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FAN VOTED AS “BEST COUNTRY BAND” IN PITTSBURGH MAGAZINE'S "BEST OF THE 'BURGH 2013 READERS' POLL,” THW IS COMPRISED OF BAND-MEMBERS, ABBY ABBONDANZA (VOCALS), JEFF VOLEK (BASS), JUNIOR GUTHRIE (GUITAR) AND KEITH KLEINHAMPL (DRUMS). ABBONDANZA, VOLEK, AND GUTHRIE ARE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE NEARLY LEGENDARY, LOCAL FAVORITE AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED POVERTYNECK HILLBILLIES WHO PARTED WAYS IN 2008.
SINCE REFORMING AS THW WITH A REUNION CONCERT IN 2012, THE GROUP’S DEEP ROOTED COUNTRY GRIT SOUND HAS RECEIVED PRAISE BY MULTIPLE LOCAL OUTLETS, INCLUDING BEING NAMED ONE OF THE “BEST BREAKOUT MUSIC ACTS IN PITTSBURGH” BY PITTSBURGH’S KDKA.
THE POPULAR TRI-STATE AREA GROUP RELEASED A SELF-TITLED EP “THE HILLBILLY WAY,” SHORTLY AFTER THEIR REUNION AND FOLLOWED IT WITH THE FULL-LENGTH ALBUM “JUST GO WITH IT."
LAST YEAR, THE GROUP ANNOUNCED THE RELEASE OF THEIR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SINGLE, “BEST NIGHT OF OUR LIVES.” THE PARTY ANTHEM WAS WRITTEN BY KEIFER AND SHAWN THOMPSON OF MULTI-PLATINUM SELLING COUNTRY DUO, THOMPSON SQUARE, ALONGSIDE HIGHLY RESPECTED NASHVILLE SONGWRITER JT HARDING, KNOWN FOR WRITING CHART-TOPPING HITS LIKE UNCLE KRACKER’S “SMILE,” BLAKE SHELTON’S “SANGRIA,” AND KENNY CHESNEY’S “SOMEWHERE WITH YOU,” TO NAME A FEW.THW IS SET TO RELEASE THEIR BRAND NEW SINGLE, "DAMN I JUST WANNA KISS YOU," WORLDWIDE ON FRIDAY MARCH 9TH. THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY MATT THOMAS OF PARMALEE AND TOMMY CECIL, WHO HAS PENNED HITS FOR LUKE BRYAN AND JAKE OWEN.