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Group Members: Dan Baird, Dan Baird & Homemade Sin, Terry Anderson and the Olympic Ass-Kickin' Team, Eric Ambel, Terry Anderson, Eric Ambel & Roscoes Gang
All Music Guide:
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.
Wikipedia:
The Yayhoos are an American rock group. The band was once described as the "Harlem Globetrotters of Roots Rock", "a genuine, supergroup of southern-rock and alt.country heavyweights" and just "supergroup." The four bandmates share singing, songwriting and playing duties.
Members' background
Dan Baird was frontman of 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.
