The Tennessee Hot Damns

The Tennessee Hot Damns are (left to right) Marcus, Megan and John

Country music has been the pride of the south for generations, dating back to the 1920's and it's still growing strong! The latest and greatest country stars include teen sensation Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum and the ever popular Carrie Underwood. Joining the ranks of these crooning and strumming stars is a family band with attitude, spunk and a lot of heart. Their music reflects their struggles, passions and aspirations. A true family, in every sense of the word. The Tennessee Hot Damns are siblings Megan and Marcus Mullins and John Bolinger. The band started when Megan and Marcus were children, playing in their dad's bar at the age of two and four in the late hours of the evening. This went on until they became teenagers and "The Little Fiddlers" soon became "Megan Mullins" as she became a solo artist when Marcus made the decision to join the army to serve his country.

Megan began working with Nashville's top producers Mark Bright, Randy Scruggs, Buddy Cannon as she attempted a solo career. Her first single peaked at number twenty-nine and her last at forty-one. Unfortunately they did not have as much rotation on the radio as they had hoped. Her supermodel looks and voice helped her videos gain high rotation and yet the label was never confident enough to release an album. She asked off her record label and began her career as a hired musician. She appeared in five seasons as a member of the house band of NBC's Nashville Star, was featured in American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, SNL, The View and The CMT Music Awards. She also toured the world playing for Shakira and recorded a duet with Randy Owen. She became the red haired violinist one would see everywhere. Thanks to her appearances in these shows, she eventually met and married John Bolinger.

Megan and John began to write music on the side, which is a musicians prerogative, and when Marcus returned home on extended leave due to a medical problem the three began to record their music in the Bolinger's living room. In the short span of one week, the trio had completed a twelve track album. Megan sang lead, played fiddle, accordion, clarinet, and piano. Marcus played viola, guitar, mandolin and sang harmony. John played guitar, bass, pedal steel, banjo, Dobro, mandolin, programmed drums and sang harmony. 'The Little Fiddlers" were back together and they had an extra member that rounded them off and gave them the sound and look to become the "Tennessee Hot Damns"

Their music is a melodic marriage of their country roots and classical training, producing a sound that is unlike anything out there. Rich string beds under catchy, grassy country that everyone knows and loves. Someone who was raised on Bach and Beethoven would greatly appreciate this combination. Those who have been immersed in the world of country music would agree that there is no other artist to compare them to because they are so unique. Unlike the cookie-cutter music that permeates the radio everyday, the Tennessee Hot Damns put themselves into the music and do not attempt to be a copy of their influences. The songs are a journey; they are the joys of sins, the grace of God, the pain of loss and love of life. They are The Tennessee Hot Damns.

Their album "Ready, Fire, Aim" can now be downloaded on itunes.com and purchased cdbaby.com.

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