Who is Joe Worrel?
Joe was born into a musical family where his Mom and Dad made the rounds picking at backyard picnics, hog roasts and barn dances. Joe learned to play the bass and sing at age 7. At 15 he started touring with a group of talented siblings, Matt and Robyn Rolf and played from coast to coast as he cut his teeth on country music and living on the road. After this great experience, Joe then spread his wings joining the Air Force for his tour of duty. A decorated Veteran, Joe served proudly for 8 years. Still always active in the music scene, Joe and some friends formed a band "Southern Exposure", which toured for several years. Joe has been a backup singer and bass player for many great artists as well as an accomplished session player. Joe soon decided fronting a band and songwriting was his calling and after a few years touring nationally as a solo acoustic artist, he moved to Atlanta Georgia to try his hand on bluegrass music, touring many of the finest festivals in the region. Joe then packed up his flat top and left the north Georgia mountains for high rise city life of Chicago. Once there, Joe rediscovered his love for bass playing, touring with many rock and blues artists. Joe began work on his CD, Take me with you. It was released on I-tunes and had a top ten single on the Armed Forces Radio Network, Soldier of Uncle Sam. Soon Joe formed The Last Free Exit Band, a group of hard playing professional stage killers. He bought a tour bus and hit the road with a vengeance, touring over 250 dates a year and he hasn't looked back. Joe's live show, which is full of energy and variety, has been compared to the likes of great performers like Garth Brooks and Chris Ledoux. His singing style has hints of vocal heroes like, Ronnie Milsap, Delbert McClinton, Ronnie Dunn with a touch of the Hagg in there that gives him a great style but yet a distinct voice of his own. Joe's second self penned CD "Drive a truck" is available on iTunes. Joe continues touring nationally and in the most recent years has been a headliner at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas during the National Finals Rodeo, he can also be seen ripping out rock tunes with the band "Those Party Bros" .