With an affinity for classic Laurel Canyon songwriting as well as a forward looking perspective, close harmony duo GREAT WILLOW’S debut album “Find Yourself In Los Angeles” was called “an incredible addition to any Americana library” by alt-country bible NO DEPRESSION. ND continued, ““The perfectly combined voices of James Combs and Erin Hawkins is the stuff legends are made of …” 

Prolific songwriters with a poetic flair, you can often find them sharing bills with the cream of the southern CA Americana scene. James and Erin have also shared bigger stages with Jackson Browne, Tenacious D, Sara Bareilles, Van Dyke Parks, John C. Reilly, Inara George… and were the only current LA band asked asked to play the main stage at 2019’s Love Street Festival in Laurel Canyon - along with surviving members of 60s legends The Doors, The Monkees, The Mamas and The Papas, and Love. 

The band has released a steady stream of singles including a collaboration with California psychedelic country legends I See Hawks In LA called “Radio Keeps Me On The Ground” that MOJO journalist Michael Simmons called “a powerful dose of communal hippie optimism.”  You might have heard their songs on The SOCAL Sound or featured as a “Today’s Top Tune” on KCRW or in TV shows like True Blood and Shameless. 

Great Willow has two EP’s slated for 2025 release - a live-in-studio electric collection made with Grammy winning producer and guitarist John Would (Fiona Apple) and a second, six-song collection of audience favorites.

In their other lives, James is a board member for the Folk Alliance’s FAR-West conference and Erin is a fine artist and home restorationist.