Hoss Huggins and the Ponderosa Band is one of most popular booked groups in the East Texas area.  Every weekend they play somewhere around the area, several being the monthly Senior Dances for the Garden Valley Road Senior Citizens Center and TASCA (Tyler Area Senior Citizens Association), both in Tyler. The band is also booked once a month at the Frankston VFW.  

    The band has been named 'Tyler's Best' by Tyler Today magazine. They have been seen on
CBS 19 News and Hoss has appeared on the CBS Prime Time at Five News, as well as the CBS This Morning Show.

    Hoss and Ponderosa are featured performers at the opening day of the East Texas State Fair in Tyler every year.  They entertain for clubs, private parties, class reunions, and festivals. They recently played for the Paris High School Class of 61.

    The band plays all kinds of music, including country, old and new, 50s and 60s rock and roll, great old pop standards, blues, waltzes and even a polka or two.  

    Called the World's Largest 4 Piece Band, members of Ponderosa are Hoss Huggins, Larry Bearden, Larry Howeth and Andrea Jordan. Alternate band members include Mike Post, Tony Wilson and Scott Rane. A sometimes guest performer with the group is former Miss Texas, Jonna Fitzgerald, playing fiddle. 

    The band's musical makeup is piano, guitar and harmonica, bass and, always, a good solid drummer.  Three to four of the members sing and play requests. They know about 4000+ songs, according to Tom Perryman at "The Ranch" 104.1 FM KKUS in Tyler.