Western Caravan

The Western Caravan featuring Thirsty Dave was formed in 1995 by guitarist Whit Smith (now with Austin-based Hot Club Of Cowtown). This 8-piece Western Swing Orchestra has been serving up classic Country, Western Swing and Honky-Tonk standards as well as their own engaging originals to New York's connoisseurs and homesick Texans ever since.

"The best-known, most-booked western swing band in New York.... The Caravan's an eight-to-12-piece band—strings and horns included, as they should be—and with Texans and Oklahomans providing such key ingredients as oozing steel and that steady-beat bass. They mix Ernest Tubb with their Bob Wills, in straightforward fashion; Thirsty Dave provides the vocals. If you can find room to dance (unlikely) you may be moved to indulge (more likely)." (Mazor) The Village Voice