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AbOuT tHe BaNd

Originally based in the old-time flavor of the Carter Family, The Hanes Family has put together a collection of "world mountain music," performing songs from Appalachia, the Marin and Scottish Highlands, mainland Europe and the Lower East Side. Creating new arrangements with rich vocal harmonies, guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo and fiddle, the Hanes agree that the best songs are about the highwaymen, hard-up hobos, ne'er-do-wells, femme fatales, forlorn losers in love and god-forsaken believers who inhabit the dark side of every mountain. Heirs to an underwear empire, The Hanes Family have opted to dedicate themselves to the support of music in all its varied forms.

Lurlene Velveeta Hanes (aka Heather Davison) vocals, weird noises, recognized her musical gift after a 36-hour imprisonment at the bottom of the family well.

Woleen Hanes (aka Sara Glaser) vocals, guitar, penny whistle, left her husband, Reverend Dimsdale Hanes, and their nine children to pursue her life-long dream of attending The Grand Ole Opry.

Rutherford B. Hanes (aka Bill Nickell) guitar, vocals, mouth harp, learned everything he knows about his craft on a box car ride from Chicago to Skokie.

Lee Harvey Hanes (aka Peter Gillette) bass, vocals, was adopted into the family as part of a witness protection program; he handles all of our business affairs.

Hans Hanes (aka Michael Stadler) fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, vocals, formerly played second fiddle in a one-man band.

Cousins Rosie-May Rosie-May-Not Hanes (Catherine Rose Crowther), Biphidus Acidopholus Hanes (Leslie Jackson), and Goyder Hanes (Jeff Hobbs) grace our stage on special occasions, adding vocals, step-dancing and fiddle.

OuR CD

"The Hanes Family does it real nice, like—with beautiful,
spare harmonic vocals, and infused with humor.
Their album mixes traditional ballads with original pieces."
—Urban View's Urban Guide

THE HANES FAMILY: No Place Like Home

Lula Walls
Silver Dagger
The One I Love Is Gone
Mama, Not Yet
Dire Gelt
Smoke Rings
Don't Fence Me In
Country Life
The Galway Rambler
Bonnie at Morn
No Place Like Home
In the Pines
Dry Bones
Orphan Girl
Wild Mountain Thyme
Total Time: 3 years, 8 months

TO ORDER No Place Like Home:
Email The Hanes Family

See what the SF Weekly wrote about our CD!

OuR VeNuEs

Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse—Berkeley
La Peña Cultural Center
Radio Valencia—San Francisco
Starry Plough—Berkeley
Club Muse—Albany
McGrath's Irish Pub—Alameda
Epic Arts 1923 Tearoom—Berkeley
Bazaar Café—San Francisco
Stork Club—Oakland
Little Planet Cafe—Berkeley
Anna's—Berkeley
The San Francisco Art Institute
Berkeley Farmer's Market Festivals (Ecology Center)
Saw Player's Picnic and Music Festival at Roaring Camp—Santa Cruz
Mateel Summer Arts & Music Festival—Benbow Lake
House Concerts

CoNtAcT

If you would like to contact us to book a performance,
to receive promotional materials, or just to tell us how wonderful we are,
phone (for immediate response) Lurlene: 510 663 5405
or email The Hanes Family

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