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Artist
Josie Kreuzer
12+ albums
rockabillyRock and RollHonky Tonkfemale vocalistsrockabilly women
about
Josie Kreuzer's music is full of ardent candor, with razor-sharp lyrics and a driving switchblade beat. If you were to take a pint of Johnny Horton, a shot of Hank Williams and Gene Vincent, a dash of Patsy Cline, mix them with a twist of Faron Young and top it off with Wanda Jackson & The Blasters, Josie Kreuzer would be the result. Her sultry, growling vocals and "good ole' girl" style of songwriting lasso's your heart and soul, pumping you up like a double espresso, pulling you into her rockabilly world like a magnet to a Fridgidaire® (or more appropriately, a red hot stove). There hasn't been a female artist in a very long time that can write or sing a song with the raw power that was so prevalent with that of the honky tonk / rockabilly artists of the 1950's and 60's, and Josie Kreuzer does just that--but with her own twist. "The turning point musically in my life was when my mother and I packed up and moved to New Orleans. I was 16 years old--one of the most mischievous ages to be, and here I was moving to this lusty sinful city that never sleeps. They call it 'the city that care forgot' and there's definitely a reason for that. My "single" mother was so preoccupied with working all the time that I was left to my own devices. Can you imagine that freedom given to a 16-year-old in a place where they let kids into bars? " Josie asks with disbelief. Luckily Josie was a responsible teen and used it to her advantage. She lived in the French Quarter and would spend a lot
