Billy Hill and the Hillbillies
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Billy Hill and the Hillbillies are a musical/variety group at Disneyland
in Anaheim, California
. The group performs a bluegrass country-music
-centered show along with classic rock and rap (performed in a country and bluegrass
style). They have released some of their music on CDs.
The group had four original members, all using the stage name of Billy Hill, who performed from August 5, 1992 until November 1994. The original members are:
Mario was later replaced before the opening inside the Golden Horseshoe Saloon
on December 18, 1994 by:
Evan Marshall left the band in 2003.
Today, Billy Hill and the Hillbillies perform 5 days a week inside the Golden Horseshoe as two different teams; they no longer perform on Tuesdays and Wednesdays:
http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/calendar/monthly/monthly?name=CalendarMonthlyPage
Prior to February 3, 2009, Billy Hill and the Hillbillies were performing 7 days a week inside the Golden Horseshoe Saloon as three different teams: http://www.jansworld.net/golden_horseshoe_pages/gh_billy_hill.htm
Disneyland Park (Anaheim)
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in Anaheim, California
Anaheim, California
Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...
. The group performs a bluegrass country-music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
-centered show along with classic rock and rap (performed in a country and bluegrass
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
style). They have released some of their music on CDs.
The group had four original members, all using the stage name of Billy Hill, who performed from August 5, 1992 until November 1994. The original members are:
- Kirk Wall (master of ceremonies and sometime-ElvisElvis PresleyElvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
impersonator), guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and fiddleViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello.... - Mario Hildago, banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
- Dennis Fetchet, fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
- John Marshall (founder), bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
Mario was later replaced before the opening inside the Golden Horseshoe Saloon
Golden Horseshoe Saloon
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on December 18, 1994 by:
- Evan Marshall, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
Evan Marshall left the band in 2003.
Today, Billy Hill and the Hillbillies perform 5 days a week inside the Golden Horseshoe as two different teams; they no longer perform on Tuesdays and Wednesdays:
http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/calendar/monthly/monthly?name=CalendarMonthlyPage
Prior to February 3, 2009, Billy Hill and the Hillbillies were performing 7 days a week inside the Golden Horseshoe Saloon as three different teams: http://www.jansworld.net/golden_horseshoe_pages/gh_billy_hill.htm
| Blue Team (Sunday, Monday) |
Gold Team (Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday) |
Green Team (Thursday, Friday) |
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Locations
- Critter Country from 1986 until 1990: The original home of Billy and the Hillbillies.
- Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe SaloonGolden Horseshoe Saloon-External links:*...
from 1992 to the present: The current home of the act. - Disneyland's Big Thunder Ranch: 1999-2000 while the Golden Horseshoe was occupied by the Woody's Roundup show based on DisneyThe Walt Disney CompanyThe Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
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