All My Rowdy Friends

WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS ROCK N ROLL WITH COUNTRY?

ALL MY ROWDY FRIENDS

In the summer of 2008, Frank Morrow was jamming with a group of musicians at The Last Resort in Smithfield NC. Frank, (with a striking resemblance to Hank Williams Jr.) sang some Hank Jr. tunes and the crowd loved it! Tommy Redd (of Nantucket and Boogie Chillins fame) was on stage with him that day. He asked Frank later why he didn’t form a Hank Jr. tribute band. In January 2009, Frank approached Tommy about helping to get a band together. They started to work learning songs that most Rock n Roll musicians had only heard. They continued tweaking the band and members until they had the ultimate Hank Williams Jr. Tribute band, known as All My Rowdy Friends. With Frank on lead vocals, Tommy Redd on guitar and vocals, Lightnin’ on vocals and percussion, “Too Tall” Tommy Evans of Raleigh NC on lead guitar, Wallace Cooley of Youngsville NC on bass, and Phil Falco of Raleigh NC on drums and everybody lending a hand on backup vocals. Its easy to see why we were rated the number one band at the 2010 Ray Price Capital City Bike Fest. The band has also won the 2011 Charlotte Music Awards "Best Country Tribute Band of the year". Our live shows puts the party in high gear whether it’s a biker bar, annual event, or a rockin’ country club. All My Rowdy Friends fit right in and gets the party started!

	FRANK MORROW Lead Vocalist, spoon player, and Hank Jr. Look-a-Like. Sang on stage with Bill Lyerly and Boogie Chillins. Performed on stage with Jeff Grimes and The Embers. Recorded with Bill Lyerly Band, Harvey Dalton Arnold (of the Outlaws) and Clyde Maddox of Super Grit Cowboy Band doing an audio/video for Bill Lyerly's 25th year anniversary DVD. The instrument Frank used for the recording was spoons with his 34 years experience.
	SANDI "LIGHTNIN" MORROW Sandi "Lightnin" Morrow, lead and back up vocalist, with her high energy and eight years experience performing with various bands, gets the party started with "All My Rowdy Friends"!!
	WHO IS TOMMY REDD??? That's a strange question for those of us from the South....any self respecting club circuit, baby booming, maniac knows who Nantucket and Tommy Redd are...any way...for the rest of you...Tommy Redd gained fame as the song writer/guitarist for the band Nantucket. First signed to Epic Records in 1978, Tommy wrote all songs for the first two albums (their most successful) and most tunes on the next six albums. Nantucket toured with Kiss, AC/DC, Styx, Journey, Bob Seger, Mother's Finest and many many others. And by the way...Tommy Redd is still amazingly active and continues to play. Tommy wrote killer hits for Nantucket...."Is It Wrong To Rock and Roll?" "Heartbreaker" "Born In A Honky Tonk" and many more.
	WALLACE COOLEY From Bluegrass to Jazz, Bass guitarist Wallace Cooley has played it one time or another. Working through the 70’s as a “Lounge Lizard” and in Beach Bands up and down the East Coast. The 80’s brought in the era of Southern Rock and Blues Bands working in Texas and through out the South. Landing back in Raleigh in the 90’s, Wallace enjoys back porch picking and improvisation with his friends. His motto is “Have a good time”, oh yeah also, TURN UP THE BASS!
	PHIL FALCO Drummer, born Brooklyn New York, raised in Cary, NC. Been playing drums for 35 years, had the pleasure of performing on the original Grand Old Opry with country music legends Travis Tritt, Grandpa Jones, Buddy Harmon who was Elvis's long time drummer. Have performed over a thousand gigs with bands such as Donny Lynn, Southwind, Southern Edge, Honky Tonk Attitude, Souldog, No Dice, Joe Swank & the Zen Pirates and many others.
	TOMMY "TOO TALL" EVANS Tommy "Too Tall" Evans formerly of The Bruce Frye Band and Doc Holiday, is an expert guitar picker and has played from Nashville, Tenn. to Raleigh, to Nags Head and everywhere in between with anyone and everyone who plays good music. His expertise includes country to hard rock, ZZ Top to Jimi Hendrix.