Backroads Band

Country Band

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Takoma Park, Maryland

Will travel 100 miles from Takoma Park

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Backroads Band

Country Band

Takoma Park, Maryland

(6 Reviews)

About

One of the Washington D.C area's top retro honky tonk bands, The Backroads Band plays CLASSIC COUNTRY music with a dash of 50's rock thrown in. In no time at all, they'll have you out on the dance floor doing a boot scootin' two step or snuggling up close for a slow tune. If you prefer an acoustic sound, we also play as an ACOUSTIC BLUEGRASS/COUNTRY group with fiddle, acoustic guitar,banjo and bass. Their sound is vintage country from the 1940s-1970s plus original roots songs written in that early country style.

Karen, the lead singer is a coal miner's daughter from Southwest Virginia who grew up listening to country music. For several years in a row, Ira, the lead guitar player has won multiple WAMMIES for best instrumentalist in both the bluegrass and country categories.
  • Anniversaries
  • Awards Nights
  • Bachelor Parties
  • Bachelorette Parties
  • Banquets
  • Bar Mitzvahs
  • Bat Mitzvahs
  • Birthday Parties
  • Casinos
  • Celebrations
  • Christenings
  • Christmas Parties
  • Church Services
  • Clubs
  • Coffee Shops
  • Community Events
  • Conventions
  • Corporate Functions
  • Country Clubs
  • Cruise Ships
  • Dinner Dances
  • Festivals
  • Fraternity Functions
  • Fund Raisers
  • Funerals
  • Graduation Parties
  • Grand Openings
  • Hotels
  • Jingles
  • Movie Soundtracks
  • Picnic
  • Private Parties
  • Proms
  • Resorts
  • Restaurants
  • Reunions
  • Showers
  • Ski Lodges
  • Sorority Function
  • Studio Session
  • Temples
  • TV Soundtracks
  • Weddings
  • Bottom of the Bottle Porter Wagoner
  • Busted Johnny Cash
  • Bye Bye Love Everly Brothers
  • Crazy Patsy Cline
  • Cest La Vie Chuck Barry
  • Don't Come Home a Drinkin Loretta Lynn
  • Don't Let me Cross Over Carl & Pearl Butler
  • Feudin' & Fightin' George Jones & Melba Montgomery
  • Guitar Queen Karen Collins
  • Highway of Love Karen Collins
  • Heartaches by Number Ray Price
  • Hey Good Looking Hank Williams
  • Honky Tonk Song Webb Pierce
  • Honky Tonk Guitar Karen Collins
  • I Catch myself Crying Roger Miller
  • I Do My Crying at Night Lefty Frizell
  • I Fall to Pieces Patsy Cline
  • I Know My Baby Loves Me Ernest Tubb
  • I'll Go Steppin' Too Flatt & Scruggs
  • I'm Walking the Dog Webb Pierce
  • In the Jailhouse Now Webb Pierce
  • It Doesn't Matter Anymore Wanda Jackson
  • It Wasn't God Who made Honky Tonk Angels Kitty Wells
  • Last Cheaters Waltz T. G. Shepard
  • Lonely Street George Jones
  • Long Black Veil Johnny Cash
  • Long Gone Lonesome Blues Hank Williams
  • Mama Tried Merle Haggard
  • Memphis Tennessee Chuck Berry
  • Mr. Fool George Jones
  • My Heart Skips Beat Buck Owens
  • My Bucket's Got a Hole In It Hank Williams
  • Only Mama That'll Walk the Line Waylon Jennings
  • Pick Me Up On Your Way Down Buck Owens
  • See You Later Alligator Bill Haley & Comets
  • That'll Be the Day Buddy Holly
  • Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine Wanda Jackson
  • Trademark Porte Wagoner
  • Trouble's Back in Town Wilburn Brothers
  • Tupelo Co. Jail Webb Pierce
  • You're Backing Up The Kendells
  • You're the Reason Webb Pierce
  • Your Cheatin' Heart Hank Williams
  • When Will I Be Loved Everly Brothers
  • Florida Blues (inst) Arthur Smith
  • Red Wing(inst) Traditional
  • Lady Buckaroos (inst) Ira Gitlin
  • Stone's Rag (inst) Traditional
  • Tulsa Night Life (inst) Ira Gitlin
  • Waltz Across Texas Ernest Tubb
  • Cry Cry Darling Jimmy C. Newman
  • Mama's In a Honky tonk Geff King
  • Forgive My heart for Breakin' Geff King
  • Sweet Thang Loretta Lynn & Ernest Tubb
  • Just Between the Two of Us Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens
  • Walking Advertisement for the Blues Norma Jean
  • 50s Band
  • Americana Band
  • Bluegrass Band
  • Country Band
  • Honky Tonk Band
  • Rockabilly Band
  • Wedding Band
Price Range
$700 - $2400 per event See recent bids
Members
Geff King
bass,vocals
Ira Gitlin
Lead guitar,vocals
Rob Howe
drums
Karen Collins
vocals,guitar,fiddle
Influences
Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, Buck Owens, Kitty Wells, Wanda Jackson, Everly Brothers, Webb Pierce, Linda Rondstat

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In addition to Takoma Park, Backroads Band will also travel to Washington, Hyattsville, Silver Spring, Adelphi Chillum, Chevy Chase, College Park, Mount Rainier, Bethesda, Brentwood, Bladensburg, Kensington, Riverdale, Beltsville, Arlington, Garrett Park, New Carrollton, Cabin John, Glen Echo, Greenbelt, Rockville, Southern Md Facility, Capital Heights, Capitol Heights, Cheverly, Lanham, Mc Lean, Suburb Maryland Fac, Alexandria, Burtonsville, Suitland and many other locations in and around the Takoma Park area.

Backroads Band was rated an average of 5.0 stars out of 5 by 6 GigMasters clients.

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