The Big River Bandits

Formed in July 2006 The Big River Bandits, formerly known as The Big River Band are a 5-piece Americana/country band from The UK. Their unique sound is a blend of new and old style southern and country rock, swing, rockabilly and traditional country music. Lead vocalists Renee Sears and Gerry Power, also playing lead guitar wrote the 12 original songs on their debut album, ‘The Single Life’, which has been receiving radio airplay around the world with great reviews from DJ’s and major publications such as ‘Country Music People’. As entertainers they offer a refreshing new approach to country music with an exciting and exuberant live performance including their original songs and great covers from artistes such as Bonnie Raitt, Martina McBride, Gretchen Wilson, Alan Jackson, Patsy Cline and Gary Allen. They have been featured artist of the week on many local radio and internet shows and Renee has given several radio interviews. Three of their songs have been included on promotional compilations released by Hanging Tree Records in The USA. ‘High Wire’ reached number 11 in The UK’s official unsigned charts this year and ‘I’m Doin’ Fine’ was voted ‘Track Of The Day’ on garageband.com. Their second album is to be released in 2009. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.