Singer/songwriter/guitarist
Gail Lloyd is the driving force behind Wild Oats Records’
Gail & The Tricksters,
a Nashville-based band, who play swingin’, rockin’ roots music
that blends the
best of rockabilly, jump blues and rock’n’roll.
Gail & the Tricksters
are dynamic live performers who really know how to get the
audience on their
feet and dancing. Gail, who is originally from Hawaii, is a versatile
singer with great stage presence, and is backed by a stellar line-up of
musicians with their own long lists of performing/recording credits.
Music journalist Vince Mont- gomery describes Gail
& The Tricksters
as “The most enjoyable new local act I've seen recently... Gail has
a very good voice, and is a high-energy stageperformer”.
Gail grew up on the
islands of Oahu and Maui, learning – among other things --
to hula, surf, and
play native instruments like the ukulele and uli uli, and listening to
local deejays like the legendary Aku Head Pupule. (His name means “crazy
fish head” in Hawaiian !) Gail’s feel for the beat brought her to
Nashville in the early ‘90s, and
has also taken her
around the world. She’s performed in Germany, Austria, Switzer- land,
Sweden, England, Scotland, France, the Czech Republic, and even by the
Sea of Galilee in Israel.
The band's
original sound has won the admiration of Wanda Jackson, who Gail
and the band have
backed and opened for at several Tennessee musical events;
and rockabilly legend
Frank “Andy” Starr, with whom Gail dueted with on some
of his final recordings.
Wanda Jackson, in the Nashville Rage of April 3rd, 2004,
said of Gail
& The Tricksters: "I worked with
them last year at the Americana festival," Jackson says. "We previewed
my new album together. They are an excellent band, and I'm really
grateful to have them." Gail recently (Summer 2004) shared the
stage with Rosie Flores and Linda Gail Lewis at a festival in Sweden.
The debut EP by Gail
& The Tricksters, All Tricked
Out, a six song raver, has earned
favorable reviews
and radio airplay both in the U.S. and overseas. The band was also
featured on Wild oats Record's three-artist album, Starr
Struck (2003) along with Rockabilly Hall-Of-Famer
Frank "Andy" Starr, & The Haywoods. Gail is back in the studio
in Nashville, putting finishing touches on the brand-new Gail
& The Tricksters CD, Dare To Be Different,
Says Gail: “I enjoy taking elements of blues, rockabilly … surf, a touch
of surf, and a little swing … And well, I think I’m a pretty intense
live performer, I just fuse it all together and hope it catches fire
!”
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