Poor Mans Poison

Rank #1 Hanford, CA Americana / Acoustic Rock / Country

About

Members: Ryan Hakker, Mike Jacobs, Tommy McCarthy, and Dustin Mederios

Sounds Like: Jason Mraz, Zac Brown Band, Jack Johnson, Mumford and Sons, Willie Nelson

Label: none

Manager: Doug

Bio: From the heartland of California, these four life-long friends and band mates bring their combined passion for music to the stage and studio. With their powerful combination of toe tapping acoustics and smooth, spellbinding harmonies, they artfully weave their view of life’s experiences into witt... See Full Bio

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: Poor Mans Poison has a show on 05/18/2013 at 01:30 PM @ Kings Count... in Hanford, CA... http://t.co/sDOkmI3Ycc

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“Poor Mans Poison WINS the 31rst Annual Texaco Country Showdown, grand prize winners of 100k and tittle "best new country act". ”

— Lori, Country Showdown

“Poor Man's Poison is heading to Nashville this January for the finals of the Texaco Country Showdown where they will compete with the four other Regional Winners on a Nationally syndicated television special for $100,000 and the coveted title, “Best New Act in Country Music.” Each year more than 50,000 artists compete throughout the U.S. Past winners include: Martina McBride, Garth Brooks, Miranda Lambert, Neal McCoy, Sara Evans, Brad Paisley and Billy Ray Cyrus.”

— Lori, Country Showdown

“ Poor Man's Poison's music is far from traditional country. The band writes and performs all their own acoustic songs on bluegrass instruments, and their music is influenced by rock, folk and reggae. Showdown judge Les Engle said the band's unique music influenced the judges' decision. Their music 'didn't fit the cookie-cutter country western" style, Engle said. 'These guys, you could tell they didn't emulate anyone. They wrote their own material; they played it; they believed it." 'I would have loved to have sat back and listened to another hour of what they did," Engle said. 'I would have loved to have heard more of that harmony, more of the stories their songs told, where they were going with it."”

— By Jessie Higgins, The World, The World

“Today’s New Music Discovery on Daily Unsigned, Poor Mans Poison comes to us from Hanford, CA and boy are they amazing! With straight up acoustic instruments and those emotionally driven vocals nothing can top these guys at what they do and that is serving up the best Americana/Folk/Indie their way. Big things are coming for these guys! - Rob Daily”

— Rob Daily, Daily Unsigned Featured Artist

“Local band Poor Man’s Poison sold out the Hanford Fox Theatre on Feb. 18. They are the first group from this area to ever accomplish that feat. ”

— Hanford Sentinel

“For local band Poor Man's Poison, the last few months have seen a slew of achievements. This weekend comes another, and it's one that's close to their heart. Poor Man's Poison is headlining the Hanford Fox Theatre on Saturday night. It's a special gig because its members grew up around the Hanford area. So the band set a goal to sell out the theater and to become the first local act to do so.Earlier this week, just a few days before the concert, it did just that. ”

— Mike Osegueda, Fresno Bee

“ One of the coolest things is the addition of the mandolin, which is constantly picking up a storm, or strumming up a...uh...hurricane... or something like that. Anyway, the point is that this is very good, honest music, and it deserves any recognition it receives, even if that recognition is simply the fact that I'll be playing it again, right now, on the first rainy day of the year.”

— Eknosis, DG Review

“Poor Man's Poison are a group of musical friends from California. They play acoustic music on traditional bluegrass instruments but this is far from traditional sounding. You get all kinds of influences from folk to reggae in their style. Think of perhaps Jack Johnson having grown up in Appalachia instead of Hawaii. I mean this in a really good way. There is a sweet, laid-back vibe to this record. Tight harmonies and great playing infuse the songs with such a good feeling”

— Chris Schmid, The Discriminating Music Aficionado

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Fox Theater
Hanford, CA, US | 8:00pm
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San Luis Obispo, CA, US | 7:00pm
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CWC.
Great tracks guys,welcome from Scotland,stop by.CWC
Jersey Johnny Flora
Greetings from the Jersey Shore....I'll talk you up on my sites...Diggin' Prodigal...peace and harmony ...JJF
Ben Aaron
Really rockin' acoustic songs, Poor Man's Poison. Keep up the great work.
Smith III
Nice work! I came by to show you some love and support, you can return the favor by stopping by out page. Put A Stamp On it!
LOST CITY BAND
Superb music guys !!!! Peace, LCB
Cemo Mus!ck
Terrificool sound here! ;0) Keep it up mate! Sunny greetings from Cheeseland [ Switzerland ;0) ]!!!

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Q: Hi Guys, We saw you win in Nashville and loved you! We want to come and see you play on March 30th. You all met us, we're Corey's aunt and Grandma, from Kate & Corey in Nashville. Just sayin howdy

A: It would be great to see you again i hope you can make it. Thats going to be a great show...lots of fun. please feel free to email us if you have any questions about the show. poormanspoison@gmail.com

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