 Keith
Hollis
Please
visit Keith's music website: www.POBOYZ.net
Mover
- Jazz/Blues Musician - Co-Owner
Hey,
Everyone! My name is Keith Hollis, and I guess you can call me the original
"Man With A Van." I got into the moving business a few years
ago with no experience and can now move a sleeper sofa through a doggie
door! Just kidding!
A few
summers agoI returned to Boston from visitng my family in Los Angeles,
California and was suprised by a bunch of similar voice messages on my
answering machine. They all went like, "...hey Keith can you help
me move next weekend; can I borrow you and your van for a few hours to
move my stuff, U-Haul is overbooked..." I proceeded to call my friends
back and help them all move, for NO charge of course. But, I quickly realized
that there are many people out there, whom I did not know, who need help
moving with a van.
Since then I
have been moving people all over New England and the East Coast. I consider
myself, and my colleague Ryan Wall, professional movers with the ability
to move any item with care, confidence, and skill. We're not a bunch of
"Chumps With A Truck." We pride ourself on years of experience
and having nice personalities.
In
the fall of 2003, I decided it was time to take my music more seriously.
I graduated from New England Conservatory with a degree in Jazz Performance
and realized that moving stuff wasn't taking me towards my goals of being
a professional performer(But, it was paying off my loans!!) I convinced
Ryan Wall, my best friend since the age of 20, to handle my cell phone
and to keep my company 'moving'. ' This has allowed me to move home to
Los Angeles and split my time between Los Angeles and being a mover here
in Boston. It worked! I have played many live shows all over California
and have recently performed on The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
2006-2007
Update: My music is going great! I now have my own Hammond B-3 Organ
trio, The Po' Boyz,
based out of Boston and Los Angeles. My new funk/blues trio has played
in the French Quarter during the 2005 Jazz and Hertiage Festival, headlined
Northern and Southern California clubs with Soulive
alto Sax sensation Sam Kininger.
The Po' Boyz have also headlined major New England clubs including the
Chicken Box in Nantucket, the Ale House in Portland, ME and Harper's Ferry
in Allston, MA. Keith Hollis and the Po' Boyz' now have a monthly residency
called ORGAN NIGHT on the first Monday of every month at the Model Cafe
in Allston with jazz drum legend Rakalam Bob Moses. The monthly series
is free and if you live in the area you should come on down! Visit our
website for more info: THE PO'
BOYZ ORGAN TRIO
Burbank,
CA, April 8th, 2004 - Keith performed in front of a television audience
of several million people on The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
- Check out a quicktime movie
of me backstage with an American Idol contestat after my performance
on Jay Leno Show, April 8th, 2004.
- Check out a movie my
dad shot while backstage waiting to go on to perform on The Tonight
Show. Check out actor Paul Belamy's look at the camera when we barge
in on him getting his hair and make-up backstage. Not very nice but
pretty darn funny!
- To check out my selected dicography click here
.
June 17th, 2004 - Keith
Hollis backstage with slide blues master Robert Randolph
right after his performace infront of 22,000 people at the Hollywood Bowl
in Los Angeles. Check Robert out with his 2 brothers, Robert
Randolph and the Family Band opening across USA the for guitar
legend Eric
Clapton.
December, 2005 - Keith
Hollis with soul legend and Grammy Award winning singer Dr.
Solomon Burke after backing him on Hammond
B-3 Organ in the Netherlands.
 Ryan
Wall
Colleague
- Mover - Photographer
Email
- Ryan(ryan@manwithavan.org)
Ryan
Wall and I met through our mutal best friend back in LA almost 10 years
ago. The first night we met Ryan and I went to a party and got into a
fight and I threw Ryan in a bush and he tossed me over the hood of a car.
Start of a great relationship, right? But, seriously, Ryan is my best
friend and has really been helping me keep MAN WITH A VAN MOVING while
I have been in LA trying to get famous. Thanks mang! Ryan works in finance
during the day and moves whenever he isn't looking around Boston for a
good BBQ joint. lol :)
Ryan
started working for me as my moving helper almost 3 years ago in August
2001. Back then I had all my 'friends' working for me doing moving. Ryan
would take sick time around the end of August and September 1st and help
me for a almost a week to move people. Ryan is the only friend that stayed
working doing the moving. It's hard to work with friends but Ryan is an
exception. He is wicked nice fella, great worker, excellent and loyal
mover. Now almost 3 years later Ryan is a pro mover; no longer a "padowin
lerner" like I used to call him last summer when he was getting ready
to move a lot. I don't know if he is a Jedi Knight yet but I am no Yoda.
(Grin)
Keep
your eyes peeled for Ryan Wall...he may be your MAN WITH A VAN.
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