Friday, August 1, 2025

The Barrel Maker is straight up drinkin' music, not watered down. Telling it like it is, and keeping the Country tradition alive with heavy Rock and Roll roots. 

Founded in 2015 by Evan Kuiper. With a desire to do something different, and no stranger to  late night karaoke, the songs just poured out like shots of whiskey. Within a few short months, recording began for the first EP titled “Maybe One Day” which included 4 hard hitting originals and a cover of Billy Squire's “The Stroke.”

In 2022 Evan travelled to Nashville and recorded debut album “Lonesome Drifter” with an incredible group of players who have shared the stage and studio with some of country's greatest inlcuding: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, David Allan Coe, George Jones, Jamey Johnson, John Anderson, Alabama, and many more. Needless to say, they knew what to do and it was solid country gold. They recorded 9 original songs and a cover of David Allan Coe's “Spotlight”.

In 2023 Evan assembled a touring band of country renegades. No drama, no BS, just good times and good tunes. From dive bars to music festivals, motorcycle rallies to rodeos they do it all with hillbilly charm.

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5-piece Canadian classic rock, soul and pop band from beautiful Kelowna British Columbia!

Bringing you the classics from the 70's, 80's, 90's up to and including some of the latest chart topping hits guaranteed to keep you dancing all night long!  

Their love of playing music and a shared love of some of the best including the likes of Journey, Kansas, Adele, Bon Jovi and Van Halen to name just a few plus many many more that has inspired them to come together to spread musical BLISS!

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Six Gun Romeo are one of those no-nonsense Blues/Rock, Outlaw Country bands. There are no side steps into jazz, atonality, difficult time signatures, just bass, drums, guitars and vocals. Borrowing heavily from the 50s/60/s rock and blues boom, with nifty bass and guitar unison riffs, with simplicity at the core of what they do.

Six Gun Romeo from Western Canada has played over 400 shows, events, festivals & released 7 albums. 

Toured Western, Eastern & Southern U.S.A. 4 times, including dates in California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, Boston, Memphis, Nashville  and 2 European Tours in a 9-year span.

They have shared the stage with some of Canada’s and the World’s finest, playing events & festivals with Bad Company, Lonestar, and Sawyer Brown Opening for Dierks Bentley & Deke Dickerson in LA. 

All the evidence you need that these guys are in bed with with Johnny Cash on one side of the pillow and ol’ school ZZTop on the other side. Add  a dash of reverend Horton heat and the Paladins into the Mix and you have an amazing fun, slap you around rock and roll band! Not to mention a second to none live show!

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We are a classic rock cover band based in Penticton, British Columbia. We’ve been entertaining crowds all over BC for over 10 years.

Pubs, clubs, festivals, corporate events, private parties; big or small, we rock them all.

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A masterful guitarist, Paul has been playing guitar since the age of ten. Drawing upon the influences of guitar legends such as Jimi Hendrix, BB King, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Paul has honed his skill to near perfection. He honors  the songs of the greats by playing them with amazing precision and at the same time, investing them with his own intense feeling. After his solos, it is not uncommon to see people cheering jubilantly while shaking thier heads in disbelief and awe.                  

Originally from Abbotsford BC, Paul joined his first band " Legal Tender" at the age of sixteen, playing the bass guitar. The band was a popular band at local high school dances and festivals for 3 years when he moved to the far north for a job and a re-dedication to playing guitar rather than bass.

For the following 8 years Paul played in various bands working the club circuit of western Canada, honing his guitar and vocal skills and meeting many people who would become instrumental in the formation and success of Texas Flood in the years to come.

In 1993 Paul formed Texas Flood with Jerry Adolphe, veteran Vancouver drummer of well known bands "Chilliwack" and " Jim Byrnes", and fellow club musician Simon Hardman. Through the nineties Texas Flood toured relentlessly ,eventually securing the Monday night slot as a house Band at The Yale Hotel in Vancouver in the year 2000, a Monday night party that lasted three year. The year 2000 was a busy one  that included a  full festival tour as a backing band for Chicago lap steel legend "Freddy Roulette" and a trip late in the year to do some shows in Austin Texas, a lifelong dream .                                                      

Through his work at The Yale,  Paul struck up a friendship with Canadian rock legend  "Jerry Doucette"  and began to play second guitar in the "Doucette"  band and continues to do so to this day. Try to catch these two , both formidable guitar talents, together onstage. 

Since relocating to Alberta in 2004, Paul has continued to work steadily with Texas Flood and as of March 2014  has just released their new CD  " Long Time Comin' ". Texas Flood is committed to keeping the rockin' blues alive.                                          

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