The Buzzard Hollow Boys

The Buzzard Hollow Boys are based in Charlottesville, a central Virginia town known for harboring a fair number of aspiring local and migrant musicians. It is in this town that the four members of the Buzzard Hollow Boys met some twenty odd years ago.

Tim “T.A.” Anderson – lead vocals and rhythm guitar
Sonny Layne – upright and electric bass
Jeff Saine – pedal steel, lap steel and accordion
Kurt Dressel – electric and acoustic guitar

Buzzard Hollow Boys, western swing, Americana, country blues, folk, rock

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Back then the drinking age was 18, a fact that contributed to a vibrant club scene supported largely by college students. It was at this time that T.A. formed a band called The Urgents that included Jeff Saine on electric guitar. The music was played fast and influenced by REM and other alt-rock bands on the cusp at the time. Eventually this band morphed into a band called Wolves in the Kitchen also with T.A. and Jeff. It was in this band that Jeff decided to take up lap steel and accordion, instruments that complimented a slightly different musical direction and a bend that was influenced by Townes Van Zandt, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Doug Sahm, to name a few. It was during this run that Kurt Dressel joined the band on electric guitar. Kurt and T.A. worked together at The Virginian restaurant, down on the UVA corner, but that’s another story. All things run their course it’s been said, and so The Hanks were formed with Kurt, T.A. and a bass player named Sonny Layne. Sonny played bass for one of Charlottesville’s favorite bands The Casuals. T.A. also played in another local favorite The Stoned Wheat Things. Sonny and Jeff also became part of a band that backed up another local favorite in the Terri Allard Band. All four of these musicians converged in a band called Spike Jr. and his Saddle Sores, Charlottesville’s one and only Western Swing band. Which brings us more or less to the present – The Buzzard Hollow era. An amalgam of twenty odd years of musical influence.

Songlist

Roots Country/Western Swing
MISSION TO MOSCOW–BOB WILLS  (instrumental)
YOU JUST TAKE HER–BOB WILLS (instrumental)
DIAMOND JOE–TOM RUSH/Traditional
KENTUCKY MOONSHINER–Traditional/Bill Keith
THE HOBO SONG–Old & In The Way
PAYDAY BLUES–Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
RED WAGON–Hank Penny/Willie Nelson
LOST IN THE OZONE–Commander Cody
LONESOME HEARTED BLUES–Bob Wills
THE OLD CROSSROADS–The Stanley Brothers
SAN ANTONIO ROSE–Bob Wills
WHEN YOUR ON THE LOSING END–Neil Young
I CANT GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE–Fats Waller
BUZZ,BUZZ,BUZZ–The Hollywood Flames
7 NIGHTS TO ROCK–Moon Mullican
ROCKS IN MY BED–Duke Ellington/Joe Turner
SUE COW—Bo Carter
PICK POOR ROBIN–Larry Johnson
BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM-Traditional/Bill Frisell
THE FUGITIVE–Merle Haggard
 
Americana/Rock
BABY LET ME FOLLOW YOU DOWN–Bob Dylan
SHE BELONGS TO ME–Bob Dylan
TINY MONTGOMERY–Bob Dylan
BUCKETS OF RAIN–Bob Dylan
TO BE ALONE WITH YOU–Bob Dylan
TONIGHT ILL BE STAYING HERE WITH YOU–Bob  Dylan
JUANITA–The Flying Burrito Brothers
AND IT STONED ME –Van Morrison
LAY DOWN MY OLD GUITAR–The Delmore Brothers
ROCKSALT & NAILS–Steve Young
MY GAL–The Lovin Spoonful
WINDSBORO COTTON MILL BLUES–Traditional/The Hillmen
FRIEND OF THE DEVIL–The Grateful Dead
COAL TATTOO–Billy Ed Wheeler
SUNNY SIDE OF HEAVEN–Fleetwood Mac
THINK IT OVER–Buddy Holly
WELL ALLRIGHT–Buddy Holly
 
Blues/Country Blues
DEEP RIVER BLUES– The Delmore Brothers
BANTY ROOSTER BLUES–Charlie Patton/Allen Lomax
WHITE FREIGHT LINER–Townes Van Zant
MAGGIE CAMPBELL BLUES–Dave Alvin/Tommy Johnson
IM GOIN WHERE THE CHILLY WINDS DONT BLOW–Pappa Charlie Jackson
PAPPAS ON THE HOUSETOP–Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
YOU DONT KNOW MY MIND–Barbeque Bob
IN CARE OF THE BLUES –Patsy Cline
BORDER RADIO–Dave Alvin
CLOSE UP THE HONKY TONKS–Buck Owens/The Flying Burrito Brothers
JAMBALAYA–Hank Williams
NIGHTLIFE–Willie Nelson
BILL BAETTY–Doug Sahm
MENDICINO–Doug Sahm
BOPPIN THE BLUES–Carl Perkins
GOT THE BLUES CANT BE SATISFIED-Mississippi John Hurt
JOCKEY FULL OF BOURBON–Tom Waits
 

Jazz/Swing/Other
ROSE ROOM–BENNY GOODMAN—(instrumental)
MINOR SWING–DJANGO REINHARDT—(instrumental)
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN–Luke Smathers String Band
PLEASE DONT TALK ABOUT ME WHEN IM GONE–Bob Wills
ALL BLUES–Miles Davis
TINYS TEMPO–Charlie Parker
CARAVAN–Santo & Johnny/Juan Tizol
SLEEPWALK–Santo & Johnny
SUMMERTIME–Santo & Johnny
WHY DONT YOU DO RIGHT–Lil Green/Big Bill Broonzy
THE ISRAELITES–Desmond Dekker And The Aces
LOVE ME DO — The Beatles
GOODNIGHT–The Beatles
WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS–The Beatles
EVERGLADES–Dale Hawkins
THE BLUES MY NAUGHTIE SWEETIE GIVES TO ME–Jim Kweskin Jug Band
ST JAMES INFIRMARY/DYIN CRAPSHOOTERS BLUES–Blind Willie Mctell/Dave Van Ronk
WILLIE THE WEEPER–R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders
EVERYBODYS CRYIN MERCY–Mose Allison

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