Happy Talk Band

Happy Talk Band is a seminal alt country/rock band from New Orleans^[1] featuring the songwriting of Luke Allen.^[2] The band pulls influences from traditional country and early rock. The band's music contains themes including the joys and pitfalls of booze, fist fighting, bank robbery, murder, religion, dope, exotic dancing, and family values.^[3]^[4] Happy Talk Band's discography is available on the New Orleans–based label Piety Street [Files and Archaic Media], which is the in house label of Piety Street Recording.^[5]

Band members

Original

Luke Allen – vocals, guitar, songwriter
Bailey Smith – lead guitar
Mike Lenore – upright bass
Andy Harris – drums

Current

The current lineup of the band contains former members of the disbanded New Orleans rock group Morning 40 Federation. Accomplished solo artist Alex McMurray has also joined the most recent lineup.^[6]

Luke Allen – lead vocal, guitar, songwriter
Bailey Smith – guitar, vocals
Alex McMurray – guitar, banjo, vocals
Steve Calandra – bass guitar, vocals
Mike Andrepont – drums
Casey McAllister – pianos, organ, theremin, guitar, banjo, vocals^[7]

Discography

Total Death Benefit (2004)^[8]^[9]
There there (2007)^[10]
Starve a Fever (2010)^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

References

^ Nola.com
^ liveneworleans.com Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved July 5, 2010
^ offbeat.com, retrieved July 5, 2010
^ www.happytalkband.com http://www.happytalkband.com/showsFrame.htm. Retrieved July 5, 2010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)^{[title missing]}
^ cdbaby.com, retrieved July 5, 2010
^ bestofneworleans.com Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, Alex McMurray wins Big Easy Album of the Year 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2010
^ Liner notes from Starve a Fever. Happy Talk Band. 2010. Piety Street [Files and Archaic Media]
^ bestofneworleans.com^{[permanent dead link‍]}, retrieved July 5, 2010
^ Brown, Charlie. "Happy Talk Band Total Death Benefit Record Review." Six Ten Split May–June 2005: 14. Print.
^ bestofneworleans.com^{[permanent dead link‍]}, retrieved July 5, 2010
^ offbeat.com, retrieved July 5, 2010
^ bestofneworleans.com^{[permanent dead link‍]}, retrieved July 5, 2010
^ nola.com, retrieved July 5, 2010
^ Welch, Michael P. "Happy Talk Band Starve a Fever Record Review." Antigravity [New Orleans, LA] July 2010: 21. Print.

External links

happytalkband.com

[nola.com-1] Nola.com

[2] veneworleans.com Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved July 5, 2010

[3] t.com, retrieved July 5, 2010

[4] www.happytalkband.com http://www.happytalkband.com/showsFrame.htm. Retrieved July 5, 2010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)^{[title missing]}

[5] y.com, retrieved July 5, 2010

[6] stofneworleans.com Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, Alex McMurray wins Big Easy Album of the Year 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2010

[7] Liner notes from Starve a Fever. Happy Talk Band. 2010. Piety Street [Files and Archaic Media]

[8] stofneworleans.com^{[permanent dead link‍]}, retrieved July 5, 2010

[9] Brown, Charlie. "Happy Talk Band Total Death Benefit Record Review." Six Ten Split May–June 2005: 14. Print.

[10] stofneworleans.com^{[permanent dead link‍]}, retrieved July 5, 2010

[11] t.com, retrieved July 5, 2010

[12] stofneworleans.com^{[permanent dead link‍]}, retrieved July 5, 2010

[13] .com, retrieved July 5, 2010

[14] Welch, Michael P. "Happy Talk Band Starve a Fever Record Review." Antigravity [New Orleans, LA] July 2010: 21. Print.

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