The Whiskey River Band has offered “the finest Southern Boogie North of Dixie” since 1987. Although primarily a Southern Rock band, they also incorporate Country, Blues and funky Soul into their sets. The Whiskey River Band are four time winners of The New Haven Advocate's (local A&E paper) "Best Of" for Southern Rock/Country music - by enough of a landslide to cause them to retire the category for several years in the early 90s. The Whiskey River Band's music is currently on heavy rotation on internet-based station AllSouthernRock.com as well as on various podcasts worldwide. Additionally, they self-released two CDs: Northern Lights in the Southern Skies (1991, re-mastered and re-released in June 2007) and It's About Time (January 2007).

They have shared the stage with many international recording artists such as:

  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • The Doobie Brothers
  • Charlie Daniels Band
  • Marshall Tucker
  • The Outlaws
  • .38 Special
  • Toy Caldwell and the Shadow Riders
  • Johnny Winter
  • Steppenwolfe
  • Johnny Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
  • Mountain
  • Molly Hatchet
  • Warren Haynes (Gov’t Mule, Allman Bros)
  • The New Orleans Radiators
  • Derek Trucks (Allman Bros)  
  • J. Geils Band
  • New Riders of the Purple Sage
  • John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band

Whiskey River Band Highlights Include :

  • ▪ Dodge (Meadows) Music Theatre (CT) with Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam and
      Rockin’ Riders with Marshall Tucker
    ▪ Meadowbrook Music Amphitheatre (Gilson, NH) with Lynyrd Skynyrd and
      Doobie Brothers
    ▪ Headlined Hunter Mountain (NY) Harley Festival
    ▪ Vocalist Tom McLear guest appeared onstage with Marshall Tucker and Toy Caldwell
    ▪ European distribution through Compact Dixie in France (www.compactdixie.com)
    ▪ Headlined Toad’s Place (New Haven, CT) and The Sting (New Britain, CT) multiple times
    ▪ Numerous motorcycle events, van jams and club dates from New York City to Northern
      Vermont
    ▪ Have received favorable reviews in many publications locally, nationally and
      internationally
    ▪ Benefits for Make a Wish Foundation, Relay for Life and St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital
    ▪ Main Stage at Durham Fair (Connecticut’s Largest Agricultural Fair)
    ▪ Meriden Park and Recreation Summer Concert Series; Southington Concerts on
       the Green
    ▪ Milford Oyster Festival, Southington Apple Harvest Festival & Assorted State/
      County Fairs

In addition to club appearances, The Whiskey River Band is available for private events of all sizes, including corporate functions, bike runs & pig roasts. For additional information, call 203-376-7129 or e-mail us.

Our Sound & Stage Set-Up
If you'd like to see how we sound/perform live, check out our club videos on YouTube. You can also hear live tracks on our Music page. Anybody can sound great in the studio - the test is doing the same thing live.  If you want to record or tape any of our gigs - that's all good! Please read our taping policy first.

If your club or venue has a Sound crew that needs to see our microphone/amp stage plot beforehand, you can download one here.

More About Us - Our Look, Our Bio and Promotional Materials For Your Club or Event
Download our press photo or view our EPK (electronic press kit)  

Club owners/managers can download a color PDF of our 11x17 show poster to print out, write on and hang to advertise our gigs. This is a large, pro-quality graphic file (about 5Mb), so please be patient. For a preview, check out the screen-resolution copy here.

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