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Introducing Hot As A Pepper’s newest band member…

Galen Fowler – Keyboardist

It is with great excitement that we make this announcement…

After a long search, we have finally located the missing member of our band…  No, he wasn’t lost, we just had not found what we were looking for until now; A keyboardist who can sing, play guitar and chew gum at the same time!

We would like to welcome Galen Fowler, who has been playing professionally since 1980.  He was the front man for The Majestics in the 90’s and more recently he was with Flashback The Party Band from Charlotte NC.  His specialty is the keyboard, however HAAP might be able to put up with him playing guitar from time to time.  Galen works in industrial sales.  He has a beautiful wife Barbara and three children, Raleigh, Andrew, and Jennifer.  Galen is also a huge fan of the South Carolina Gamecocks.  He will be a great addition to Hot As A Pepper.

Galen also opens the door for Hot As A Pepper to be Cool As A Cucumber for more laid back and intimate performances, such as dinner before the big event, and without question, he brings with him a large repertoire of music we could not have performed previously!

Please come out and see him in his debut performance this coming Saturday, November 3rd at Pop A Top in Piedmont where HAAP will be playing a benefit for the Charles Stokes family… We start at 6:00 PM….

John – Hot As A Pepper bassist

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Selection of players continues for the fun & funky Upstate party band, Hot As A Pepper… Drummers and Guitarists are up this week!

The ad on Craigslist keeps bringing new people who are interested in joining up with a fun and funky Upstate band even though it is has been nearly a week since the original posting.

One thing is becoming super clear, there are more drummers than you can shake a stick at! And there are a lot of talented guitarists too, but only a few singers have come forward.

Guitarists who can sing lead are also either involved in other bands, or maybe not seeing the facebook or Craigslist posting.  If you are a guitarist who is a lead vocalist and you are wanting a job, then get with me please.

Talks continue with the next two drummers to check out and three guitarists. These 5 individuals are very interesting as they all have something outstanding about them. Several have played in successful bands, with somewhat similar styles.

IF you have contacted me and for some reason I have never contacted you back – chances are good that I missed your message, please try again. If you contacted me and we spoke but have not spoken again, let me assure you, everyone is getting put into a “database” and I will indeed get back with you at some point. Feel free to reach out to me again if you feel you left something out in our first conversation too.

Find us on facebook at http://facebook.com/HotAsAPepper and click the LIKE button or MESSAGE if you would like to contact us.

John – Still the world’s loneliest bass player in a most fun “band”!

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The search is on for the best guitarists / vocalists in Greenville / Upstate!

Our ad on Craigslist has turned up a number of potential members!

We have had musicians from all around Greenville and the Upstate contacting us and checked out a few of them already but have a ways to go I believe.

I’m compiling a database of these musicians and here’s the summary so far:

  • Vocalists – 2 (Do not play instruments)
  • Guitarists – 7 (only 1 is a “lead” singer)
  • Drummers – 9 (one is a “lead” singer)
  • Keys – 3 (one is a “lead” singer)
  • Other – 11 (We’ve had sax, trumpet, flute, conga and harp players contact us!)
  • Bass – 2 (I could switch to rhythm guitar)

That list is in the order of what we need most….   So, if you are reading this, and you are a vocalist, preferably one who plays an instrument, then you are on my “most wanted” list!

If there is anyone who has emailed and I have *NOT* contacted you in someway, then please try to reach me another way, through facebook for instance (John M. Hoyt or Hot As A Pepper), in case something is being lost in email.

I promise to get back with each of you as quickly as I possibly can!

If you are not willing to commit to AT LEAST one rehearsal a week, and one weekend gig per month over the next six months and hopefully TWO weekend gigs per month with as many as FOUR over the next year, then this is likely not for you.

Thanks everyone for the support!!!!

John M. Hoyt – Searching for the best of the fun and funky players in the Upstate!

 

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Exciting news: First potential members of HAAP meeting to “jam”

Response to our post on Craigslist has turned up a number of great people!

First up, I’ll be meeting up with a drummer and guitarist/singer combo to “jam” and see what it sounds like. These two have played together before and know songs that I have done in the past, so that should prove interesting.

Four drummers in all have contacted me, one is out right away due to living in Seneca and not realizing rehearsals would be in Greenville, one is part of the combo above and two are on extreme ends of the spectrum, the first is a 19 year old who sounds very ambitious, and the other is 50-something well seasoned player.  Funny story – the older gent is from Alabama originally, and when we hooked up on facebook, I saw he was friends with another friend of mine, David Cook and had played with him years ago.  Dave has been up North and just recently moved to GA for some music opportunities. Dave is one heck of a keyboard player, and who knows, we could end up getting this drummer (he goes by “String”) and Dave together here in Greenville to see how that goes. Dave comes complete with even more LED DMX lights and sound gear than I have.

I’ve had only 2 guitarists come forward, one who is very money oriented, which will not work, he wants to “plug and play and get paid” and the other comes with the drummer.

A keyboard player who also plays guitar and bass sent an email but it was late tonight, so it will be tomorrow before I can get in touch with them. Would be great if he could sing too!

Singer options are slim at this point. The duo is one, and the only other available vocalist I know of is Chip McDonald (formerly from the defunct Dockside Band I was in), but I am unsure if he is really in for this style of music. Knowing Chip though, he might cover it until a permanent singer could be located. That’s a conversation yet to be had…

I’m meeting with Bennie Waddell tomorrow, but I hear he’s playing with a couple guys already so he’s probably not available and he’s more Queen & Journey. Come to think of it, so is Chip. Hrmmm

So there we have it.  Slow progress, but progress none the less.

If you are reading this and are aware of any other players in the Upstate / Greenville area who would be a good candidate for this party band project, please point them in this direction!

John M. Hoyt – Bassist and sole member of Hot As A Pepper… The loneliest band in the land!