Terry McDermott & The Bonfires

New Orleans based, rock pop combo is as unique as a night in the French Quarter with vocalist Terry McDermott, formerly of Driveblind, Lotus Crush and NBC The Voice Season 3 Runner Up, guitarist Dave Rosser (Afghan Whigs and Twilight Singers) keyboardist Richard Hyland (The Needles) bassist Alex Smith (World Leader Pretend/Mojave3) and percussionist Eric Bolivar (Eric Burden And The Animals and Anders Osborne). What you get is an immigrant rock band with ingredients from both sides of the Atlantic, flash fried together in the Big Easy. McDermott and Hyland hail from Aberdeen in Scotland, while Smith is from Oxford, England. Rosser is from Gadsden, Alabama, and Bolivar comes from San Jose, California. Now all of them call New Orleans home. Rosser, McDermott, and Bolivar were brought together by the Bourbon St. music scene and all three of them began to sculpt a vision of transatlantic voodoo rock . In 2012 McDermott met Smith during a set that Englishman Smith was playing with James Hall of Pleasure Club and they became fast friends. Hyland was a friend of McDermott’s dating back to their years in Aberdeen, Scotland, when they were in rival bands. After McDermott’s well received performances beaming into homes on American television, his international recognition gave the band that last bit they needed to fuel them forward touring. “The experience in our band comes from such a wide variety of styles and places. New Orleans attracts a lot of rock and roll gypsies and once we actually got in the same room and performed, we realized that we had a recipe to create something special. We’re like our adopted home city. Pretty raw but a great night out.” ̶ Terry McDermott Yahoo Music were so impressed with the video for latest single ‘Hi Steppin’ that they chose to premiere the track, describing the song as “a driving, sexy, fast 'n' furious rock assault”. The up-tempo stomper sets a new pace to accompany other releases such as Itunes Rock Chart #1 ‘Pictures’ and has become a live favourite for the band. Stylistically what do they sound like? Think, The Verve and The Who had a love child that kicked its way out of the womb ready to rock. This is a band that you don’t want to miss.