Holidaysburg is the guy sitting next to you at the bar who either won't shut up or wants you to shut up, but is there for you nonetheless; the broken-hearted echo of days when sleeves were readily adorned with hearts and hands with near-empty bottles, while the wearer of both sat quietly for just one song to grace the jukebox that would give him good reason to rid himself of one or the other.
Rob Weddle (voice/guitar), Larry Fulford (drums), Jed Johnson (bass), and Ben Thacker (guitar) have stumbled around the block in a number of bands since their teens. With Holidaysburg, the four combine classic country jangle with soaring, open-road rock 'n' roll. They will play to a crowd of five as though they're playing to a crowd of five thousand; with the same soulful, heartfelt intensity that attracted them to music in the first place.
"These guys are the very picture of their music: no glamour, no bullshit, just straight-shooting."
- Bao Le-Huu (Orlando Weekly)
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