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DAVE GONZALEZ, MIKE BARFIELD and THE STONE RIVER BOYS

When the Hacienda Brothers released their third and final studio album titled Arizona Motel in June, guitarist Dave Gonzalez was left with the unfortunate task of promoting the new release without his partner Chris Gaffney. Gaffney, a founding member who was also the band’s lead vocalist and accordion player, died unexpectedly from liver cancer in April. So Gonzalez put together an Austin all-star band last summer to hit some of The Bros. favorite venues, and it was Gonzalez himself who took over the onstage vocal duties for all of Gaffney’s songs, nailing them with emotion and finesse night after night. Gonzalez’s outstanding performances are no surprise to those who followed The Paladins, where Gonzalez did the bulk of the singing for over 20 years.

The wild card in the summer band was Austin’s Mike Barfield. While some people might have mistakenly looked at Barfield as an attempt to replace Gaffney, the fact and the results couldn’t be further from that: Barfield proved to be just the breath of fresh air the shows needed to keep them fun-loving and spontaneous. Barfield is a singer that Gaffney respected and enjoyed. Barfield has fronted his own band, The Hollisters, and spent the last few years creating his own brand of country-soul, recently releasing two CDs of largely original material. The most recent, The Tyrant (Tater Tot Recordings) takes its name from Barfield’s nickname as The Tyrant of Texas Funk. The CD features a slew of fun, soulful, funky and sometimes irreverent songs like “Funky Cupcake” and “The Struggle.” When Barfield breaks into his screaming whoops and animated country-soul dance you’ll want to join the infectious good time. Gaffney would have loved this pairing.

PHOTO BY TOM ZINN

The Hacienda Brothers, led by cult heroes Chris Gaffney and Dave Gonzalez, introduced their wood-smoked blend of stone country and old-school R&B on their self-titled 2004 debut album, helmed by legendary writer/producer Dan Penn. The record was made in Tucson, where both of the principals, who now reside in Southern California, have roots, so people took to describing the group’s sound as “western soul.” The term not only stuck, it proved to be inspirational when the Haciendas and Penn reconvened in the picturesque Arizona city for the follow-up effort, What’s Wrong With Right (Proper American Records), because the album vividly captures the new/old genre brought about by the pairing of Gaffney, Gonzalez and Penn.

Dave is continuing on in this tradition with new material made for dancing and romancing. He has put together a few new bands made up of our favorite sideman and singers like Mike Barfield and other original members of The Hacienda Brothers for touring all over the country. Let us know what your festival or event is looking for and I am know we can create it for you with this solid singer/ songwriter/ legendary guitar player. Hacienda Brothers and Paladins fans know what they can expect and he will deliver nothing short of those high expectations!

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OFFICIAL WEBSITE
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MANAGER
Jeb Schoonover

LISTEN TO THE BAND: Ordinary Fool with Dave Gonzalez on lead vocals HERE and You Got What It Takes with Mike Barfield on lead vocals HERE
these tracks are The Stone River Boys- recorded live!