The Hurricanes
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The Hurricanes are a British rock 'n' roll indie group originally hailing from Edinburgh, Scotland.
They play 1950s rock 'n' roll and 1960s rhythm and blues with a modern twist covering various artists including Ray Charles
, Dale Hawkins
, Jerry Lee Lewis
, Solomon Burke
, The Coasters
and Muddy Waters
.
In 2008 the band were sent a letter by Paul McCartney
inviting them to his Liverpool gig after he heard their music. Later that year they supported Bombay Bicycle Club
in Edinburgh and in 2010 they performed with Kitty Daisy & Lewis
to a sold-out crowd.
) and BBC Radio Scotland
and articles have appeared in The List, Edinburgh Festival Magazine
, Edinburgh Evening News
, The Scotsman
and The Skinny
. In 2007 and 2008 The Hurricanes played a string of shows most notably supporting Neils Children
and Bombay Bicycle Club
, and they were voted number 4 on the list of 'Scotland's Best Unsigned Bands' by The Scotsman.
Members
- James Adam - Drums/Percussion
- Ed Cox - Electric Piano/Accordion
- Sholto Dobie - Guitar/Bass
- Triss Duncan - Guitar
- Will Vincent - Guitar/Bass/Saxophone
History
The Hurricanes are a five piece rock 'n' roll and rhythm & blues band consisting of a drummer, a bassist, a guitarist, a saxophonist and a keyboardist. Three of the group sing and they are all 20 years old.They play 1950s rock 'n' roll and 1960s rhythm and blues with a modern twist covering various artists including Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...
, Dale Hawkins
Dale Hawkins
Delmar Allen "Dale" Hawkins was a pioneer American rock singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist who was often called the architect of swamp rock boogie...
, Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...
, Solomon Burke
Solomon Burke
Solomon Burke was an American singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, mortician, and an archbishop of the United House of Prayer For All People. Burke was known as "King Solomon", the "King of Rock 'n' Soul", and as the "Bishop of Soul", and described as "the Muhammad Ali of soul", and as "the most...
, The Coasters
The Coasters
The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group that had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin'" and "Young Blood", their most memorable songs were written by the songwriting and producing team of Leiber and Stoller...
and Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield , known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues"...
.
In 2008 the band were sent a letter by Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
inviting them to his Liverpool gig after he heard their music. Later that year they supported Bombay Bicycle Club
Bombay Bicycle Club
Bombay Bicycle Club are a British indie rock and folk band from Crouch End, London. The band comprises: Jack Steadman , Jamie MacColl , Ed Nash and Suren de Saram ....
in Edinburgh and in 2010 they performed with Kitty Daisy & Lewis
Kitty Daisy & Lewis
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis is a three-piece band comprising the siblings of the Durham family. Their music is influenced heavily by R&B, swing, jump blues, country and Western, blues, Hawaiian and rock 'n' roll...
to a sold-out crowd.
Progression
After all meeting at school the group began performing around Scotland, building up a following. What followed has been national radio plays on XFM Scotland (now rebranded as Galaxy ScotlandGalaxy Scotland
105-106 Capital is a regional radio station broadcasting to Scotland's Central Belt, an area surrounding the two cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and the kingdom of Fife...
) and BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English-language radio network. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming, including news, sport, light entertainment, music, the arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle...
and articles have appeared in The List, Edinburgh Festival Magazine
Fest Magazine
Fest Magazine is an Edinburgh-based arts magazine that publishes during the Edinburgh Festival each year. It is published in partnership with The Skinny and is a free, bi-weekly, A5 glossy publication.-History:...
, Edinburgh Evening News
Edinburgh Evening News
The Edinburgh Evening News is a local newspaper based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is published daily . It has a circulation of 68,000 and is owned by Johnston Press, which also owns The Scotsman and many regional titles throughout the UK.Much of the copy contained in the Evening News concerns local...
, The Scotsman
The Scotsman
The Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....
and The Skinny
The Skinny
The Skinny is the debut album by Slimm Cutta Calhoun.-Track listing:...
. In 2007 and 2008 The Hurricanes played a string of shows most notably supporting Neils Children
Neils Children
Neils Children is an English post-punk band, founded by John Linger and Brandon Jacobs .-Career:Neils Children formed in 1999 at Harlow College in Essex, where John Linger and Brandon Jacobs were studying with Richard Hawkins...
and Bombay Bicycle Club
Bombay Bicycle Club
Bombay Bicycle Club are a British indie rock and folk band from Crouch End, London. The band comprises: Jack Steadman , Jamie MacColl , Ed Nash and Suren de Saram ....
, and they were voted number 4 on the list of 'Scotland's Best Unsigned Bands' by The Scotsman.