Grfiters & Shills with Jeannine Higgins

JP Hops House, 2317 S. Hwy 6 , Houston, TX 77077

Jeannine Higgins and Grifters & Shills at JP Hops House!

Jeannine Higgins is a Houston-based singer/songwriter. Originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Jeannine grew up in a house filled with music. She cannot remember an age at which she wasn’t singing. In fact, she and her six siblings loved singing so much that the rule in her house was: “No singing at the dinner table.” Her father and theater actress mother valued and encouraged music education. Jeannine studied piano, cello, and voice as a child and began playing guitar as an adult, after raising her three sons. Jeannine has written several original songs. Her vocals are beautiful and crystal clear and she writes and sings in a boldly personal and honest style. Her lyrics resonate with the listener and capture raw emotion. Her performance is both moving and passionate. She performs in and around Houston and the US. She was chosen to showcase at the Millenium Music Conference in Harrisburg, PA in February 2018 and her song, "She Won't Stay" is included in the 2018 MMC compilation album. Her song "Not Like Me" was awarded Winner Best Song October 2016 by The Akademia. Her self-titled debut album was released in early February 2018.

Grifters & Shills: Amplifyin' and testifyin' for your soul.

His was hard rock and heavy metal. Hers was the classic sound of the East Texas piney woods. Theirs was a fiery collision, bearing forth a sound that was at once novel and instantly familiar--nodding to roots seated deep in high lonesome harmonies and back porch blues, while peering out at a scorched path bound by modern assertions and contemporary commentary.

Behind Grifters & Shills is John and Rebecca Stoll, native Texans who met in a classic rock/blues jam band in 2008. Between them they discovered a magnetic chemistry that manifested not only in music, but in all aspects of their relationship. When they began playing as a two-piece band, they found a unique voice in the combination of Rebecca's East Texas vocal stylings and John's formidable guitar work. They immediately began writing their own songs, while testing the waters of vocal harmonies and adding an array of instrumentation to their arsenal. A typical show will feature a delightful range of electric instruments, including John's archtop guitar, Rebecca's bass, a driving stomp board, a couple of cigar box guitars, a handful of harmonicas, and an occasional kazoo.

They call it high lonesome heavy metal, and together, this two-person, dozen-instrument act provides a show full of sound a fury, punctuated with raw, quiet vulnerability, forging new trails and shining new light on familiar ground. NEW ALL-ORIGINAL ALBUM COMING IN NOVEMBER 2019.