Author: John Hoyt
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Our second official rehearsal resulted in zero deaths or injuries
Last night, we had our second official rehearsal and while there were some rough moments, I am happy to report that deaths and injuries were somehow avoided, and a lot of fun was had by all. The previous song list posted is what we worked around, not adding anything new, but instead focusing on what…
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Need to book a band for your Upstate, Greenville, Spartanburg or Greenwood event? Now’s a great time!
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Hot As A Pepper has been busy building up our repertoire and it is coming together nicely! Lots of fun, funky groovin’ and dancing tunes from several genres, including rock, country, pop, funk, disco (yeah, I said disco), and more. Here’s the current list: “Rock This Town” – Stray Cats “Play That Funky Music” –…
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Hot As A Pepper has finalized the line-up, and an awesome one it is! #FantasyBand
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in Band, Event, Festival, Fun, Greenville, Hot As A Pepper, John M. Hoyt, Music, Party, Upstate, VenueAfter spending a few weeks posting ads on Craigslist, looking at music stores, checking out online profiles, speaking with over 70 musicians, and meeting with a dozen, last Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012, it became apparent who needed to be in HAAP! That Tuesday brought together Curtis Butler, a drummer from Greenwood, Tim Howe, a guitarist…
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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…
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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…
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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.…