The Ladybirds are a Louisville,

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band.

History

The Ladybirds first took root when Jaxon Lee Swain and Sarah Teeple met in Bloomington,

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over an affinity for classic R&B and shared memories of Americana the likes of riding about in a car with AM oldies blasting. They relocated to Louisville and incorporated their friend Max Balliet into the group. The band cycled through many drummers before making Brett Holsclaw the permanent drummer. The band was originally conceived as a throwback girl-group the likes of

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. Flavors of surf,

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are all apparent to their music. Since September 2011, The Ladybirds have toured the Midwest, South, and East Coast of the US in support of their latest release
''Shimmy Shimmy Dang!''
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Discography

Albums

* ''Whiskey and Wine'' (self-released, 2007) * ''Shimmy Shimmy Dang''
Departure Records
2011)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ladybirds Garage rock groups from Kentucky Musical groups from Louisville, Kentucky Musical groups established in 2007 Musical groups disestablished in 2015 2007 establishments in Kentucky 2015 disestablishments in Kentucky