A BAND CALLED HORSE!

ABC Horse! is a four piece Canberra Band that has been grappling with country/bluegrass music and coming up with their own twisted version since 1994. Consisting of banjo, guitar, bass and drums, they play yeeha hoedown Urban and Western and the odd country ballad, usually with a Horse kick of humour that has audiences whinnying.

"...The style blends the frantic energy of the early punk bands with acoustic country and bluegrass, using lyrics that start out in one kind or other of country music and end up somewhere else entirely..."

Graham McDonald, Canberra Times, October 1997

ABC Horse! has played a wide range of venues, from the 1997 Greens Party National Conference to country music talent quests in obscure country towns and their annual appearance at the Canberra Festival, often to riotous acclaim.

"...I was astonished by the clever lyricism. The tales told are classic of country western excess, adventure and misery but they've been twisted. It's like Johnny Cash meets Tom Lehrer..or perhaps it's just cool country in the tradition of Lyle Lovett...And imagine my astonishment at discovering the brilliance lying in this album is sitting on our doorstep."

Andrew Collins, BMA Magazine, November 1997

ABC Horse! released a six track debut CD of original songs in October 1997 entitled "The Shame of Arizona"

The band is available for hoedowns, weddings, wakes, and riots.

Ring (02) 6249 2229 bh or (02) 6249 8162 ah.

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