The Hillbilly Way
The Hillbilly Way or THW are an American country music band formed in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2012 and originally consisted of Chris" Abby" Abbondanza( lead vocals), Dave Cramer( keyboards), Ryan Lucotch( drums), Jeff Volek( bass guitar, accordion), David" Junior" Guthrie( electric guitar), and Bob" Crafty" Crafton( steel guitar).
The band originally started as a Reunion to their previous band name The Povertyneck Hillbillies.
Under their previous name, The Povertyneck Hillbillies, they released a total of three albums: the independently released" Hillbilly State of Mind" and" Do n't Look Back" in 2002 and 2004, followed by a self- titled effort in 2006 on Rust Records, Universal Music Group.
Although these three albums produced no chart hits, they sold more than 10,000 copies nationwide and their video for the song" Mr. Right Now", went to# 2 on Great American Country, GAC, for 15 weeks.
The group toured all over the continental US during this time under" The Dale Morris& Associates", now called Paradigm Talent Agency and were marketed by AristoMedia.
They also attended the CMA Awards and were featured in magazines such as Country Weekly and Rolling Stone.
In 2008, Higbee, the founder of" The Povertyneck Hillbillies", issued a press release indicating that the band would be on hiatus indefinitely.
Higbee then went on with his own band called" The Chris Higbee Project", while Abbondanza began a solo career, and" Junior", Ryan, and Jeff formed a band called" The West Virginia Push", A. K.A." Junior& The Push".
In 2012, the band reformed under the name of The Hillbilly Way, and had a kickoff concert August 25, 2012, at CONSOL Energy Park, home of the Washington Wild Things minor league baseball team, in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
The band now consists of Chris" Abby" Abbondanza, Jeff Volek, David" Junior" Guthrie, and Keith Klenhampl.
Darren Hayman & the Secondary Modern
Darren Hayman& the Secondary Modern are a British band who have released four albums.
Darren Hayman has previously performed with Hefner and The French, and continues to collaborate with ex-members of both bands.
The name of the band refers to a type of school which existed in post-war Britain.
Since 2012, Hayman's backing bands have been known as The Long Parliament and The Short Parliament.
Kava Kava (band)
Kava Kava is a British rock band/ live dance act from Huddersfield, England featuring the vocals, production and songwriting of Pat Fulgoni.
They started as a four- piece live psychedelic funk outfit with heavy George Clinton influences with Pat Fulgoni on vocals, keyboards and brass, Jason Riley on bass, Mathew Bond on guitar, Chris Sykes on drums.
In the UK Kava Kava cut their teeth through the underground festival/ party scene signing to Delerium Records touring Europe and the UK with amongst others label mates Porcupine Tree, and indie band Embrace the NME describing the band as" gorgeous new psychedelic funk" for their debut' You Can Live Here'
The band expanded into a six piece and released 2004's' Maui' album on independent label Chocolate Fireguard Records.
The music on' Maui' is more dance, electronic, funk and disco influenced.
They have notched up tours of the United States, China and all over Europe including Glastonbury Festival, Sziget Festival, SXSW Festival, Marktrock Festival, Trutnov Festival, Midi Modern Music Festival, Beijing and their music has been featured in a number of films and TV shows including Dirt( TV series), Boys& Girls Guide To Getting Down, John From Cincinnati, Hollywood Sex Wars, LA Riding Club and Golden Globe award – winning TV series" Weeds" and played by tastemaker DJs such as Sat Bisla and Nic Harcourt from KCRW.
Pat Fulgoni continues to write music and tour as Kava Kava whilst collaborating with numerous other artists including many dance music artists signed to Hospital Records, Shogun Audio, Spearhead Records, Viper Recordings and from time to time organises opportunities for bands for example the all Yorkshire showcases at the British Music Embassy venue SXSW Kava Kava continues gigging with their current line- up of Pat Fulgoni( vocals), Ben Wallbanks( drums), Alex Krzesinski( guitars), Rob Crisp and Ian Bailey( saxophone) and Mitch Cockman( bass)
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Trailer Choir
Trailer Choir is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Marc Fortney and Vinny Hickerson, known by their respective stage names Butter and Big Vinny( A.K.A. Bigg Vinny and Bigg Vinny the Mack.).
The group began as a trio with Crystal Hoyt and was signed to Show Dog Nashville, a label owned by Toby Keith, in 2007.
After recording the song" Off the Hillbilly Hook" for the soundtrack to Keith's film" Beer for My Horses", Trailer Choir charted the singles" What Would You SayRockin' the Beer Gut" and" Rollin' Through the Sunshine" on the" Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts.
These singles were followed by an extended play called" Off the Hillbilly Hook" and an album called" Tailgate".
Hoyt departed the group in February 2011.
The remaining members took a small hiatus in 2012, but started touring again in 2013.

Question: Are both bands, The Hillbilly Way and Kava Kava (Band), from the same country?
Answer: no