Summer Kicks - Cousin Harley

Every summer, the world comes to play in Golden, and so does the community at Summer Kicks.

Presented by Kicking Horse Culture, Summer Kicks is a FREE outdoor concert series featuring touring artists from across Canada alongside amazing local performers. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy live music, dancing, and community under the mountain sky.

Cousin Harley

Cousin Harley is Hot-rod rockabilly crossed Western Swing and blues with a splash of bebop jazz. This trio has been rocking international audiences for 20 years! Not to be trifled with and not to be missed, folks, this is Cousin Harley!!! Featuring local Tweener: Whiskey Jack
 

Hailing from Vancouver BC, Canada, Cousin Harley, can explode like an active volcano, swing like the Basie band and holler like A lonesome hillbilly in the back woods of the Appalachia, all in a single show. This trio has been rocking international audiences for 20 years!

Called the “Motorhead of Rockabilly” by a delirious fan after a particularly raucous show in Holland, there’s nothing tentative about Cousin Harley’s pedal to the metal approach to this stripped down form of rock and roll. As Pigat notes, “Cousin Harley’s been my main project for 12 or 13 years now, and people think it’s easy to play rockabilly, but nothing could be farther from the truth. Everyone has to be on board from the first note or it just doesn’t work.” And judging from the people who drove or flew hundreds of miles to attend shows on his last European jaunt, everything’s working just fine.

Whiskey Jack

Whiskey Jack is an acoustic guitar and vocal duo based in Golden, specializing in folk and country music. Over the past year, they’ve been steadily growing their presence in the local music scene. They’ve had the pleasure of performing at the Co-op Radio Block Party, Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, the Golden Farmers’ Market, the Fall Faire, and the annual Craft Fair. Each show has helped refine their sound and connect with the community in meaningful ways.