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Dallas TX, United States (1985 – present)

The Reverend Horton Heat is both an American three-piece band from Dallas, Texas, and the stage name of its singer/songwriter, Jim Heath (born in 1959 in Corpus Christi, Texas).

The group originally formed in 1985, playing its first gigs in Dallas’s Deep Ellum neighborhood. Its current members are Jim “Reverend Horton” Heath on guitar and lead vocals, Jimbo Wallace on the upright bass, and Paul Simmons on drums. Through relentless touring and a manic stage show, they have established themselves as one of the most popular underground acts in America. Their sound is self described as “Country-fed punkabilly.” Their music is a mixture of country, punk, big band, swing, and rockabilly, all played loud and energetically with lyrics that are often very humorous.

Jim Heath played in a cover band called Southern Comfort with friends from Corpus Christi Ray, his high school, before attending the University of Texas at Austin in the fall of 1977. At UT, he often entertained friends and dormmates and was often found playing in the stairwells at Moore-Hill Dormitory late into the night to avoid disturbing the sleep of roommate Harold Shockley, now a Corpus Christi banker. Jim left school in the spring to join up with a touring cover band by the name of Sweetbriar.
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  • DANGER_OF_DEAF

    Appearing on Lemmy's debut solo!

    12 days ago
  • EduRocker12

    Reverend Horton Heat no ferrock já

    25 days ago
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    MUST SEE LIVE [7] Brazil, please! [3]

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  • Hopkinator

    Ahhhhh April 27th!!!

    March 2012
  • Gargoyle2500

    They're playing in Pittsburgh on March 9th, I don't know how to work the "Add event" System and I'm too lazy to look for the gig at the moment, Sorry, But it's nothing a quick Google search can't fix...

    January 2012
  • BrunoFurino

    MUST SEE LIVE [6] Brazil, please! [2]

    January 2012
  • Gargoyle2500

    I bought Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em yesterday, It's one of my best purchases out of the 23 albums I bought. "Best" Meaning that I like it! :j

    January 2012
  • NensT

    MUST SEE LIVE [5] Brazil, please!

    December 2011
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