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Lounge, Swing, Oldies, and Gulf Coast R&B |
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| Location: | HOUSTON, Texas |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jul 7, 2008 (96 days back) |
About Me |
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| The El Orbits began in 1997 as the Monday night house band at Houston's Satellite Lounge. The band outlasted the club and later took up residency as the Monday night house band at the Continental Club in Houston. The band has also played extended residencies at Austin's Continental Club, Flipnotics Coffeehouse, San Antonio's Casbeers and The Martini at Chianti restaurant (Houston). The band has backed up legends Big Walter Price, Chuck Berry, Big Robert Smith, Archie Bell, Andre Williams, Barbara Mason, Roy Head and many more. The El Orbits have four full-length CD's (available through TexasMusicRoundup.com) and have toured the west coast, midwest and areas around and throughout Texas. The El Orbits has gone through several different line-ups over the years which have included the following band members: David Beebe (Founder), Jim Henkel, Allen Hill, Thomas Escalante, Landis Armstrong, Chris Johnson, Eric Hughes, Steve Begnoche, Paul Beebe, and The Dazzling Pete Gray. The current line up includes Thomas Escalante, Jim Henkel, Allen Hill, Eric C. Hughes, and the Dazzling Pete Gray. For more info on the history of the group, please visit www.elorbit.com . | |
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Music:Member Since: 1/19/2006Band Website: elorbit.com Band Members: Thomas Escalante (vocals, percussion), Jim Henkel (vocals, guitar), the Dazzling Pete Gray (vocals, keyboards), Allen Hill (bass, vocals), Eric C. Hughes (drums) Influences: Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Doug Sahm, Sunny Ozuna, B.J. Thomas, Roy Head, Archie Bell, Chuck Berry, Bobby Darin, Little Joe Washington, Grady Gaines, Mose Allison, Peggy Lee, NRBQ, Iguanas, Freddy Fender, Glen Campbell, Jack Jones, Nat King Cole, Herb Alpert, Chris Montez, Ray Charles, Big Robert Smith, Petula Clark, LeRoi Brothers, Gene Thomas, Charlie Rich, Sam the Sham, Roger Miller Sounds Like: See above plus add some light rock and a few more classic country songs Record Label: Freedom Records www.texasmusicroundup.com Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Lounge / Rockabilly / Pop) |
My Blog |
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Hello, this is Jim |
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| Hi everybody!
As most of you know, the El Orbits are in a period of transition. We have a new personnel lineup, new repertoire, and a decidely different vibe than the El Orbits you have known and love... Posted by The El Orbits on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:23:00 PST |
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Turning this page over to the NEW band |
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| Hey, ya'll- i'm transferring this page over to the guys (and girl) who are currently in the band so they can keep you updated, etc. If you want to speak directly with me feel free to catch me at www.m... Posted by The El Orbits on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:11:00 PST |
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Green Bay, Detroit |
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| We're on tour. It's fun, as usual. Jim, myself, and Eric drove to Detroit from Houston to back up the Black Godfather Andre Williams at a small club called The Belmont. Very cool place. The openng ban... Posted by The El Orbits on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:01:00 PST |
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Man it's hard to keep track of each of these shows! |
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| Gawd, it seems like although I feel like I'm determined to do a recap on all these shows there's just no way to find the energy to do it. I can tell you what the root fo the problem is, though. It's t... Posted by The El Orbits on Mon, 01 May 2006 10:22:00 PST |
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San Antonio International Center, Friday 4/21 |
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| Jim and I drove the Brown Chariot to San Antonio Friday to play a three piece show with Chris on bass at San Antonio's International Center downtown. This gig was for the City of San Antonio's busines... Posted by The El Orbits on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:17:00 PST |
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Monday 4/17 |
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| Man, our Monday night gig was fun this past week. I was dehydrated and wasn't even sure I was going to make it through at first, but muscled through with the help of some RC and Viet sandwiches before... Posted by The El Orbits on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:25:00 PST |
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Back in Houston |
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| Ok, y'all. So I suck not having posted jack for a long time. We've had a ton of gigs and they've been going pretty well. It's Lent, so I haven't been drinking beer-that probably makes us sound a lot b... Posted by The El Orbits on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:45:00 PST |
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Cool new coffeehouse |
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| Check it out- 1600 S Shepherd- no liquor license- BYOB! Chris Knudson, an old friend, tonight. Might be worth your while- David Posted by The El Orbits on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 04:41:00 PST |
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Tuesday , March 7th Casbeers San Antonio |
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| I started out Tuesday morning by going out to 45 and Gulf bakc to pick up the trailer from the trailer repair shop. New bearing grease, rewired lights and a bent wheel replacement was what I ordered, ... Posted by The El Orbits on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 04:20:00 PST |
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Saturday, March 4th, American Shooting Range, MFAH party |
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| We played a Museum of Fine Arts party and shoot at the American Shooting Range out along Addicks Dam last Saturday. We pulled up after Jim and I had finished playing the Allen Oldies Band gig at the H... Posted by The El Orbits on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 03:59:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Continental Club Houston, Sig's Lagoon, Flipnotics Coffeespace Cafe, The Allen Oldies Band, Disco Expressions, Jim, The Colonel, Paul Beebe, The Aqua Velva, 7 2 5, zenbetty, Hollie, The Bald Heretic, Nick Gaitan, JESSE "banjo and sullivan" DAYTON, The Goldstars, McLemore Avenue, New Duncan Imperials, Roy Head, ROCRAMENT, SeanGuy3K, Hoody's World, The Fab 5 - Official MySpace Page, erin, The Band of Heathens, Sahm Music, Mike, Snit's Dog & Pony Show, Jenny, Imperium Dominium, Kim & Bret, Roller Derby Boot Camp, Big Daddy Earl, Blazin' Banditas Rollerderby, Christopher, Steve Krase, Chase Hamblin, Terry, Lynn, Jimbo Jangles, DJ Lucky, Sheri, HUmore me!, A.K. Twang, Leslie, *lolie*, d lux, Krustacean, Cassandra, ArtBiker, Joe, The Casbah, Emily, SHAGGY DOGS, The Lowtides, Kirsten, Funniest Filmmaker in Austin, MARTINO's Kustom Posters & Art, Opie Hendrix and the Texas Tallboys, Sky Pirates
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