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Huckleberry Swedes
Genre: Roots, Rock
Region: Adelaide, SA
Members: Troy Loakes - Acoustic Guitar/Vocals, Mark Elberg- Guitar/Vocals, Sam Willoughby - Bass/Vocals, BJ Barker - Drums
Sounds Like: neil young, the band
Influences: wilco, neil young
Artist Website: huckleberryswedes.com

The Huckleberry Swedes sound is pretty unique, but if you want to put a label on it, try ……… ……..the missing link between Ryan Adams and Jeff Tweedy (Wilco)

The warm, amber glow, the crack in the door that invites you in, are songs such as; ‘Cast a line’ – a classic loss of innocence tale , ’Black gold’- a yearning protest song that would make Woody Guthrie proud, and the underdog anthem ‘Hair Trigger’. These songs work because they are honest; something you can share, like wholesome stew, like good advice.

Huckleberry Swedes, are a four piece featuring NJ Barker on drums, Sam Willoughby on bass/vox, Mark Elberg on lead guitar/vox and Troy Loakes on vox/ acoustic guitar. A deft live act, they play with empathy and dynamics but are also capable of rocking out, not unlike Neil Young or Steve Earl.

Huckleberry Swedes recently joined the legendary Bill Chambers on the road, showcasing some new songs on tour that could be described as Country-esque but also crossing over styles to include rock, gospel, soul and folk. That’s where the Custom Alt/country tag comes from. As well as warming up the audiences for Bill, the Huckleberry Swedes also backed him up on a bunch of new songs from his recently released album ‘Frozen Ground’.

The Huckleberry Swedes, plan to release their own album later this year; no title as yet but the new material follows on nicely from where the EP Hair trigger left off, it looks set to establish The Huckleberry Swedes, at the very least as one of Australia's top emerging Alt/country acts.

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Hair Trigger
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Black Gold
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My Luck Is Changing
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Hair Trigger
rating:  5/5
My Fav song. Hope to see you on tour soon. Look forward to the new Album!!!!




Black Gold
rating:  5/5
Brings back awesome Memories of Adelaide. Great Sound!!!!




My Luck Is Changing
rating:  5/5
Boys. Love the tunes!!!!




Hair Trigger
rating:  5/5
Wow................... The guitars are so smooth....... great lyrics. Awesome harmonies. Love it
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