Joey and the Hired Horn Band
Joey and the Hired Horn Band was founded by Joey Kitson and Bob Nicholson in the
summer of 2002. The band was assembled for two main reasons: a wealth of great
tunes (Van Morrison, The Commitments, Blood Sweat and Tears, Blues Brothers,
etc...) that the members were dying to play and requests from the public for a
band of this nature.
The personnel for the Joey and the Hired Horn Band is drawn from the cream of
the crop of Prince Edward Island musicians, including four alumnae of the Jive
Kings. The members of the band have collectively won ten East Coast Music
Awards. The band is fronted by Kitson on vocals, has a three piece horn section
(alto sax, trumpet, and bass trombone) and a four piece rhythm section (guitar,
bass, organ and drums).
Joey Kitson and Bob Nicholson had previously been instrumental in forming two of
PEI's most popular horn bands: Kitson founded the Rock Island Blues Band in the
1980's and Nicholson founded the Jive Kings in the late 1990's. Joey is perhaps
best known as vocalist for the ECMA award winning band Rawlin's Cross. Bob
performs in the Charlottetown Festival Orchestra and previously played for four
years at Phantom of the Opera in Toronto.
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The Band |
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| Joey Kitson Bob Nicholson Mark Parsons Peter Wynne Perry Williams Don Fraser Deryl Gallant Kirk White |
vocals bass trombone trumpet alto sax guitar organ bass drums |
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Sample Set Lists |
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Set 1 |
Set 2 |
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