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| Felix and the Hurricanes! |
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Our Schedule reverbnation.com/felixandthehurricanes * Felix Kos, lead and rhythm guitars, Vocals * * Jeff Clapper, Bass guitar and vocals * * Bobby Watters, Drums and vocals * |
| Based out of Altoona |
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814-312-5405 |
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2009 BSWPA IBC Blues challenge winner with a trip to Memphis. Felix and the Hurricanes are a melodic mainstay. Storming onto the local music scene 20 years ago, the three-member southern-style blues rock outfit has exemplified what it means to endure as a musical force - and what it means to be a working band. "Part of why the Hurricanes can be considered one of the area's hardest-working bands is that ... for them, the line between music as work and play blurred a long time ago," said Jim Price, disc jockey for area music station Rocky 104.9 (FM) and writer for Pennsylvania Musician magazine. "Work and play are one and the same in this band," he said. "They maintain their busy schedule because they love what they do. It's easy to be a workaholic in an endeavor if you are passionate about and enjoy doing that endeavor." And passionate they are. The band's founding member and namesake, Felix Kos (guitar and vocals), Bobby Watters (drums and vocals) and Jeff Clapper (bass and vocals) - the band's lineup since 1998 - have thrived not only on a fierce playing schedule, but also on expert musicianship, spontaneity and the fine art of showing audiences a good time. "This group knows how to read crowds and improvise on the fly to give any audience what they want music-wise," Price, 48, of Altoona said. "They can lean their sets toward country, older rock and roll, jams and improvisation or barrelhouse southern rock ... even within the songs, there's a fun and spontaneous vibe going on." The band does around 200 gigs a year, playing up to six and seven times a week, Kos, 45, of Altoona said - sometimes performing multiple gigs in a single day. "It's just what we do ... it's second nature," Kos, a self-employed construction worker, said of the band's work-horse ethic. "It's just something I've always wanted to do, and when you get with good people, you just keep workin' and workin' ... I always say, 'We're just a working band.'" Described by Price as "three seasoned players executing like a well-oiled machine," the Hurricanes are known for never using a set list, preferring instead to feed off the vibe of a particular crowd on a particular night - and inviting guest musicians on stage to jam with the group. |
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*Allman Brothers Band Statesboro blues One way out Melissa Blue sky You don’t love me Soul shine Nobody to run with Whipping post In memory of Elizabeth reed Jessica Midnight rider *Stevie Ray Vaughn Pride and joy Tight rope Riviera paradise Crossfire Texas flood Lenny Tin pan alley telephone *The Clarks Shimmy Shimmy Low Hell on wheels *Lynard Skynyrd Sweet home Alabama Gimme 3 steps That smell Freebird Tuesdays gone Simple man Curtis Lowe Working for MCA Needle and the spoon *Jimi Hendrix Wind cries Mary Fire Purple haze Voodoo Chile *Led Zep Living Loving maid Cant quit you babe Hey Joe *ZZ-Top Heard it on the X Thunderbird Waiting on the Bus/Jesus left Chicago La grange Francine Just got paid Sharp dressed man Beer drinkers *Cream Sunshine of your love Crossroads White room *Zac Brown Band Toes Sic em on a chicken *Blues Mix Stormy Monday-Willie Dixon Sky is crying- Elmo James Dust my broom-Elmo James Red House-Jimi You better leave-Buddy Guy Let me love you –Buddy Guy Aint yo business-Johnny Winter Used to love her-Johnny Winter My own fault-B.B. King Hit by a fallen tree-B.B. King Crosscut saw-Albert King Born under a bad sign-Albert King Tell me- Howling Wolf Satisfy Suzie-Lonnie Mack Hard to handle-Otis Redding Watch out-Fleetwood Mac Ooh baby-Fleetwood Mac *Classic Mix In a gadda da vida-Iron butterfly Love me two times-The Doors Brown eyed girl-Van Morrison Wild Nights-Van Morrison Alright now-Free Long cool woman-Hollies Hurts so good-John Cougar House of the rising sun- Eric Burdon Unchained melody-Righteous Brothers Mustang Sally-Wilson Pickett Blue on Black-Kenny Wayne Walk this way-Aerosmith Walk the dog-Aerosmith Snorting Whiskey-Pat Travers Boom Boom, Out go the lights-Pat Travers Rock n roll hootchie coo-Rick Derringer Train Train-Blackfoot Highway song-Blackfoot Locomotive breath-Jethro Tull Cant you see-Marshall Tucker Band Bad moon rising-Credence Proud Mary-Credence I just wanna make love-Foghat I want you to want me-Cheap Trick Rockytop Tennessee -? Dueling Banjos-Flatt and Scruggs *Charlie Daniels Long Haired country boy In America Funky Junky *Eric Clapton After Midnight Tore up Motherless children Cocaine *Outlaws Green grass and high tides There goes another love song *Ted Nugent Cat scratch fever Stranglehold Great white buffalo *Grand Funk Railroad Closer to home American band Some kid of wonderful *Santana Europa Black magic woman Evil ways *Johnny Cash Folsom prison Cocaine blues *George Thorogood Bad to the bone Move it on over One shot, One beer *Molly Hatchet Flirtin with disaster Dreams ill never see *Doors Love her madly Light my fire Roadhouse blues Love her 2 times. This list is updated every month when we add some classics and blues to our list. We also never turn down requests from the audience if we think we can pull it off! |
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The Feeling, 13 tracks. available for sale at www.cdbaby.com/cd/felix Travelers Not Forgotten 13 tracks available at shows and on our website! |