Moonlight Hoodoo Revue
Bill McKean: Acoustic Guitar (Lead), Vocals
Bob Kastelic: Acoustic Guitar, Violin, Vocals
Zeke Griffin: Mandolin, Dobro Guitar, Vocals
Reuben Estrada: Bass Guitar, Double Bass Fiddle, Vocals

What is a hoodoo?

Our fiddler/geologist uses the formal definition of an eroded rock spire, the type that is found in our Nevada deserts.

Our mandolin player has been told that hoodoos are those mysterious moving lights sometimes seen in the deep woods late at night. He remembers being admonished by his great Aunt Alta to "not follow those hoodoos out there. You can traipse after them and they’ll stay just ahead until you’re lost, then they’ll disappear on you."

We think both are applicable here.

The original Moonlight Hoodoo was formed in 1999 as a duet between Bill McKean (guitar, vocals) and Bob Kastelic (fiddle, guitar and vocals) and they started doing the local coffeehouse circuit and developed a following. Toward the end of that year they met up with mandolinist and resophonic guitar player Zeke Griffin at a Northern Nevada Bluegrass Association event and they decided to get together and see if their diverse musical backgrounds meshed in any way. Fortunately for the local acoustic music scene, they did.

The new addition to the already successful duet was well received and the name was changed to reflect the new direction that was found. Moonlight Hoodoo Revue was born then, and their audience has been growing steadily ever since.

Although from very different musical backgrounds (or because of it), they found that they complemented each other enormously and enjoyed each other styles as well as the good company. The music that emerged was compiled from this disparate diversity, and while it could tip its hat to many genres, it couldn’t quite be pigeonholed into any one of them. A mutual love for fast paced intricate playing styles and unusual arrangements set the tone for the new group, and they follow this direction today.

They did realize that with the guitar, mandolin, fiddle and slide combination, with its treble range and the penchant for high-energy music that they shared, that a solid bottom end was needed, so the search to complete the musical range was on. Luckily, it wasn’t long before bassist Rueben Estrada (playing both upright and electric) was recruited, who came from a rock and Latin jazz background. Finally the current line-up of the Hoodoo was in place. They had a foundation to build upon, and build they did.

When Trad Goes Bad, 2003
Live at the 18th Bower's Mansion Bluegrass Festival, 2003
Live at Walden's Coffeehouse, 2002

Available direct from the band and at Walden's Coffeehouse

www.moonlighthoodoo.com

http://www.nnba.org/MOONLIGHTHOO.htm

Bill (775) 338-2455
wmckean@sbcglobal.net

Bob (775) 846-2576
kastelic@pyramid.net

Zeke (775) 771-8084
zeke@moonlighhoodoo.com