis - 5 String Banjo
James Touzel - Electric Bass

HILLBILLYTRANCE ...Recorded Live At Belcher Studios in San Francisco
6-2013
Produced By:
Robert Earl Davis/The Earl Brothers/ Big Hen Music
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I'm waiting for a taxi. One Microphone, some picks, and a bag full of old bar room songs. Once again I ply my trade. Put on the Black Suite that I am accustomed to wear. I look around at the musicians standing beside me as they wait for the first somber notes to ring out...
I am the Band Leader of The Earl Brothers, the Darkest Hillbilly Band on the planet, I'm here to make some Noise!
R E Davis
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EARL BROTHERS  " ELECTRIC EARL "  By R E Davis

Cd Moonshine 2008
Special Thanks to Bill Foss for  Ole-time Fiddle
"LIFE IS FULL OF TROUBLE" by R E Davis

Great night of Outlaw Hillbilly Music.
ROBERT EARL DAVIS BANJO / LEAD VOCAL
DANNY MORRIS  GUITAR
LARRY HUGHES- MANDOLIN
JAMES TOUZEL- BASS

THE EARL BROTHERS "LIFE IS FULL OF TROUBLE" by R E Davis

Earl Brothers,  Live Freight & Salvage Berkeley , Ca 8-30-2015
"BOOTLEG MAN" by R E Davis

Robert Earl Davis / Banjo
James Touzel / Electric Hillbilly Bass
Steve Swan / Electric Hillbilly Bass
Thomas Wille / Guitar
Kyle Patrick O'Brien / Mandolin / Fiddle
Tom Lucas / fiddle
Jody Richardson / fiddle

David Allen / Video Wrangler

BOOTLEG MAN By R E Davis

WinterGrass 2016 "HILLBILLYTRANCE" With the Earl Brothers
"HARD TIMES DOWN THE ROAD " by R E Davis
Featuring the Fabulous James Touzel on Electric Hillbilly Bass

Robert Earl Davis / Banjo
James Touzel / Electric Hillbilly Bass
Steve Swan / Electric Hillbilly Bass
Thomas Wille / Guitar
Kyle Patrick O'Brien / Mandolin / Fiddle
Tom Lucas / fiddle
Jody Richardson / fiddle

HARD TIMES DOWN THE ROAD By R E Davis -F&S 8 - 30 - 2015

Robert Earl Davis & Jody Richardson are featured on this cut from the CD "Outlaw Hillbilly" by the Earl Brothers Recorded in San Francisco...

EARL BROTHERS "BAD MAN" R.E.Davis / Big Hen Music / BMI
2012 Robert Earl Davis / Big Hen Music
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Bad Man by R E Davis

 "Outlaw Hillbilly"  Recorded in San Francisco at "Studio Bob's " Engineered and Mixed by Bob Lindner, Produced by R.E Davis & B. Lindner August / 2012




"CHEATER" by T Lucas & R E Davis

HARD TIMES DOWN THE ROAD
R.E.Davis / Big Hen Music / BMI
2013 Robert Earl Davis / Big Hen Music
All Rights Reserved/Unauthorized Duplication Is a Violation of Applicable Laws

The Earl Brothers, based in San Francisco and led by banjo master Robert Earl Davis, have been delving into the dark side of bluegrass for more than a decade now, and their fifth and latest album, Outlaw Hillbilly, takes them further down that rough road with songs like "Troubles," "Cold and Lonesome," and "When the Lovin's All Over," and grisly lines like "I stabbed her dear brother and cut off his head, and buried him deep so I knew he was dead." They're not a good time bluegrass band -- they're more interested in exploring the really bad times -- but their music, like the blues, has that paradoxical effect of taking you so deep into the mire that you come out feeling a little better than you did before. "Their music is bare-bones bluegrass, without even the hint of anything more modern than 1965! These guys are very talented musicians, vocalists, and songwriters, but their sound is raw," says the website Country Standard Time, which praises their "terrific new album" as "jarring in its intensity" and "simply the next step in the steady progression of a band that continues to gain ground within the bluegrass community."

The band features James Touzel on bass and vocals, Tom Lucas on fiddle and vocals, Thomas Wille on guitar and vocals, and Robert on banjo and vocals. Special guests Jody Richardson on fiddle and Kyle Patrick O'Brien on mandolin will join the band for tonight's show. Truth be told, there's only one Earl in the bunch, and none of them are related, but they play together like brothers. Their raw and ravaged sound brings to mind Ralph Stanley at his bleakest -- and that's a good thing! "The Earl Brothers have got the soul and the songs and the attitude that brought us all into bluegrass music in the first place," says Chris Hillman of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers. "Their songs cry of the mountains, of the people, and of the traditions down through the ages. Bluegrass music is alive and well."

HARD TIMES DOWN THE ROAD  By R E Davis

I'm waiting for a taxi. One Microphone, some picks, and a bag full of old bar room songs. Once again I ply my trade. Put on the Black Suite that I am accustomed to wear. I look around at the musicians standing beside me as they wait for the first somber notes to ring out...
I am the Band Leader of The Earl Brothers, the Darkest Hillbilly Band on the planet, I'm here to make some Noise!
R E Davis

Their raw and ravaged sound brings to mind Ralph Stanley at his bleakest -- and that's a good thing! "The Earl Brothers have got the soul and the songs and the attitude that brought us all into bluegrass music in the first place," says Chris Hillman of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers. "Their songs cry of the mountains, of the people, and of the traditions down through the ages. Bluegrass music is alive and well."

The Earl Brothers

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