Hosty Duo
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About the Hosty Duo.......
"Out of Norman, Oklahoma, witty guitar guru Hosty and his side kick, two piece drummer, Michael Byars, entertain as the Hosty Duo with a tour schedule of 250 shows a year. Hosty simultaneously tears through gritty slide leads, blows harmonica and or Kazoo and uses foot pedals to stomp bass lines. His guitar collection includes an 8 string instrument that allows him to thump three bass strings with his thumb while he fingerpicks guitar. The Hosty Duo has developed a huge underground following of bikers, sorority gals, hippies and truckers."
Billy Block's Western Beat Monthly -May 2003 Edition
About
The Duo has been featured on the Jimmy Kimmel Show during their filming of the Okie Noodling Festival in Pauls Valley. Hosty was even featured on the Tonight Show Dumb ad section for his One Man Band Routine with an ad that said, “Mike Hosty Plays with Himself.”
The Hosty Duo's penchant for catchy songs and high-octane live shows has given them the opportunity to open for many diverse acts such as:
R.L.Burnside,The Dempsey's,Blues Traveler, G Love and Special Sauce, Fiona Apple, Bob Schieder,Green Lemon
Dwayne Burnside,Amy MCue,Asleep at the Wheel,Cedell Davis,T-Model Ford,Hank Williams III, The Why Store
Dick Dale, Marcia Ball, Popa Chubby, Leon Russell,Deep Blue Something, Bo Diddley, Tenderloin, BR5-459,
Spin Doctors, Widespread Panic, Walter Wolfman Washington, Bobgoblin, Juice, David Garza, Dr Hook,
Roger Cline and the Peacemakers, Soulhat, The Hackensaw Boys, Bardo Pond, Rubber Bullet, Little Sister,
Paul Thorn,Billy Joe Shaver,Cross Canadien Ragweed, Jason Boland and the Stragglers, Wade Bowen, Stoney LaRue,
Jimmy Lafave, Sound Team, the ChainSaw Kittens,Those Darn Accordians,Motet, Billy Goat, Madahoochie
Dirty Dozen Brass Band,Rev. Paytons Big Damn Band, Dave Mason, Hairy Apes BMX, Hi Fi and The Roadburners,
The Red Elvis's,Wild Peach,Jesse Dayton, Road Kings, Fortune Tellers, Joe Bonamassa,Papa Grows Funk,.38 Special
Jacob Fred Jazz Odessey and, of course, Quiet Riot oh yeah, the 2005 Holiday Bowl in San Diego OU vs Oregon.
In addition, several songs from their CD catalog have gotten airplay on local stations such as KGOU in Norman, KRXO in Oklahoma City and KRSC in Tulsa even overseas in Macedonia, Spain, Belgium, Brazil and the Netherlands.
The Hosty Duo has toured the United States from Norman Oklahoma up to Mineaplois, MN down to Columbia, SC south the Houston and out West to Pheonix, San Diego and up in the Rocky mountains of Colorado. From Coast to coast and up and down the length of I-35 they have played. If you dangle shinney objects in front of them they might just show up and play for you too.
