BILLY COULTER - Lead vocals, guitar
TOMMY DERR - Lead guitar, backing vocals
CHUCK DOLAN - Bass, backing vocals
DOUG TULL - Drums
Influences
Ian Hunter, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie as well as...
Faces, Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Sex Pistols, New York Dolls, Roxy Music, Lou Reed, Brian Wilson, Little Feat plus...
Rockabilly, Memphis Soul and Motown.
Sounds Like
American roots meets classic British rock -- like Dylan meets the Faces or Black Crowes mixed with Squeeze.
2008 Washington Area Music Award: Roots Rock Vocalist of the Year!
Billy's a pro, he does roots rock about as well as it can be done.—WashingtonPost.com, June 2008
I
have your CD in the Volvo. Nice one! --Ian Hunter, lead singer of Mott the Hoople
"BILLY COULTER - DOSE: Coulter swaggers through his blues-rock compositions with deserved bravado and skillful songwriting.... songs fly into the home stretch, engines threatening to shake loose from the chassis, throwing out bursts of rock organ, guitar solos, and honky-tonk piano." — Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson. OnTap Magazine, June 2008
The gears shifted higher when Billy Coulter and Jon Carroll... began “Half a Boy and Half a Man” as a guitar-accordion duet before a full band with brass exploded behind them to finish it.
--Buzz McClain concert review, Barns of Wolf Trap Tribute to Nick Lowe
"Coulter's
new self-titled album is straight forward and gimmick-free
...definitely a rock force to be reckoned with." --Music Monthly, July 2004
"Good
tunes... memorable melodies... subjects that everyday folks can
relate to. Coulter
is able to deliver on all counts." --Chesapeake Music Guide, March 2005
"Meaty
rock... worth biting into." --Left
Off The Dial, Sept. 2005
Before John Mayer created his legion of shoe-gazing mope-rock acoustic songwriters, the world knew about things like hooks. Good news -- the hooks are back. It's the return of the rock song!
--Alex Z. (noted MySpace music critic)
Hey Billy, had a blast recording the other night-great tunes-can't wait to hear them. I'm going to try to make your IOTA show on the 23rd, Peace, Patty oh yea, I forgot my shameless self-promo...I have a new song-"Just Friends" that was just awarded Silver in the Mid-Atlantic Song Competition-download it for FREE at my page, Peace and thanks for the ad, Patty
Congratulations on your Wammie nomination! The 21st Annual Wammie
Awards take place on Sunday, February 18, 2007 at the State Theatre in
Falls Church. Any current eligible WAMA member may vote on the awards.
Hey Billy, thanks for the add. Hope to catch you soon.
plutosrepublic.com
"Neo-folkie tunes of the sort that once would have typed him as a 'new Dylan.' She's Too Sweet... is as sprightly as it is stark."
- The Washington Post
"Amazing singer-songwriter. Do yourself a favor and attend."
- Punchline
