HEY GRINGO: Funky Car

Hey Gringo

Funky Car

© 2004 Hey Gringo

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An all original Groove Injected, Funky, Soul/Blues combo with a retro roots edge and the freshness of Now.

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Hey Gringo are a Groove Injected, Funky Bluesy, Jazzy all original boogie/rockin' soul combo with a retro roots edge and the freshness of NOW.
Hey Gringo's Debut album "I WAS THERE" independently released in 2000 has scored rave reviews and airplay across Oz and as far as Argentina, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium & Denmark.
Formed by Daryl Roberts in 1993 the line-up has at times included guest appearances by some of Australia's most legendary performers.The band's relaxed and funky tongue in cheek attitude and sound is characteristic of the influences that make Hey Gringo so different.
Their new album "Funky Car" is now available including special guests Australian music icons Ross Wilson, Broderick Smith, Mike Rudd & Bill Putt & Nicky Bomba

Hey Gringo is the creation of multi instrumentalist/songwriter Daryl Roberts who had previously performed in original bands in the 1970's such as Photo, Bandit & ex Blackfeather vocalist Neale Johns' Fingerprint as well as playing in US Blues legend Jimmy Witherspoons backing band to performing with Oz folk legends Bobsy-Die, later with popular cover bands Legends and the Houserockers.
Hey Gringo started out as the alter-ego of a cover band playing a mixture of originals and soul/rnb covers and then around '95 as an acoustic duo with Daryl and Paul Gadsby(ex Paul Kelly & The Dots, The HotClub, Bouncing Checks, Men at Work, Colin Hay Band, Leslie Avril etc) playing tongue in cheek original and selective blues/countryish material . Around 1998 forming a band line-up with Iain McLennan(ex Ariel, Richard Clapton Band, Mondo Rock, Sports) on drums & Steve Hoy on guitar & vocals.
In 2000 with original material spanning the past ten years the first Hey Gringo album was recorded including such notable musicians as Ross Hannaford(Daddy Cool, Mighty Kong, Dianna Kiss, Big Bamboo) on guitar, Nicky Bomba(Banana Oil, The Truth, Bomba, John Butler Trio) on drums & percussion, David Williamson(Banana Oil, Yo Yo) on Sax along with Gadsby & Roberts. Described as "thought provoking and striking a balance between punchy & relaxed grooves, something Hey Gringo do extraorinarily well" by Terry Reilly of the Melbourne Age Newspaper's Entertinament Guide Album Review.
This album met with much positive reviews and airplay across Australia and as far as Argentina, Germany, Denmark, Canada, Netherlands & Belgium. (Check out the Reviews page)
Les Oldman (Fox, Running Trees, Blue Horizons, Eris O'Brien, Andrea Marr's Blues Train) joined on drums in 2002 and Hey Gringo performed as a trio around Melbourne pubs & clubs. Laurie Bongailas(Wild Style, Cold Sweat, Hoodoo King & The Impossibles) blew in on sax in 2003. Wayne Burt(Black Sorrows, JoJoZep, Rock Granite, The Giants, Fabulaires, The Hornets), Kelvin Flemming & Bill Putt help out on guitar from time to time and Stuart Orr & Brian Strafford also kick in with Sax. With heaps more new material and developing an original reto groove injected funky blues/roots style influenced by the Oz bands of the 70's Hey Gringo commenced work on their second album "Funky Car".
Although Hey Gringo's major influences are the Australian bands of the 70's, their music is fresh and vibrant & NOW. Described by audiences as "one of the best live original bands they have seen in ages" and at different times to be reminicent of Little Feat meets Zappa meets Allman Brothers meets Canned Heat or Steppenwolf they definately have their own sound.

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  • like everything Hey Gringo do – Funky Car is highly listenable groove action
    author: JEFF TURNBULL – jeffscrossroadsblues.com.au - Feb 2004

    Funky car, funky songs, funky band – but that’s not the whole story of the new album from this hard-working Melbourne band who delivers a wholehearted and recognisable brand of retro-rock and blues. True - there are some definitely funked-up tracks on this, their second release and first real upmarket album, but they continue to deliver a familiar retro feel. The feel is balanced and yet diverse, from foot-tapping up tempo ‘fifties style rockers to wafting jazz influenced ‘seventies-style tunes – not a one dimensional album at all and like everything Hey Gringo do – Funky Car is highly listenable groove action.

  • a superb album, great music and well produced, I can't wait to see you live.
    author: BARRY IVORY – Melting Pot – 3RPC 99.3FM - Portland - Jan 2004

    Got the Funky Car CD last week and it has not been out of the player since. Congratulations on a superb album, great music and well produced, I can't wait to see you live.

  • Cool Rockin with Ross Wilson, Mike Rudd, Bill Putt & Broderick Smith adding auth
    author: LEE HOWARD – Melbourne’s SUNDAY HERALD SUN - Jan 2004
  • The music on Hey Gringo's 'Funky Car' can be summed up in one word -Irresistible
    author: BILLY PINNELL - Musicologist, Journalist & Oz Rock Historian -

    The music on Hey Gringo's 'Funky Car' can be summed up in one word - irresistible. The jazz, soul, blues & funk influences on the albums' originals are given fresh coats of paint by the band and their guests , as one infectious song preceeds another. One of the years best albums.

  • For a satisfying listen of stylish, soulful and rootsy R&B with lashings of Auss
    author: Ian McFarlane - Encyclopedia of Australian Rock, Musicologist, O

    For a satisfying listen check out Melbourne outfit Hey Gringo’s Funky Car CD – stylish, soulful and rootsy R&B with lashings of Aussie humour and attitude. Good songs with impressive musicianship throughout made all the more enjoyable by guest appearances from local legends Ross Wilson, Mike Rudd, Bill Putt, Nicky Bomba and Broderick Smith. Nothing gets overstated or overplayed, there’s just a cruisin’, relaxed vibe all down the line. Highlights include ‘Never Let Go’, ‘Old Country Road’, ‘Gimme Back My Brain’, ‘What’s Been Going On?’, ‘Outta My Tree’, ‘What Is It With a Woman?’ and the jazzy instrumental ‘Moonslap’ with its playful groove, laid-back organ, nimble slide and percussive bridge. Daryl Roberts (vocals/keyboards), Paul Gadsby (guitars/bass/vocals), Les Oldman (drums), David Williamson (sax) and the rest of the guys make a great team

  • Funky Car is smokin' R&B by Hey Gringo laying down some seriously funky grooves
    author: Al Hensley - Rhythms Magazine

    Al Hens;ey - Rhythms Magazine As well as laying down some seriously funky grooves, this smokin' R&B combo also specialises in swing shuffles and latin derived rhythms. Stabbing horn lines and tastefully executed guitar, piano and organ breaks blend a total of 14 catchy original songs together in unerring precision. More intriguing elements of Funky Car include 'Moonslap' - a six and half minute instrumental workout - plus the amiable opener 'Never Let Go', a swinging 'Now's The Time' & 12th Bar Blues', the bluesy 'What's Been Goin'On?' and funkified 'Overnite'. Robert's clever, hook-laden title cut, containing more than a faint, modernistic tint of Zappa, exemplifies his wealth of composing talent. Both lyrically and melodically he is equalled by team-mate Gadsby, generally each write seperately. Emitting a Steve Miller meets Steely Dan vibe with a sprinkling of Joe Jackson, Hey Gringo is an excellent band offering much to lovers of jazz-inflected traditional R&B.

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