The Rip Roaring Success
Music
Overview
- Western Swing act
- Excellent repertoire of country and Western swing classics from acts as diverse as Dolly Parton to Hank Williams to Elvis Presley
- Perform as a trio as standard
Location
The band are based in Chester and frequestly play venues across the North West of England and festivals further afield.
Standard Set Times
- 2 x 45 minutes (but always flexible)
About this Act
Chester based Western swing band The Rip Roaring Success are the hottest band east of El Paso. It features Wild Miss Lucille on double bass, Miss Jay on the fiddle and the hillbilly vocalist Rusty on the six string flaming guitar. Folk at venues and festivals up and down the country will testify that when you want the prairie set on fire with jumpin' ho-down tunes then there ain't no success like a rip roarin' one.
Testimonials
“They have really captured very accurately the feel of the Hot Club of France and mixed it with Hank Williams and Louis Jordan to produce a fabulous end product that will enhance any event both musically and visually”
“This devilishly talented trio left us satisfyingly exhausted, compelled to jig hither and thither on the tiniest of dancefloors.”
"They were sensational at our wedding reception - they went down an absolute storm"
Set List
Country:
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Your Cheatin’ Heart - Patsy Cline
Help Me Make it Through the Night - Kris Kristofferson
Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline
Blue Moon of Kentucky - Elvis Presley
Turkey in the Straw - trad.
Dueling Banjos - trad.
Jambalaya - Hank Williams
Country Roads - John Denver
Setting the Woods on Fire - Hank Williams
I Saw the Light - Hank Williams
Jailhouse - Jimmy Martin
Hey Good Lookin’ - Hank Williams
Devil Came Down from Georgia - Charlie Daniels
Cotton Eyed Joe - Rednex
Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
Western Swing:
Betcha My Heart
Bring It On Down
Take Me Back to Tulsa
Panhandle Rag
Fiddle Diddle Boogie
Dinah
I’m Satisfied With You
Lady Be Good
Hard Times
King of the Swingers
Who Walks In
Jenny Lee
Liza Jane
Ice Man
Sweet Georgia Brown
Hot Rod Mama
Little Trip To Heaven
Lineup
- 3 piece band consisting of vocal, harmonies, guitar, fiddle and double bass.
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