NEW ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Trailer Choir
Robert L. Doerschuk
October 27, 2009
Even if they never sang a note, Trailer Choir would turn heads just by walking out onstage. There´s Butter, the front man with the smooth delivery and sharp comic timing; Crystal, whose smile and soulful singing can light up any venue; and Big Vinny, whose determination to entertain would win over any crowd even if he didn´t happen to be a 400-pounder with a killer pop-worm dance move.
Not surprisingly, Trailer Choir broke in as a party act at clubs and frat houses throughout the Southeast. Gradually, they began road-testing originals between the hits they covered. By the time they´d landed their first gig in Nashville, they decided to present only their own material, just to see what happened.
What happened was an invitation from Toby Keith to showcase and sign with his record label, Show Dog Nashville, and then to join his "Big Dog Daddy Tour." He even added their song "Off the Hillbilly Hook" to the soundtrack for his film "Beer for My Horses."
Several producers are involved in the group's debut album, Off the Hillbilly Hook, with Keith at the console on some tracks, Butter and Mills Logan on others. But whether rollicking through "Rockin´ the Beer Gut," lazing through a summer idyll on "Rollin´ Through the Sunshine" or riding the catchy chorus on the title cut, their sound is already as unique as their look.
2009 CMA Close Up ® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc.
Not surprisingly, Trailer Choir broke in as a party act at clubs and frat houses throughout the Southeast. Gradually, they began road-testing originals between the hits they covered. By the time they´d landed their first gig in Nashville, they decided to present only their own material, just to see what happened.
What happened was an invitation from Toby Keith to showcase and sign with his record label, Show Dog Nashville, and then to join his "Big Dog Daddy Tour." He even added their song "Off the Hillbilly Hook" to the soundtrack for his film "Beer for My Horses."
Several producers are involved in the group's debut album, Off the Hillbilly Hook, with Keith at the console on some tracks, Butter and Mills Logan on others. But whether rollicking through "Rockin´ the Beer Gut," lazing through a summer idyll on "Rollin´ Through the Sunshine" or riding the catchy chorus on the title cut, their sound is already as unique as their look.
2009 CMA Close Up ® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc.
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