Cindi Lou &

The Red Hot Royals

 

CINDI LOU & THE RED HOT

 ROYALS – WHO WE ARE
We are Rockabilly, Blues &

Such band from Detroit, Michigan

 

Cindi Lou (Vocals) : Formerly of

The Motor Inns (Detroit Rockabilly)

and Kentucky Chrome (Toledo

 Rockabilly) Cindi Lou grew up

listening to her father croon Sinatra

 and her mom spinning The Everly

 Brothers on vinyl. In her early

career, she performed in a string of

 bands, including: 90’s Rock / Alt,

 (Death Metal Natalie – Minneapolis,

MN) Blues, (The Big House Blues

Band – Muskegon, MI) and (Basic

Blue – Lansing, MI). Today, she

enjoys the company of her amazing

 Rockabilly family and looks forward

 to her next side (doom) project,

 Minerva.

 

Bert Franco (Guitar): formerly of

Whitey Morgan and the 78’s grew up

 listening to ZZ Top, James Brown,

The Stray Cats, Willie Nelson and

 Creedence Clearwater Revival. After

 the breakup of his first band Six

Shooter (rockabilly/psychobilly) he

 found success as an upright bass

player with a local favorites Billy

Mack and The Juke Joint Johnnies

 (Americana). In 2012 the Juke Joint

 Johnnies were disbanded, and he

went on tour with Whitey Morgan

and the 78’s. In 2014 Bert stepped

off the road to finish his studies at

 Eastern Michigan University. During

this time he found work as a hired

gun for regional acts Kari Holmes

(Pop Country), and The Messarounds

 (Blues and R&B). He continues to

work with Carl Bradychok (of the

Twistin’ Tarantulas and Jack Scott)

 and Donn Denniston (Mike

Katon/Kiss Me Screamin) in their

band North of Memphis (Rockabilly

 and Country).

 

Jon Olszowy (Drums): Formerly of

Dafino (LA experimental rock) and

Steev Baker and the Lost Letters

(WI indie/folk), Jon is a

multi-instrumentalist whose

musical career has spanned

multiple genres, from punk,

thrash metal and speed metal to

 alternative metal (Killing the

Driver – Fond du Lac, WI), Indy Rock

 (American Misery- WI), heavy rock

(Shag Carpet- WI), Alternative Lo-Fi

 Chamber Pop (the inkwell

collective- WI) and Post-Rock

Internet Collaboration (The

Beautiful Light). Niall Sullivan

(Upright Bass): Formerly of Escaping

 Pavement, Americana. Niall is a

salsa dancer, makes beer and loves

 his Husky, Hunter.