Hey Negrita

Hey Negrita certainly are a origins music combo from London whose music combines the difficult part of American nation and the clear emotional edge from the blues. Called for a track by the Moving Rocks, Hey Negrita had been founded by vocalist and guitarist Felix (name Felix Bechtolsheimer), a musician given birth to in Germany and elevated in Britain who got an accident training course in American music when he spent 2 yrs surviving in Florida. But Felix’s decision to come quickly to America in 2000 acquired little regarding music; he previously developed a significant drug issue, and found Florida in the assistance of his uncle to enter rehab and kick his heroin habit. During his amount of time in the Sunshine Condition, Felix became close friends with an American guitarist who acquired played with Small Feat and Gram Parsons, plus they performed regular membership gigs jointly, piquing his curiosity about American root base noises. When Felix came back towards the U.K., he produced Hey Negrita simply because a car for new music he’d discussed his have a problem with addiction aswell simply because his fondness for musical Americana. Felix teamed up with a vintage musical colleague, Hugo Heimann, who performed bass and keyboards, and both trim Hey Negrita’s debut record, 2005’s We Are Catfish, with Felix managing business lead vocals and acoustic guitar and Heimann overdubbing the rest. Quickly Hey Negrita extended to a complete band with the help of Neil Findlay on percussion and Gus Glen on banjo, acoustic guitar, and lap metal, and in 2006 the group slice its second LP, The Hype Above, which just like the debut was originally released within the U.K. self-employed label Extra fat Fox Music — though as the group’s profile increased, a offer was quickly struck with Common, which reissued the recording. Hey Negrita toured thoroughly, both like a headliner so that as starting act for his or her close friends Alabama 3, though by the finish of 2007 the group’s occupied schedule resulted in some adjustments in the lineup. Both Hugo Heimann and Gus Glen remaining Hey Negrita, and can Greener on harmonica, Paul Sandy on upright bass, and Matthew Ord on acoustic guitar and vocals had been put into the regular membership. In June 2008, the brand new release of Hey Negrita released the solitary “Rope,” having a full-length recording, YOU ARE ABLE TO Kick, following soon thereafter. The group can be featured inside a documentary increasing from the U.K. Americana music picture, We Dreamed America.