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OMAR KENT DYKES GUITAR & VOCALS        
HOWLER LEGIONS 
BASS
Bruce Jones • Barry Bihm • Ronnie James • Paul Junior • Jason Crisp • Randy Glines 
DRUMS
Mike Buck • Wes Starr • Jon Hahn • Billy Maddox • Kevin Hall • B.E. “Frosty” Smith • Herb Belofsky
Rich Chilleri • Steve Kilmer  • Gene Brandon • Terry Bozzio • Chico Oropeza • Fred Tripp 
OTHER HOWLERS
Gary Primich • Eric Scortia • John Inmon • Nick Connolly • Kaz Kazanoff • Gerry “Phareaux” Felton
Richie Price • Eve Monsees • Ted Roddy • Casper Rawls • Gary Clark Jr.
EUROPEAN HOWLERS
Paul Junior - Bass Guitar • Asmus Jensen - Drums
  
 
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Omar and Friends - Songwriters Across Texas
L to R: Nick Connolly, Omar Dykes, Rosie Flores, Redd Volkaert, Dale Watson, Amanda Cevallos, Wes Starr, Billy Horton, Bill Jones, Kathy Murray
Press shot from 1/15/13 taping of Songwriters across Texas!
 

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: SONY DIGITAL RE-RELEASES
Hard Times in the Land of Plenty and  Wall of Pride
     
Too Much Is Not Enough climbing the CD Playlist Charts
 
#10 on Australia's JuzBlooz November Playlist  view Playlist

#4 on Blues Debut Playlist  view Playlist

Omar on Premier Austin CD - "Reel Tunes From Austin, Texas"

The Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau has commissioned this special compilation of music from some of the greatest Austin artists. Omar is not only in the elite 15 of musicians selected, he is also acknowledged for other projects he was part of. Click on the link and make sure to scroll down to read about Omar's appearances in movies, television, and video games.

Reel Tunes From Austin, Texas 

TOO MUCH IS NOT ENOUGH

OMAR AND THE HOWLERS

Released on Big Guitar Music Label
Available thru Burnside Distributing  
RELEASED OCT 16th ! ! !
  
"Too Much Is Not Enough" Coverage

featuring Gary Clark Jr.
Gary's Website 
  
"Too Much Is Not Enough"
#6 for Nov 2012 | #10 for Dec 2012
Living Blues Magazine Radio Charts

 

 

Omar and Son Jake

Too Much Is Not Enough

CD RELEASE PARTY

SAXON PUB

OCT 20, 2012

 

I'M GONE

OMAR AND THE HOWLERS

Released on
Big Guitar Music Label
Available thru
Burnside Distributing
 
"I'm Gone" Coverage

 

Blues Underground selects "I'm Gone" as one of the Top Picks for January 2013
   
"I'm Gone" #39 Top 50 CDs for 2012 - Live Blues Magazine  See The List
"I'm Gone" appears #1 on Sirus/XM List of Picks for the Blues - Week of Nov 3
Bill Wax's Bluesville Picks to Click selects "I'm Gone" #1 on the list of picks

"If the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughan were literally double trouble, Omar and the Howlers' deep Delta blues were the triple threat out of Austin.  Dark, relentless beats more threatening than SRV's electric style.  Omar ... king of the jungle blues."

Margaret Moser
Austin Chronicle 9/2/11
  
2011 AMP LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT RECIPIENT
for contributions to the Austin Music Scene

Howlers business card in Austin - late 70s

Early Howlers

(left to right)

Omar Dykes aka Phil I Pino

Hugh Garraway aka Bosco Evans

Danny Dozier aka Pee Wee Varnell

Crow Field aka Torpedo Ramone

Jimmy Barnett aka Billy Ralph Winghead

Tommy Conner aka Uncle Tee Tot

 

 

1976 Howlers in Hattiesburg, MS - before their moving to Austin

Click to watch Omar and the Howlers' Hard Times in the Land of Plenty on YouTube

I want to thank ...

all the talented Howlers, past and present ...

all the songwriters, studio musicians ...
DJs and Management ...
   
and especially
all my loyal fans all over the world ...
   
Thank You to all my friends,
- Omar