Meet Harp & Eagle

Harp & Eagle calls themselves "Just a bunch of dudes who like to drink and play music." It's this simplistic ideology that translates into their sound. They aren't out to wow you with technical masterpieces or mind boggling instrumentalism, but rather you clap your hands, stomp your feet, and sing along...some would say to mask their shortcomings as proper musicians. H&E's music has long spoken to all types of people, but the band says they are specifically speaking to "anyone who's ever blacked-out on a bar stool, or fired a gun while riding a horse." Their blend of traditional pub music and outlaw songs have broken any genre mold and led to a rare crossover commercial success that has left artists like Madonna and Elvis Presley envious.

"Who are Harp & Eagle's biggest influences?" A better question is what influences them. Alcoholic beverages seem to top the list. The guys like themselves a pint. Simply put, booze makes them play better, sing better, run faster and jump higher. Freedom would have to be a close second. The boys appreciate their ability to do whatever they want to pursue happiness, happiness in this case is to drink booze and sing songs about the freedoms they love.

Most would agree that H&E has left a gigantic notch in the historical timeline of music and shifted the future to a much better place. Bob Dylan shares no secrets that his songwriting style would have been juvenile at best, had he not listened to H&E.* Similarly, it's no doubt that everyone has seen the noted vintage video clip recently posted to YouTube of Paul McCartney and John Lennon front row at an early H&E show, mouthing "What are we doing?" to each other, which garnered over 20 million views within the first week of posting.* Their more hard-core following knows them as the "Sons of Liberty", and they takes pride in their powerful story telling in their lyrics, to which Waylon Jennings once commented upon, "And I thought I was an outlaw."* Bands like U2 and Pink Floyd, who are known for their extravagant pyrotechnics and staging revel, in the fact that fans are equally, if not more so, visually blown away by an act featuring a few guys with acoustic instruments on stools.* History has also shown that shortly before his performance before royalty at the age of 17, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart strangely accredited his ability to a "muse from a distant time." Experts rightfully assume that he was speaking of H&E.*

If this was an introduction, or brushing up on your favorite band, please know that H&E does this all for you! Keep living, drinking, and rocking...

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