Hollis Brown

Official Tumblr for Hollis Brown. Listen to our song "Run Right To You" http://bit.ly/2tfVBM4 Hollis Brown is Mike Montali, Jonathan Bonilla, Andrew Zehnal, & Adam Bock. We're from Queens, New York. Let's rock.

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Had a great time performing at @iheartradio at the @dunkindonuts Iced Coffee Lounge a few weeks ago! Here’s “She Don’t Love Me Now.”

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California, a playlist by Hollis Brown on Spotify

A playlist featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beck, Eagles, and others

We just landed in California, and can't wait to get on tour here over the next few weeks. Some good music has came from here.. No, we don't mean Poison.. so check out the playlist below while you're working, at the beach, driving, eating tacos, smoking weed, doing anything really! Tour dates below, bring a friend, come say Hi..!!✌️🎸🚀

Tour dates: 7/11 - Fat Tire Tour de Fat New Belgium Brewing Ace Of Spades - Sacramento, CA 7/13 - Saint Rocke - Hermosa Beach, CA 7/26 - Kimpton Goodland - Santa Barbara, CA 7/27 - Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco, CA 7/28 - Tour de Fat New Belgium Brewing Complex Oakland - Oakland, CA 7/29 - Standing Sun Wines - Buellton, CA 7/30 - Soda Bar - San Diego, CA http://www.hollisbrown.com/tour-dates

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Jonathan’s tour highlights

At Mountain jam with Greg from Radio Woodstock. We did an on air interview after our first set on Friday.

Selfie at Mountain Jam. It was a long fantastic day.

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Andrew’s tour highlights

My view during sound check at Mountain Jam.

Here's a little backstage pow-wow just before we go on stage at Louisville Waterfront Wednesday.

Mike getting ready to make it happen.

Cruising down highway 1 in LA.

Hanging at the soundboard at Malibu Guitar Festival.

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Adam’s tour highlights

Exploring new rental equipment is one of the biggest perks of touring in Europe, for me. I never thought I'd be much of an organist, but I'm figuring it out.

@audiotree in Chicago was one of the most professional in-studio recordings we've ever done. Ah, to travel with a real piano... @audiotree-blog

A route through Houston means a trip to the parents' means a trip down memory lane. This is my old cub scout uniform; still (barely) fits!

We saw some cool stuff in Rome! I miss my hair.

It's good to travel with a few extra friends. Bruce Sudano and his guitarist Randy Ray Mitchell made excellent touring companions and really kept everyone's spirits high. You can tell by my face.

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Mike’s 5 Rules to the Road

We've been fortunate enough as a band to go on some of the biggest tours of the year, but we have also gone on some of the weirdest DIY smallest tours of the year also. One thing that remains true, is that there are ALWAYS a few key elements we see everywhere we go.  Here are 5 easy tips that I would give to anyone on tour.

1) Don't blow up bathroom in dressing room.  Before doors open use the venue bathroom, odds are.  Dressing rooms can get really gross, really fast. Note for any fans out there, I can guarantee you may be sitting on the same toilet your favorite artist did a few hours prior.

2) Share- Beer, Booze and Food are for everyone!  When traveling with a small crew or team just remember, that the beer and the meat and cheese plate that the venue is nice enough to provide your band is meant to feed more than just you and your selfish ass.

3) Be nice to stage and sound people.  They can make you sound amazing and make all the difference, but can also leave for a 20 minute cig break in the middle of your set and leave you to die up there. 

4) Go to the merch table after you play.  Until your band is U2, go out and sign some merch, shake the hands and kiss the babies.  

5) Don't get too drunk too often. Especially if you have a long drive that night back home or wherever you have to go, there is literally nothing worse then that drunk bandmate who is just on a different wavelength than you for a 4 hour drive. Sure at a hotel you can get away from it if you want, but in a van there is no escaping it. It is usually fun for the first 25 minutes but then there is a weird turn that happens where its almost like the wolfman comes out and it never ends well.

Good beer, good food in Georgia.

Hanging with @johnvarvatos at Mountain Jam.

Spontaneous photoshoot in Cali.

Making the setlist for our show at The Saint in Asbury Park.

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Check out the music video for our latest single “Run Right To You!” 

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Here’s a message from Otis…

Hollis Brown tour dates:

4/28 - Musica - Akron, OH http://bit.ly/2o6NYIK 5/3 - BAR - New Haven - New Haven, CT (with Frank Viele) (FREE) http://bit.ly/2oFFA0U 5/4 - Daryl's House Club - Pawling, NY (with Lost Leaders) http://bit.ly/2nUPhZm 5/5 - Rough Trade NYC - Brooklyn, NY (with The Lawsuits and Lost Leaders) http://bit.ly/2o0a7Z6 5/6 - THE SAINT - Asbury Park, NJ (with Lost Leaders) http://bit.ly/2ozblvP 5/12 - Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA (with The Lawsuits and The Vernes) http://ticketf.ly/2ozgynr 5/13 - The Hollow Bar + Kitchen - Albany, NY (with Lost Leaders) http://bit.ly/2oA0hOw 5/19 - Malibu Guitar Festival - Malibu, CA http://ticketf.ly/2o0p5xX 5/20 - Malibu Guitar Festival - Malibu, CA http://ticketf.ly/2o0p5xX 5/27 - Decatur Arts Festival - Decatur, GA (FREE) http://bit.ly/2oXmX7X 5/31 - 91.9 WFPK Independent Louisville’s Waterfront Wednesday - Louisville, KY (FREE) http://bit.ly/2nUCOVB 6/1 - Mr. Smalls (The Funhouse) - Millvale, PA http://ticketf.ly/2oFKY47 6/6 - Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD (New Belgium Brewing Tour de Fat) http://ticketf.ly/2oFIxP7 6/16 - Mountain Jam Festival - Hunter, NY http://bit.ly/2e2f2CS 7/11 - Ace Of Spades - Sacramento, CA (New Belgium Brewing Tour de Fat) http://bit.ly/2o0a8Mp 7/13 - Saint Rocke - Hermosa Beach, CA http://ticketf.ly/2oXclWy 7/23 - Karoondinha Music & Arts Festival - Centre Hall, PA http://bit.ly/2o4qgxx 7/27 - Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco, CA http://ticketf.ly/2mprzC3 7/28 - Complex Oakland - Oakland, CA (New Belgium Brewing Tour de Fat) http://bit.ly/2n8ucgU 7/29 - Standing Sun Wines - Buellton, CA http://bit.ly/2mBBuo6

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#NowPlaying Don’t Want To Miss You by Hollis Brown

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Hollis Brown – Wait For Me Virginia

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Catch us on the road in Europe this fall!

October 15 - The Sanctuary - Basingstoke, UK

October 16 - The Maze - Nottingham, UK

October 17 - The Bullingdon - Oxford, UK

October 18 - The Islington - London, UK

October 19 - Vanslag - Borger, Netherlands

October 20 - Wunderbar - Eppstein, Germany

October 21 - V11 - Rotterdam, Netherlands

October 22 - Ramblin' Roots Festival - Utrecht, Netherlands

October 23 - Wilhelmina - Eindhoven, Netherlands

October 25 - Q-Bus - Leiden, Netherlands

October 26 - Hedon - Zwolle, Netherlands

October 27 - Nieuwe Nor - Heerlen, Netherlands

October 28 - N9 - Eeklo, Belgium

October 29 - Mischwerk - Regensburg, Germany

November 1 - Conegliano Corner - Treviso, Italy

November 2 - Dog House - Grosseto, Italy

November 3 - Wishlist Club - Rome, Italy

November 4 - Spazio Teatro 89 - Milan, Italy

November 5 - Teatro Comunale - Dozza, Italy

November 6 - Sinalunga Melatronic Ballroom Fest - Siena, Italy

November 7 - Red River Saloon - Heilbronn, Germany

November 8 - MusicStar - Norderstedt, Germany

November 9 - Folk a Rock - Malmo, Sweden

November 10 - Tivoli - Kristianstad, Sweden

November 11 - Grand - Falkenberg, Sweden

November 12 - Bryggerhuset - Halden, Norway

November 13 - Akkurat - Stockholm, Sweden

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We got to play @audiotree​ last month and are excited to share it with y’all.

@audiotree Website: http://audiotree.tv/session/hollis-brown/

YouTube Playlist: http://bit.ly/2bns1k4

iTunes: http://apple.co/2bxBFgz

@spotify: http://bit.ly/2bcAvsG

Google Play: http://bit.ly/2b15WFE

@amazon http://amzn.to/2biGyc8

Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2bH0BGh

To purchase songs and videos: http://bit.ly/2b4cUbV

*Also available for streaming on Pandora, @applemusic, and Deezer

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Hollis Brown @ Skippers 8/12/16

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Hollis Brown @ Skippers 8/12/16

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HOLLIS BROWN premieres new single via PASTE MAGAZINE

Hollis Brown is a band that, time and again, showcases a discernible flair for rootsy, rock & roll-throwback majesty. – PASTE MAGAZINE

You can pre-order the new EP CLUSTER OF PEARLS at iTunes, and also catch the band on tour in the South and Mid-Atlantic from now through the end of August.

HOLLIS BROWN premieres new single via PASTE MAGAZINE was originally published on Alive Naturalsound Records