Lucy and the Long Haul, Noelle and The Deserters

Lucy and the Long Haul is a 5-piece band out of Oakland, California. The band formed when vocalist Leslie Bailey and guitarist Marco Baroz discovered they shared similar musical taste, from the country rock of ‘70s-era Linda Ronstadt, to the power pop of Nick Lowe, to the melodic punk sensibilities of Blondie. One of them said, “We should form a band!” So they did.

Marco knew singer/guitar player Pete Gidlund from a previous band, and he reached out to him and said “Dude…you should join our band!” So he did.

The three of them wrote a bunch of songs together, and cycled through a couple of line-up changes, before finally emerging fully formed as Lucy and the Long Haul, with Jade Sunshine on drums/back-up vocals and Ryan Gates on bass.

Now they spend their time playing hook-laden guitar-based roots-y country-ish power-pop layered with 3-part harmonies, gigging around the SF Bay Area, and eating pretzels. It all worked out pretty well!

(South) Western Honky Tonk from the high desert of New Mexico to the golden hills of California. Noelle Fiore and her band The Deserters draw inspiration from the likes of Emmylou Harris, Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens, J.J Cale, Gene Clark, Townes Van Zandt, and the great outlaw country players. Her band includes seasoned players from Bay Area and Sacramento.