OXBOW - The Ugly Strippers are a music band based out of Oxbow.
They have been around since 2023 and consist of five members. Corey Hill is their singer, Quince Boutin and Erin Brown play guitars, Sean Brown is the bass player and Jason Junk is the drummer. All these musicians, with the exception of Boutin, have music in their family history. Junk's dad was in a band called the Bow Valley Playboys.
Perhaps you envision a group playing and singing, maybe doing their thing with no shirts or doffing more and more clothing as the show goes on.
Well, none of that happens. These are all family guys and Erin is Sean’s father.
The Ugly Strippers are a cover band, playing music from established artists ranging from the 1970s right up until today. None of their songs written by The Ugly Strippers.
Originally the band was called C.Hill & The Gang. The C.Hill part came from their singer and The Gang was the rest of the band members. It was meant to be a play on words stemming from a popular band called Kool & The Gang, a rhythm and blues band that has been around since 1964. C.Hill & The Gang played a handful of times in the beginning, often as a warm-up act to more established groups.
In the early days, one of the original members left and in time, became part of another band called The Leftovers. One day, Hill and Erin Brown were reflecting on how their band member had left and Hill remarked that leftovers meant 小蓝视频 second-best and wondered what that made C.Hill & The Gang? He jokingly said that made him feel like an ugly stripper. Erin had one of those ah-ha moments and said, “That’s it…let’s call ourselves The Ugly Strippers.”
The name stuck. It drew attention to the band, sometimes for the wrong reasons, but it opened up more opportunities to perform. They now play 15 to 20 times a year, which keeps five guys with careers pretty busy.
