D. Charles Speer & The Helix

D. Charles Speer & The Helix is a New York band led by singer and multi-instrumentalist David Charles Shuford, active since 2006. Shuford grew up in Georgia and is also a long-time member of the No-Neck Blues Band. The Helix plays country rock and honky tonk with psychedelic guitar and pedal steel, Georgia soul and traces of traditional Greek music. The band has kept a steady core with Hans Chew on keyboards and Marc Orleans on pedal steel and guitar, later joined by bassist Ted Robinson and drummer Steven McGuirl.