Betsy Badwater & The Hillbilly Chrome

Betsy Badwater hammers down a stout distillation of rockabilly, country, blues, soul and high-lonesome. Betsy writes the songs, sings, plays guitar, and a tambourine-topped bass drum all at the same time. Now... Betsy claims to come from the Suwannee River.... We’ve heard her tell that she was born in the mouth of an alligator, wearing red high-heels and singin’ the blues. She says a lot of things. Whether or not that tale is really true, we do know that she is, in fact, proudly, the daughter of a long line of Primitive "Footwashin'" Baptist preachers, church founders, and singers. Like Ralph Stanley, Betsy learned, from infancy, to sing in the Appalachian High-Lonesome and acapella ”song lining” singing style heard almost exclusively in Primitive Baptist churches. Betsy’s gigantic voice came out of a family of gigantic voices- when there’s no music in church, you have to sing “out.” Betsy Badwater & The Hillbilly Chrome have performed as supporting act for David Allen Coe, Chris Thomas King, Ray Benson & Asleep at the Wheel, Rodney Adkins, Larry Mitchell Band, Buckwheat Zydeco, Blue Mother Tupelo, The Ten Foot Pole Cats, Ramblin’ Steve Gardner & Bill Steber, Miss Izzy Cox, and more. Betsy Badwater has performed in true music venues and music festivals in 35 cities in 8 states, has been featured on NPR radio shows as well as commercial radio stations in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas, as well as featured on PBS television, CNN and Headline News. Betsy's new record, due for release August 17, 2013, was completed at The Shed Recording Studio in New Orleans features Grammy-winning movie star, and blues/Americana hero, Chris Thomas King (O, Brother Where Art Thou, Ray) as Producer and multi-instrumentalist on 1 track (two more to be released in the fall). She is currently preparing for a 47 date/8 state tour of the south begining August 27, 2013.

Pensacola, FL