The Yeehaa Boys are Australia’s premiere country swing band. Collectively the guys have had over 25 top tens, numerous platinum albums and played to millions of people in audiences nationally around Australia and Asia. After 6 years in the US, based out of New Orleans and Louisiana, writing and playing in various bands around the country, Mick Buckley, with his unique piano style, returned home to Australia to record and put an all-star band together.
The Yeehaa Boys are a bunch of singer/songwriter musician from iconic Australian bands like Noiseworks hailing 4 ARIA No. 1 albums. The Radiators with 15 albums selling over two million in album sales, the Ted Mulry Band with two platinum albums and songs like ‘Jump In My Car’ and recently recorded by ‘The Hoff’ David Hasselhoff and performed to over 90 million people worldwide.
In mid 2006 they teamed up with Keith Urban’s The Ranch album’s producer Peter Blyton and recorded ‘Playin 8 Ball’ their first single and their latest single ‘Shake Baby’ at the prestigious 301 studios in Sydney. This has proved to be a winning formula.
The Yeehaa Boys toured ASIA in 2006 including Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. A version has been released in Taiwanese by GTO Entertainment in Taiwan due to the overwhelming response to the tour.
The Yeehaa Boys members are:
- CHRIS FITZ-GIBBON (Vocals/steel guitar)
- MICK BUCKLEY (piano/vocals)
- MARK LUCAS (drums)
- ARTIE TAYLOR (double bass)
- STEVE BALBI (lead guitar/Vocals)
The Yeehaa Boys have been hugely successful with their first single ‘Playin 8 Ball’ giving the Boys a proven track record with their single rocketing to No.18 on the National Country Music top 20 charts and their next single “Shake baby” is still climbing the charts.
