The Havingas

The Havinga Band is an impressive musical family from Abbotsford, BC that consists of Rick Havinga, his wife Susan and their talented sons, guitarist Justin and drummer Josh. In the past few years, the Havingas have performed at numerous gigs in the Fraser Valley and beyond including Mountainfest in Merritt and the last two CAMEO Music Festivals. Members of this talented band were nominated for three awards through the Canadian Association for Musical Empowerment and Opportunity (cameocanada.com).

Though they are known for their solid performances of classic and modern rock cover tunes, the Havinga Band also managed to snag a nomination for Original Song of the Year. What makes this band so different is the fact that they started at a very young age. Being in their early teens, the boys layed down their tracks for their first recording experience and full cd production. The result was an 11 song cd called 'Knockin on Heaven's Door' consisting of covers and originals with their own trademark sound. This cd features some incredible vocal and instrumental works that would be considered by some as very seasoned accomplishments. They are now working on their second cd release "Girl of My Dreams" which should hopefully be for release next year as well as a solo project by the gifted guitar player Justin Havinga title 'The Watchmen'.

But while this cd is in the works, they are presently getting air play in the UK, Italy and Canada with their first original 'Not Much Time'. CD sales and digital distribution are starting to pickup overseas and allowing the Havinga's to establish their name as an International Artist. They are presently independent recording artists and unsigned. For more information or if you want to hear more tunes, check out their website at http://www.thehavingas.com

Make sure to check out some of Justin's new original tunes like 'Indocile' and 'The Watchmen'.
You will hear some similarities to Satriani and riffs similar to A7X.

Knockin on Heaven's Door available now on Itunes, CD Baby and many other online stores.

For more info you can check out the following links.
http://www.thehavingas.com
http://www.myspace.com/thehavingas
http://cdbaby.com/cd/havingas
http://www.ilike.com/artist/The+Havingas

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=oWNqBpCys5k