Loading details…
Artist
Hounds Tooth
11+ albums
bluesbluesrockguitar blues
about
Hounds Tooth is a North American blues band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. As of 2010, band members included Jared James Nichols (guitar, vocals), J.D. Optekar (guitar), Mike Kay (guitar), Bob Noll (bass), and Jeff Oscarson (drums). Former lead singer Jamie Brace left the band at the end of 2009. Below is from 'The Local' All Regional Entertainment Website. Milwaukee-based Hounds Tooth is set to perform rockin’ blues music Saturday at The Club. The group is promoting its new CD, “Soul Rockin’,” by taking a “mini-tour” starting Wednesday in Pekin with stops in St. Louis and Quincy before ending Saturday in Dubuque, Iowa. Recently I spoke with the group about the recording process and their plans for the future. MEMBERS JD Optekar — guitar/vocals Jared James Nichols — guitar/vocals Bob Noll — bass Jeff Oscarson — drums THE BEGINNING “Hounds Tooth started playing gigs in 2006 as an outlet/hobby for JD (a stay-at-home dad). As the band evolved over the years, we kept improving and attracting better musicians to become the high-energy, regionally touring four-piece that we are today.” SOUND “Hounds Tooth’s modern blues sound is defined by its dual guitars. We focus on writing and recording original music.” INFLUENCES “Influences include Tab Benoit, Freddie King and Albert King. Our goal is to appreciate and understand the music that has come before us, but then to take it and put our own spin on it. You won’t hear a lot of standard 12 bar blues stuff in our original ma
