A Thousand Horses scored their first #1 song with “Smoke,” and their latest single, “(This Ain’t No) Drunk Dial,” is already in the top 25. When lead singer Michael Hobby reflects on the band’s success, fortunately nothing about the band was contrived or took a whole lot of thought to come together. He says, “There’s never really a thought, or like we looked at it as we need to be a band ‘cause there’s too many solos or too many duos. We’ve always been a band. I mean, Bill and I have had a band together since we were 15 years old growin’ up in South Carolina, and Graham’s been playing with us kind a on and off since then too, when we were kids growin’ up. We met Zack, I mean it’s always been A Thousand Horses.”
Michael says another key to A Thousand Horses’ success is that they never tried to be anything but themselves. “We’ve always kind a kept our head down and kind a do what we do and it’s amazing to see the response and fans getting behind it,” he says.
A Thousand Horses has tour dates booked through December 12th, then they’ll take about a month off before joining Jason Aldean on his We Were Here Tour 2016, which kicks off on January 14th in Moline, Illinois.
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Michael Hobby – “There’s never really a thought, or like we looked at it as we need to be a band ‘cause there’s too many solos or too many duos. We’ve always been a band. I mean, Bill and I have had a band together since we were 15 years old growin’ up in South Carolina, and Graham’s been playing with us kind a on and off since then too, when we were kids growin’ up. We met Zack, I mean it’s always been A Thousand Horses, and we’ve always kind a kept our head down and kind a do what we do and it’s amazing to see the response and fans getting behind it. So, I wouldn’t say that it’s a conscious thought of, we have to be a band, it’s just kind a who we are. We always have been. That’s why we started writin’ songs.”
WHAT THEY’RE DOING THIS WEEK – NOVEMBER 30, 2015 – MONDAY
- A Thousand Horses is back on the road this week with shows in Texas and Louisiana. You can check out all their remaining 2015 tour dates here.
- The guys were also just featured in the English publication Classic Rock. You can see the feature here.
A THOUSAND HORSES – THE FACTS
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.athousandhorses.com
FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/athousandhorsesmusic
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/athousandhorses
INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/athousandhorses/?hl=en
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” topped the country charts.
LATEST SINGLE: “(This Ain’t No) Drunk Dial” sits at number 25 on the Mediabase charts this week.
LATEST VIDEO – “(This Ain’t No) Drunk Dial” – See it here.
DEBUT ALBUM: Southerality
GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT: February 21, 2015
TOURING WITH: Jason Alden in January 2016
RECENT TWEETS:
A Thousand Horses @athousandhorses Nov 29
Next Week: Portland, OR – Dec 6 at Theater of the Clouds at Moda Center http://www.bandsintown.com/event/10452667?artist=A+Thousand+Horses&came_from=95
A Thousand Horses @athousandhorses Nov 28
Next Week: Scott, LA – Dec 5 at Taste of Country Christmas Tour http://www.bandsintown.com/event/10604867?artist=A+Thousand+Horses&came_from=95
A Thousand Horses Retweeted Bruce Renwick @renwick57 Nov 28 Gateshead, England
Nice to see @athousandhorses getting some coverage on this side of the pond in @ClassicRockMag