The Headers

“High Octane Rockabilly.” Those are the words that best describe the music and showmanship of The Headers. The Headers stage show includes a fun, danceable mix of originals, select covers and onstage antics that hearken back to the days of the sock hops but propels the style into the future by adding infusions of jazz, country, chicken pickin’, and rock. With 3 well received CDs, local, regional, and national airplay, and countless well attended shows at venues that seat as many as 20,000 enthusiastic patrons, these cats are a party looking for a place to happen.

All of The Headers CDs feature the enviable songwriting talents of Bobby Lebel. The Sun Studio inspired “ take no prisoners live 2 mikes in the room do it in one take with no overdubs” approach they use in producing their CDs truly represents the intense energy of a Headers show and will surely inspire you to hit the dance floor, buy a hotrod or run out to find a hula-hoop.

Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, Bobby Lebel fronts the Headers. Gretsch endorsee, former “Road” alumni and an inductee in the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, Bobby’s numerous album projects have earned him notoriety and a record deal in Italy. He has jammed on stage with such greats as Edgar Winter and band members of Ted Nugent, Chick Corea and Robben Ford. He has backed up stars like Kathie Lee Guifford and opened shows for Rare Earth, America, Three Dog Night, Head East, Twisted Sister and James Cotton. Lebel’s songwriting for this project is heavily influenced by Sun-Records-Era Elvis, Eddie Cochran’s rockabilly, Bobby Darin’s swing style, Dick Dale’s surf wave and the picking of Les Paul and Merle Travis.

Drummer, Dan Stoll is a veteran player who has spent the last decade and a half playing with his brother in the Stoll Bros Band. His excellent musicianship and beautiful tenor voice are a great addition to the Headers.

The talents of upright bassist and Buffalo Music Hall of Fame inductee, Scott Freilich has placed him in venues supporting Weather Report and Herbie Hancock and also in the studio with Ani DiFranco and the Boinger Band. His animated style and technical virtuosity rounds out the big bottom of The Headers.

TAKE LESSONS FROM ONE OF THE BEST!!!

Award winning musician, Buffalo Music Hall of Famer, and Gretsch endorsee Bobby Lebel has openings for a limited number of motivated students in the Buffalo, Amherst, Williamsville, Cheeektowaga, and Clerance, NY metro areas. Students of all levels and playing styles who are interested in learning guitar, bass guitar, banjo, mandolin, lap steel, drums, or have an interest in multi-track recording (or demo recording) may inquire at bobbylebel@aol.com