A Thousand Horses has been on the Southern Style Tour with Darius Rucker for about a month, and so far they say it has been an incredible experience. Lead singer Michael Hobby says, “We started it out the day after (Darius’) birthday up in New Jersey so we had a great time that night, his birthday night just listening to music and he was singing songs and we were just kind of like jamming in these little rooms they set up with TVs in them you know every night.”
Besides the late night jam sessions, A Thousand Horses and Darius Rucker’s camp also have Madden Football tournaments. In fact, Michael says, “We didn’t have a PlayStation 4 ’cause he asked, he’s like ‘You guys have a PlayStation 4?’ and I was like, ‘No we don’t have one,’ and he goes, ‘Oh, I gotta get you one, I’m gonna get you Madden’ and sure enough a knock on the bus a few days later and ‘Here’s your PlayStation Madden.’” Plus they shoot basketball and play corn hole. Michael says, “It’s like a big play ground most the time backstage every day.”
A Thousand Horses just released their debut album, Southernality, featuring their #1 song, “Smoke,” and their brand new single, “(This Ain’t No) Drunk Dial.”
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A Thousand Horses – Darius tour vibe :48
Michael Hobby – “The tour vibe’s been incredible I mean we started it out the day after his (Darius) birthday up in New Jersey so we had a great time that night, his birthday night just listening to music and he was singing songs and we were just kind of like jamming in these little rooms they set up with TVs in them you know every night. So that’s been a lot of fun he…there’s a Madden tournament Football, ’cause they all love playing Madden in his camp, and we didn’t have a PlayStation 4 ’cause he asked he’s like ‘You guys have a PlayStation 4?’ and I was like, ‘No we don’t have one,’ and he goes, ‘Oh, I gotta get you one, I’m gonna get you Madden’ and sure enough a knock on the bus a few days later and ‘Here’s you PlayStation Madden…’ shoot basketball and play corn hole, it’s like a big play ground most the time backstage every day.”
WHAT THEY’RE DOING THIS WEEK – JUNE 15, 2015 – MONDAY
A Thousand Horses’ enjoyed their first big CMA Fest last week playing at the “Darius & Friends” benefit show at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon and playing the Bud Light Plaza Stage at CMA Fest and then played Bonnaroo on Sunday (6/14). The guys play shows in Texas this week on Darius Rucker’s Southern Style Tour.”
A THOUSAND HORSES – THE FACTS
MEMBERS: Michael Hobby – Lead Vocal
Bill Satcher – Lead Guitar
Zach Brown – Guitar and Vocal
Graham Deloach – Bass and Vocal
HOMETOWN / ORIGIN: Newberry, South Carolina – Savannah, Georgia
DEBUT SINGLE: – “Smoke” remains in the top 20 this week on the Country Aircheck / Mediabase chart. The song went all the way to the top.
DEBUT ALBUM: Southerality
GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT: February 21, 2015
TOURING WITH: Darius Rucker’s “Southern Style Tour.”
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