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Hometown: Santa Barbara, CA
Label: susanmariereeves@gmail.com
Management: booking: honeysucklepossums@gmail.com
Website: www.honeysucklepossums.com
Sounds Like: Dixie Chicks, Hazel Dickens, Dr. Ralph Stanley
Genre: Americana
The Honeysuckle Possums:
“High-Energy, Good-Times Music!”
The Honeysuckle Possums are a five-woman string band, playing old-time, original, and bluegrass-style mountain music. The three lead singers, Susan Marie Reeves (guitar, strum-stick, ukulele) and Charletta Erb (fiddle, guitar) and Amy Novak Warren (guitar, mandolin and bass) are all accomplished songwriters. Lisa Macker plays stand up bass and mandolin and joins in on harmonies, while Ruth Alpert is the band’s dancing percussionist…an Appalachian-style flat-footer, who seems to float as she makes it easy for the crowd to dance and clap along.
The Honeysuckle Possums have played all over California and continue to gain praise for their beautiful vocals, carefully crafted harmonies, and spirited style. They have performed at the Goleta Old Time Fiddlers Convention/Festival, the Parkfield Bluegrass Festival, Father's Day Bluegrass Festival in Grass Valley and the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, all to rave reviews.
““The irrepressible, astonishingly wonderful, dazzling, dancing, smiling, harmonizing, infinitely entertaining, denizens of Bluegrass, mermaids of music, magical marvels of their time.””
- Michael Wilds, Santa Barbara., CA
The group’s intention is “to create and share bliss through music”. Their collective joy onstage is delightful, and their performances are carried on a strong current of love and friendship. “Possum” audience members often comment on how that energy is irresistible!
“The Possums killed it. The Possums nailed it. The Possums made it RAIN up in here and lit the lamps. The Possums tied the knot on a huge parcel and sent it Air Mail Special Delivery, postage paid. The Possums washed the windows and patched the roof. The Possums hoisted the mizzen and set sail.”
Tom Lee - Song Tree Concert Series
“Good times never sounded so sweet or conveyed so much ethereal energy as this foot-stompin’, old-time, “down home”-style gem by The Honeysuckle Possums. Filled with break-your-heart beautiful harmonies, their first self-titled CD is a mix of popular traditional and standout original songs, all sung, played and co-produced by five exceptionally talented women.
Based in Santa Barbara, California, the five women are the real deal: accomplished multi-instrumentalists who have been playing together for years...But what makes this group really exceptional are their voices...the vocal chemistry is sheer magic...”
Jackie Morris - Folkworks
““The Honeysuckle Possums have been bringing smiles and feel good harmonies to audiences for quite a long while now.””
Andy Doerr- Director of Fiddlers Convention and Festival - Fiddlers Convention
“The Possums have hearts full of honey. These women clearly love what they're playing. This is true Americana... and they're mighty tight as well. If you could taste the sound, it would be clear country Honeydew Vinewater. Give them a listen!”
Johnny Sacko / Santa Barbara - possum friend
