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"The Panhandlers" are a rockabilly / country band from Belgium formed at the end of 2003.
It all started with a small advertisement in the local magazine "HUMO".
Guy was looking for some musicians when he noticed the add and replied, not knowing what to expect.
It took only one meeting to find out that their ideas were on the same line.
Danny had a little "Jack in the Box", and suddenly Frank popped out.
Frank was not really familiar with that style of music, but he quickly got the hang of it.
They started looking for songs, and to get an idea they immediatly recorded what they were doing, with a demo-cd as result.
After 3 rehearsals and 1 demo-cd the bookings came pouring in. So they had to pick up the pace to finish a complete show.
Years of gigging on stages all over the country and abroud, the panhandlers quickly got the reputation of a hard working and intertaining rockabilly - country band.
After 7 years of hot slapping bass-abuse Guy decided it was time for a change. Pieter, an old friend and a hell of a bass-player
was very happy and honoured to take his place.
"The Panhandlers" bring a melting pot of rockabilly, country and rock & roll, with a nice pinch of elvis.
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Danny Snauwaert
Guitar & Vocals
Danny played over the years in different well-knows country bands like
"Danny and the poor boys", "The Ricardo's", ... and he is still the active frontman in the
bluesband "The Honky Tonk Cats".
With more than 20 years of stage-experience you can say that the stage has become his second home.
His roots and love for Elvis, has had a big influence on his life and style of singing and playing.
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Franck Verhulst
Drums
Frank played for years in hard-rock band, but his interest in rootsmusic
lured him to play straightforward rockabilly. His technical knowledge
surprises everyone with some outstanding "Thunder"-drum playing.
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Pieter Van Stichel
Double bass
After playing in several blues bands Pieter finally took up the double bass.
Pieter started out as stand in for Guy, but now as full-time Panhandler bass-player.
He knows how to slap that doghouse and provides a powerfull drive and excellent backbone to the band.
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