OUTLAW ORCHESTRA & THE ROSS HARDING BAND

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The Outlaw Orchestra

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Three accomplished musicians from the south coast of the UK exuding the Saturday

night hell raising escapism of the weekend. Dubbed ‘Heavy Grass’ by one DJ due to the combination of Hard Rock meets Country twang but maybe most accurate would be as suggested by another radio station:  

 

The Outlaw Orchestra ~ The love child of Motorhead and Johnny Cash!

 

The Outlaws are at home in at a bike festival, an arts centre, a steamy rock bar or a country stage and can adjust the volume accordingly.  Slide guitar, Pedal Steel guitar, Banjo, gravel vocals and solid thumping drums delivering original catchy hard rocking songs about everyday life laced with deep south spirits and delivered with a British rock n Roll sense of humour.

 

They drew the biggest crowd ever at Ramblin Man’s Rising stage. They pulled the largest outdoor crowd at Custom Rock n Blues Bike festival since Motorhead.  Invited countless times to grace the Sheffield 02 stage, Sheffield Bowl and Planet Rock stages.  They have supported Skid Row, The Dead Daisies, The Darkness, Brothers Osbourne, Phil Campbell of Motorhead on tour, Reef, The Kentucky Headhunters and so many more.

 

The constant on the road hard work has paid off with weekly air time of Planet Rock Radio, BBC Introducing, countless online radio stations and hitting the pages of Hard Rock Hell mag, Metal Planet, Emerging Rock bands and Powerplay Magazine.

 

The records demonstrate musical ability and clever song writing but it’s live that they thrive putting on a show wherever they play, pulling the audience in and ensuring a wild night for everyone, no better demonstrated by pulling the largest queue to a merchandise stand ever at Planet Rocks Winters End festival selling out all merchandise within an hour.

 

The outlaw Orchestra will leave you with a sore foot from stamping, a sore face from grinning and some devilish Outlaw in your blood!

 

ROSS HARDING BAND :

An electric blues rock/hard rock musical experience, where, with an excellent band, Ross Hardingperforms original songs with one or two renditions of cover songs that have been greatly influential in his music. An unapologetic rock & roll experience for audiences who love high energy music, withinterludes of slow blues and emotive musical mastery.

- For fans of high energy rock & roll, blues rock, and artists like Led Zeppelin, BlackSabbath, Soundgarden, Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes/Black Country Communion, Slashand Myles Kennedy.

 

Ross Harding is an acclaimed Blues Rock Musician from Johannesburg, South Africa, currently based in the UK.

 

As a songwriter and performing artist, he personifies rich, powerful vocal abilities with mesmerizing guitar skills, gaining international industry recognition for his commanding blend of blues and rock music, reminiscent of the classic rock, grunge & blues artists of the past.

 

  

A prolific performing artist, his versatile stage performances range from a deeply soulful solo acoustic artist, to a high energy blues rocker, whose experience is that of an artist much older than he. A seasoned touring musician, he has played hundreds of shows in clubs, festivals, and notable venues in his decade-long professional career. Ross Harding continues to push boundaries in his redefining approach to the blues rock genre.

 

 

 

“…a remarkable dark and moving depth…an experience that starts with his cracked, soulful and incredibly emotive voice which has a surprising turn of range to it…With a crisp and clear production, the subtleties of guitar and vocals are beautifully balanced…sometimes you just need to go back to your musical roots, and it’s rather fantastic that it’s taken a gentleman half my age to remind me of that fact.”

 

–  SIMON BLACK (United Kingdom)