G-Note Entertainment May 2019 Issue

Southwest Michigan’s Source for Music, Entertainment and Culture Artist Spot Light: Vanessa Collier G-Note’s Interviews: ENCORE: Multi-Instrumentalist Eliot Lewis Rare Earth’s Original Singer & Drummer – Peter Rivera Legendary Detroit Guitarist -Jim McCarty New Music Alerts: FEATURE: Country Music Legend Rosie Flores * The Scorch Sisters * Alan Parsons Whitney Shay * Mark Morton * George Benson Charlie Daniels Space Elevator * Shaw Davis and The Black Ties The Tubes * Diana Rein * Kenny ‘Beedy Eyes’ Smith Sugaray Rayford * Tony Campanella *Brian Carmona IssueIs1s6ueNo2v2e:mMbaery 22001189

www.g-noteentertainment.biz IN THIS ISSUE Facebook & Instagram: Featured Interview @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine Wayne Baker Brooks………....…4-6 EDITOR’S SOAP BOX Interviews & Features: G-Note Entertainment Magazines mission is simple: Support Encore Interview: Live Music and the venues that bring it to you. That includes Eliot Lewis……………………….7-9 keeping the Blues alive and well! Detroit guitar legend Jim McCarty……….…..……..….11-14 This month we have a true Chicago Blues musician from a Peter Rivera legendary Blues family, Wayne Baker Brooks. W.B.B. talks Formerly of Rare Earth………26-27 about growing up in Chicago with his brother Ronnie Baker Brooks, as well his father Lonnie Brooks. Artist Spot Light Vanessa Collier..……………..…..16 We continue the Encore Interviews, these are past interviews that we though you may enjoy again or see them for the first FEATURED ARTIST time, either way enjoy this month’s Encore interview with Eliot Lewis. Charlie Daniels…………………21-23 As always, we always appreciate you throwing us a thumbs In Memoriam: Tim Austin………28 up and a share and follow us on our Facebook and now on Instagram! New Music Alerts Keep on continuing to support live entertainment and the Tony Campenella……….……….…17 venues that bring it to you! Sugaray Rayford…………..………..18 Whitney Shay / Mark Morton…..19 Cheers, The Scorch Sisters………..…….….20 Rosie Flores………………………....24 Nick & Sam Alan Parsons…………………….….25 George Benson.…………….……….29 Publisher. Head Writer. Advertising. Diana Rein …………………….…….31 Nick Hatzinikolis Space Elevator……………………....34 [email protected] The Tubes…………………………….36 Kenny ‘Beedy Eyes’ Smith…… ....37 Editor. Webmaster. Creative Director. Brian Carmona……………………...39 Sam McDaniel Shaw Davis & The Black Ties.….40 [email protected] Contributing Writer. Kalamazoo State Theatre Promos.....15 Angie Jackson Robin Nadolny Michigan Metal Fest Promo….….32 Disclaimer! Tie Dye Festival Promo……….….35 G-Note Entertainment Magazine LLC provides a platform for Nurs’n Blues Music Fest….….…..38 artists and musicians to promote their work. Because they have a unique way of expressing themselves, it is important G-Note Supporters for people who rea d this stellar publication to understa nd you Samurai Phoenix Design Studio might not always like what you see. Articles may contain On-Purpose Branding sarca2s|mP aa ng de adult content. This magazine is intended for Three Chord Bourbon mature audiences. @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz

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Interview: Keeping the Blues Alive: Wayne Baker Brooks G-Note’s Feature Interview: Wayne Baker Brooks Wayne Baker Brooks is an American blues and blues-rock guitarist and singer. The son of the Chicago blues musician and legend Lonnie Brooks, Wayne joined his father's band as a roadie in 1988 and started playing guitar in the band in 1990. In 1997, he formed the Wayne Baker Brooks Band. In 1998 he spearheaded and co-authored the book, They were song-writing sessions with his dad, Chicago Blues “Blues for Dummies” along with Cub Koda and his legend, Lonnie Brooks. legendary father, Lonnie Brooks. It was published in August that year. G-Note Entertainment Magazine spent some time talking to Wayne Baker Brooks was inducted in 2011 into Wayne Baker Brooks about the Blues, his famous family and life Canada’s Blues Hall of Fame into the Chicago Blues as an artist and bandleader. Hall of Fame in 2014. Wayne started out by saying “Growing up, we would help dad As a parent, we have let our daughters and now, write songs. Those were really my first lessons in song-writing – grandkids loose in the kitchen loose with a wooden those times helping him, I would be beating on a box or pots spoon and an upside-down pot, letting our young and pans with forks and knifes, I was playing the drums. My ones entertain themselves by “making music” with brother Ronnie who is a few years older than me would be a pot and a wooden spoon, repeatedly. playing the bass lines on a guitar. Dad would sit there and say, oh yeah, keep that groove right there. Don’t move it. And he’d The same thing happened to a very young Wayne and we would be thinking up lyrics as we played. So really, that Baker Brooks. The youngest of the Baker brothers it was my very first songwriting class, and I didn’t know it at the did result into to catching the music bug – in a very time.” big way. For Wayne Baker Brooks, those impromptu house Wayne Baker Brooks chuckled when we talked about those jams in the dining room with kitchen utensils had a earliest of memories that he has as a child and remembers little more meaning to them. those days as a bit different than the traditional Chicago blues path that his dad is famous for. 4 | Page Wayne Baker Bro@oGksNsaoytsetEhantt’searltlapianrmt oefnthteMpalagna.zine www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz

“But I’m influenced by a lot of other music outside of the blues. I grew up on “The whole purpose of doing the Brooks everything from the blues to artists like George Clinton, to Run DMC.” Family Band was so my dad can relax,” Brooks said. “The only thing he had to do is “My dad introduced us to a lot of blues as young kids. I don’t know how to read turn on his amp, grab his guitar and get up music and I don’t know how to write music, except from the heart. I have to there and turn the people on. So, the role feel something in order for me to do something. It’s all about feelings and between Ronnie and I is to just let dad have emotions for me. I can’t do anything that I don’t feel inside.” fun and not have to worry about the stuff he has to when he was running his band.” Wayne continues on to say, “Each song I write is a part of me. I truly think that’s my strongest point –songwriting. I’m not looking to be a Jimi Hendrix or “Blues music gets a bad rap. It’s usually Stevie Ray Vaughn or some singing sensation; I just love to write songs,” he associated with being down, sad and said. “I want to be the best Wayne Baker Brooks that I possibly can be. I am depressed. It has a negative name” said trying to master the Chicago blues, but I also have this other side of me, where Brooks. “Because when you hear blues I would like to expand the blues. My whole purpose is to turn people on to the players play blues music, it’s joyous. You get blues that know nothing about the blues.” up and dance and move around and get rid of your blues. But youngsters can’t seem to In addition, as a singer, song writer, guitar player and producer, Wayne Baker associate blues music with being a positive. Brooks also owns the Blue Island record label, he is his own booking agent and But I truly believe that while blues was band manager, and he also owns his own publishing company. derived from hardships, it was a way to make people get over those hardships. That’s why And oh yeah, he’s also a published author. blues is appreciated worldwide.” The book “Blues for Dummies” Released in 1998, is 400 well-written pages that “I know it’s going to take me a long time to highlights the founding fathers of the Blues genre. He gives detailed insight on get the mainstream to appreciate what I’m how to listen to and appreciate the blues and even tells the proper way to doing, but if I could gather someone with a throw a juke joint-styled themed party. big name – like Kayne or Jay-Z and get them in the studio, man you have no clue how When asked about the ‘Blues for Dummies’ book, Wayne said “That was an many blues followers we’d have after that unexpected project.” record,” he said. “I’m dying to do something like that. And the reason why is to turn more “It was around the 1996 Chicago Blues Festival. It was the first time in several people on to the blues. That’s needed more years that we didn’t have anything to do that weekend and we weren’t playing than ever now!” the festival, so I went and hung out with a couple of my friends at there.” Be sure to check out Wayne Bakers Brooks “They were showcasing Muddy Waters’ house at the blues fest. So, I walked latest Single release, ‘Because Of You’ into this shack that 17 people had lived in and I thought, “Wow man. This is the deep blue’s right here.” But at the same time, I was starting to get angry that Follow Wayne Baker Brooks at they uprooted this man’s house to come and show people where he lived. Now www.waynebakerbrooks.com5 | P a g e think about it, they would never do that to Elvis’ house – never do that to Graceland. Everybody knows who Elvis is, but not everybody knows who www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz Muddy Waters is.” “That’s when I came up with the idea to write a book. People should know who Muddy Waters is. People should go to Muddy Waters’ house right where it should be just like they go to Graceland. So, the next morning, I woke up and told my friends, ‘I’m going to write a book.’ And they laughed. I said, ‘I’m going to write Blues for Dummies,’ book and then they really laughed then.” His calendar stays filled with the projects that he’s concentrating on as a solo artist, Wayne Baker Brooks still makes sure to leave enough open time to take the stage with Lonnie when he is feeling up to it and his brother Ronnie, treating blues fans worldwide to the real-deal as a part of the Brooks Family Band. “A lot of people know who my dad is and in the last decade or so, they’re learning who me and my brother are. But playing with my dad and brother is just so much fun.” Not only does it give the Brooks kids an opportunity to spend time with their dad, the Brook Family Band gives Lonnie a chance to just focus on n@otGhiNngobtuetEjunsttpelratyainigntmheebnluteMs.”agazine

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ENCORE Interview: ELIOT LEWIS Eliot Lewis is a singer songwriter and multi- G-Note had the pleasure of speaking to Eliot Lewis recently from his home. instrumentalist as well as being a key member of the Daryl Hall & John Oates band. Eliot is also one of the original featured G-Note – Eliot, thank you for taking time out of your musicians on MTV’s \"Live From Daryl's House”. His contributions busy touring schedule with Hall and Oates, and your stand out on some of the best moments from the show including own tour to talk with us. How are you doing? performances with Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Joe Walsh, Todd Rundgren, Train, Grace Potter, Ben Folds, Booker T, Jewel, Rob E.L. “I am doing very well thank you, I thank you for Thomas, Keb Mo, Jason Mraz, Darius Rucker, Gavin DeGraw and taking time away from you schedule as well!” many, many others. Earlier in his career Eliot spent several years as a key member of the The Average White Band. Eliot toured, G-Note: Let's get right at this, Eliot you are a very wrote and produced several songs for the Scottish soul band. busy man! You are currently on tour as a musician with Hall and Oates, on your off days, you play your \"Eliot is a musician who can do it all, great singer, songwriter and own music live all over the country and you're also an guitarist. He rocks, and he's got soul. No one does it quite like accomplished photographer. Wow! him\" - Daryl Hall E.L. “(Laughing) Yeah, I kinda am busy, but I love it! Having mastered four instruments over the course of his career; Everything I do, I really, really enjoy. guitar, keyboard, bass and drums, Eliot blazed his own trail as a solo artist sharing his distinctive brand of rock & soul through solo G-Note- Let talk about your solo album that you are releases and hundreds of solo tour dates all over the world. Eliot’s out supporting out on the road, “Adventure” songs come from the inside out. “I think the main inspiration for any of my records is to convey these little slices of life, most of E.L. “Thank you, yeah, this record is a little different my songs are written about my own experiences and situations”. for me in the fact that I signed with a major label. I had putting out music independently for many years There are many who shaped Eliot’s music and writing. “As a guitar in the form of E.P.'s pretty much every year. I player, Jeff Beck who I've been listening to all my life, as well as happened to have a meeting with somebody Billy Gibbons who I had the great fortune of working with associated with Universal records and7th| ePy awgeree very recently, and Peter Frampton who I actually jammed with when I interestedwinwthwe. Gm-uNsiocatlecEonntteenrtt.”a i n m e n t . b i z was 14 yrs. old. I had the amazing experience of meeting and seeing many influential artists when I was a kid mainly at Madison Square Garden in New York City. A place I just played with Hall & Oates which was a lifetime dream. One of the first writers to in- spire me to write songs was Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, another favorite band of mine that I just worked with on Live From Daryl's House.” In 2016 Eliot signed an exclusive recording partnership with The SoNo Recording Group. His first release, entitled Adventure, is a collection of eleven new recordings; ten originals written, performed, and produced by Eliot and one cover of the Bad Company classic, “Ready For Love”. “My goal with this record is to try to present a record that comes from the place that first inspired me, the kind of classic stripped-down rock & soul before all the slick production with auto tuning became so common place” @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine

“I never went out of my way to find a record deal or a label, but they approached me, they love what I do and ended up signing me. So, what we did was take a couple of songs from my previous independent releases, so I re-recorded them and added a few brand-new songs and they said to me that I remind them of 'Bad Company' would you consider doing a 'Bad Company' cover song? I said Oh yeah, I've always liked the band and was happy to do it. It was certainly a compliment, so I picked out the song 'Ready For Love', one of my favorite songs!” “So, I did that cover and we put the rest of the record together and it came out last year so it's still new and yeah, I'm out on the road supporting it. When you come to the Show at the Old Dog Tavern, you'll pretty much hear everything on it.” G-Note- Not to be a name dropper, but I had the great pleasure to interview Todd Rundgren, and I had asked him about his experiences on 'Live From Daryl's House' and he had nothing but praise not only for the show itself, but with everyone involved with it. What is the secret behind it? E.L. “It used to be on several TV stations after 'Saturday Night Live” but it has transitioned to MTV over the last couple of years but there was a recent deal signed with BMG, for a much larger – worldwide distribution so it will be seen everywhere soon, and we'll be shooting new episodes in October/November. We were originally scheduled to start in September, but Daryl had a throat thing and had to rest his voice, but he is back and sounding great. “ “A lot of the shows are archived on YouTube as well, so it's pretty easy to see your favorite artist that has been on the show and it seems like it just continues to get bigger and bigger and always is getting a wider and different audience we are all very proud of it, for sure.” “I’ve been lucky to be on all of the episodes and am so proud of this journey, it started out small and pretty casual and now it has developed into the show that it is today. It's mind blowing to all of us and me to have had the opportunity to work with so many incredible musicians, some of these were my musical hero's growing up, like you mentioned Todd Rundgren, then there's Joe Walsh, Billy Gibbons and Cheap Trick was on recently, again, one of my all-time favorite bands growing up, it really has been incredible.” G-Note- I have heard from Todd and others that have appeared on the show, that it's pretty much what you see is how it happened. Very little editing, is that the secret? E.L. “Maybe, it created to be loose and casual, nothing to be over rehearsed. We were just looking for the happy balance of music and showcasing the guest artist(s).” G-Note- Before we talk about the Hall and Oates tour and your association with The Average White Band, I want to go back a bit a talk about you solo career. E.L. “Yeah, I / we just finished a very successful tour with Hall and Oates. It is only a part of the over-all tour, but it's broken up into segments. We were out there with 'Tears For Fears', they was incredible, unfortunately, one of the members of Tears For Fears had an family emergency, they had to re-book a few shows, but it was a great Summer tour!” “But I will also do some solo shows alongside them. We'll usually have a show and then a night off, so I'll look for cities in the area that I can do my own thing and usually end up doing a couple a week, it's great and we have a blast!” G-Note- That seems to be a non-typical way being out on tour, is this how most bands would operate and allow members to do this? E.L. “It is a little different and obviously, it's a lot of work lining shows up, but I really love doing it. All the guys in Hall and O8a|tePs aungdeerstand that I have my own career happening too and they are all very supportive which is great. www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine

There have been times where I have played at the same venue sometimes after a show and have had John Oates as my guest at my own show. They really are very supportive, it all works out and nothing over-laps.” G-Note- Have Daryl Hall or John Oates offered to write or produce songs with you or for you? E.L. -” No, not yet, that certainly would be great, and I would love for that to happen, but they are also very focused on their individual solo careers apart from Hall and Oates. I don't know if they would have the time, John just had a record and a book out and Daryl is wrapped up the show and a solo record so hopefully it will happen at some point no anytime soon.” “Actually, I am more involved with their solo projects as a photographer, so sometimes I'll do some shoots and just did the back of Daryl's album cover, so I am more involved with the both of them in their solo careers as a photographer than as a musician, but I get the chance to play with them live which is a great honor and their song catalog is amazing.” “I touch not only my own material when I play my shows, but I use the experiences form 'Live From Daryl's House and of course, Hall and Oates material and Average White Band and I just mix it all up.” “I am in a unique position and have the best of both worlds or actually 3. I have 3 very distinct careers, my solo musical career, Hall and Oates and Live From Daryl's House. I couldn't for anything more.” G-Note- With all the projects you have going on in your life, when do you find the time do your photography? E.L. “Growing up, my father always had a camera when we were growing up and was documenting the family, but it really seemed to be a natural transition for me, music and photography go together for me anyway. And I really got inspired to do more of it from Andy Summers, the guitarist of the band the 'Police' is a great photographer and I discovered of his skills in the early 80's and decided to mix the worlds of music and photography together.” “When I was out on tour with Average White Band, I would take a camera and document my travels. It just developed over time, hopefully the more you do it the better you get at it over time.” “It's now a thing that at the end of every Hall and Oates show, we take a bow and I take a picture of the audience, it a tradition now and I post it on social media and the fans see themselves and tag it and really enjoy it, it's a lot of fun!” For all things Eliot Lewis at: www.eliotlewis.com @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine 9 | Page www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz

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Interview: Detroit Guitar Legend: Jim McCarty G-Note Entertainment In February 2006, Les Paul won a Grammy for his cover of the Interviews the Detroit guitar song, thus propelling McCarty into another award-winning arena as songwriter. legend: In 2006, he participated in a Cactus reunion, performing in Jim McCarty New York City, Sweden, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. It coincided with the release of a new Cactus album, Cactus V. In Jim McCarty is an American blues rock guitarist 2007, Cactus played a Detroit date, a McCarty homecoming, to a sold-out, standing-room-only house. from Detroit, Michigan. He has performed with Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, the Buddy In 2009, a new band, the Hell Drivers, was created. The Miles Express, Cactus, The Rockets, the Detroit members are Jim McCarty, Johnny \"Bee\" Badanjek, Marvin Blues Band, and more recently, Mystery Train. Conrad (bass), and Jim Edwards (vocals). A high-energy band, Since about 2014 Jim McCarty has joined forces they play a variety of Detroit rock and roll from Iggy Pop, The with Detroit blues guitarist/songwriter Kenny Rockets, Mitch Ryder, Alice Cooper, Bob Seger and more to Parker in The Kenny Parker Band along with several great critical acclaim. other veteran Detroit blues/rock musicians. He also makes guest appearances with other Detroit bands, On September 25, 2010, Jim McCarty was inducted into the most notably for an annual pre-New Year's Eve Canada South Blues Society \"Living Blues Muse1u1m| \"Ploacagteed in party at one of his favorite clubs, \"Callahan's”, with Windsor, Ontario. www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz The Millionaires, a nine-piece jump blues band. He also recorded with Jimi Hendrix and Bob Seger. He plays in a heavy blues-rock style that has inspired fledgling guitar players for more than 40 years. In an August 2006 interview on VH1 Classic, Ted Nugent remarked \"I'm the only guy in rock'n'roll that plays that hollow body jazz guitar and it's because in 1960 I saw Jimmy McCarty creating those big fat full chords like I do on \"Stranglehold\"; I learned that from Jimmy McCarty. Remember the name Jimmy McCarty. He is as important as Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry and Les Paul...a god on guitar. In 2005, Les Paul recorded Les Paul and Friends: American Made, World Played, with an all-star band. He covered 69 Freedom Special, an instrumental tune co-written by McCarty and recorded@wGhNileoitnetEhen tBeurdtdayi Mn mileesnEtxMpraegssa. z i n e

Jim McCarty and Carmine Appice reunited Cactus once again in 2011. This line up included singer Jimmy Kunes, bassist Pete Bremy from Vanilla Fudge, and Randy Pratt on harmonica. This incarnation lasted five years producing two live albums, TKO Tokyo: Live in Japan, An Evening in Tokyo, and a studio album, Black Dawn. They toured the USA, Europe and Japan. McCarty and Bremy left the band in late 2016. On January 11, 2014 at the Cooley Lake Inn in Commerce Township Jim McCarty was honored with the Detroit Blues Society Lifetime Achievement Award presented to him by Mike Boulan and Mike Rembor from the Detroit Blues Society. G-Note Entertainment Magazine had the pleasure to talk to Jim McCarty from his Detroit home recently as he was listening to the 60’s band, ‘Bar-Kays’ on his stereo. G-Note- Before we begin getting in to your storied rock and roll career, I want to thank you for sending me the CD, ‘Talkin’ To Myself’. I really enjoyed it, it’s a great rocker along with some unexpected styling of music genres. The first thing I noticed and really enjoyed was the lack of vocals or a front man singing on it. J.M.- “No, I made that decision initially all of those tracks weren’t going to be on an album or a CD. That wasn’t the rational or what I was thinking when I was laying those tracks down. They were ideas that turned into music tracks over the course of the year of 2017 I believe.” “Normally, I would have passed all of those to Cactus and let them decide which ones they wanted to work on and expand on. Since I don’t do the road anymore and I’m not with them as a band member because it’s too difficult for me right now, but I had these ideas but the 1st four didn’t have a melodic theme on it was just a groove and it was a drum machine and I gave these ideas on some CD’s to a bunch of friends of mine around town and almost everyone I gave one too came back to me and said ‘you should really think about putting this stuff out’ this is really good.” “So, I started thinking about it and thought if I was going to do that, I needed to turn them into actual songs. That’s when I decided not to do vocals on them, I wanted to do an instrumental album, so I had to come up with a melodic theme to make it a song instead of a jam-groove. The more I worked on it, the more I started liking it, when I got that done, I had to get rid of the drum machine. I was going to put this out, it had to go. The drum machine was too robotic, I could have brought my son Dylan who is my drummer in my band, ‘Mystery Train’ in to play drums or brought in Johnny ‘Bee’ but I what be a nice hook is if I could play the drums on the whole thing since I’m already playing the guitar and bass, so that’s what I did, and it turned out nice.” “The playing on it is top drawer and I really wanted to show off some other things, it’s not a one trick pony, I wanted to have a lot of a lot not just the rock and roll, I wanted to show some other aspects of who I am. I wanted to do some Blues, some slower stuff, and it’s for sure the most personal thing have ever done and if you are going to do a solo album, you should do some things that no one has ever from you before. I’m just really happy with it.” G-Note- As I recall from listening to ‘Talking’ To Myself’, the only song that comes close to a vocal is the song, ‘Slidin’ Home’ where you have your ‘Do-wah’s’ in it. That song has a little Rockabilly feel to it. JM- “(Chuckling) Man, everyone is commenting on the ‘Do-wah’s’ it’s the craziest thing, I even had a friend from Paris call me and the 1st thing he said to me when I answered the phone was, ’Doop, doop, do-wah’… the thing with that track was the slide coming in on the second go-round, I had a 1 chord progression but I thought it needed something for the 1st chorus but I didn’t put a lead guitar lick in there and as Iwas listening to it one day when I was cooking some food, I started to go along with the track, ‘doop, doop do-wah..I thought that might be interesting to do a 3 part harmony in there, so that the story with that!” G-Note- So did you bring in a singer to do the Doop, doop, do-wah’s? JM- “1N2op| eP, eavgereything you hear on the CD is all me. Every song has some meaning to it, the song, ‘Blues for K.P.’ is dedicwatwedwt.oGm-Ny odetaerEfnrietendrtaanidnmsoemnett.imbiezs band mate, Kenny Parker. Ken@nGyNalosotehEasnatebrratnadin-nmewenCtDMoaugt arizgihntenow, you may want to get your hands on a copy, it’s called ‘HellFire’. I’m on about half of the tracks on that CD and that’s straight

up Blues guitar man, the whole thing is really, very good. Make sure you check it out!” G-Note- You have in this rock and roll game for a long time, do you still have to do the ground game, old school work to get your music played? JM- “Oh yeah, I just sent out a bunch of CDs’ to ‘CD Baby’ the other day, that might be from what Ted Nugent said about me recently. Ted said, \"I'm the only guy in rock 'n' roll that plays that hollow body jazz guitar and it's because in 1960 I saw Jimmy McCarty creating those big fat full chords like I do on \"Stranglehold\"; I learned that from Jimmy McCarty. Remember the name Jimmy McCarty. He is as important as Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry and Les Paul...a god on guitar.” That was pretty cool of him to say that, but I had to tell him to calm down with the comparisons to Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley.” “I appreciate him saying those nice things about me as being his inspiration and Mitch Ryder as his all-time favorite band, I sent him a copy of ‘Talkin’ To Myself’ and he really, really liked it and made some noise about it on his Facebook page. Publicity like that really helps when you are promoting your music.” G-Note- You mentioned that you don’t go out on the road anymore, any stories from either Mitch Ryder or Cactus that you want to share? JM- “You know I’m 73 years old now, and the physical demands playing, driving, set up, tear down is tough. Sitting in a van for hours and hours on end is not that easy. Back then you had to be on the road to the next gig early in the morning and I don’t get to bed until around 5:30am. I had trouble sleeping in hotel rooms, then start driving again with only a few hours of sleep and to plug into sometimes ‘crap’ equipment, sometime the amplifier work, sometime not and it got to the point I said to myself, what’s the point? I’m standing there playing and not up to my full potential because of lack of sleep or worse, the equipment isn’t working right, I just got to the point where I decided that was enough.” “I was just recently talking to Carmine (Appice) and if you can believe it, next year will be the 50-year anniversary of Cactus! I just had to sit down after I heard that! That band had some balls!” G-Note- How did you get involved with Mitch Ryder and Cactus? JM- “Wow, with Mitch Ryder now you’re going back to the beginning when we were teenagers. My dad and Johnny Bee’s (Badjanjek) dad knew each other. John’s dad owned a bar and every Friday night for a fish dinner and sometimes cash his check there and I met John through our fathers.” “I started giving John drum lessons (I started playing drums when I was 3 years old) and I was beginning to teach myself on how to play guitar, so I would go to his play giving him drum lessons I would grab my guitar and start ‘putzing’ around. We started playing and we brought in Elliot (Earl Elliot) on Bass and we would back up various people around town. “ “There was one night we went down to the ‘Village’, that was a place on Woodward Ave. All these acts would come in there, it was like a ‘revue’ and a high percentage of them would be Black acts. We started backing those guys up and became the house band there. One night this White guy comes in, Bill Levise and after he did his thing, it was pretty obvious that we should get together again, so we did, and he brought his friend in Joe Kubert on Rhythm Guitar and be became ‘Billy Lee and the Rivieras’ where we played the Walled Lake Casino.” “There was a disc jockey in town named Dave Fritz from WXYT that really dug the hell out of the band and he called a friend of his in New York a guy named Bob Crewe and told him you should come in and hear these guys, he did come in and gave us a listen as well as our local single that we had out at the time and he liked what he heard and we ended up going to New York on a train and he put us up in a hotel on 71st and Broadway and it was hilarious, here are these 5 guys in this huge room in the big city and we began recording.” “At that time, Bob Crewe was working closely with the “Four Seasons” and he put out the 1st single call1e3d “| PI Naeegde Help” wi@thGBNilloy tseinEginntgearntdaiInwmasetnhteMonalgyaoznienpelaying, they didn’t use the reswt owfwth.eGb-Nanodt,ethEenytheardtastiundmioegnuty.sb,iitz was a decent song but it wasn’t Billy Lee and the Rivieras, it finally dawned on Bob that I probably should record the rest

of the band with the singer. So, we went back into the studio and basically played the songs we played in the clubs in Detroit, that where the song “Jenny Take A Ride’ came from was from the 1st album. That song, ‘Jenny Take A Ride” was released as a single and it went to #4 in the country and that’s when the name changed to ‘Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels’.” “I think that was one of those ‘woulda ,coulda, shoulda’ things that ended up being a mistake, they thought it was only the ‘voice’ and not the rest of the band that made it sound like it did. That combination was a hit making machine, if that unit was nurtured and taken care of, who knows how much success we would have had, it really could have been the American Rolling Stones.” “Before he died, Bob Crewe said that was huge regret that he had not realizing just how good we were together as a band and not just a voice, they ended up making ‘Mitch Ryder’ a Las Vegas act with horns and everything, but I don’t have any hard feelings about it.” G-Note- With all your successes with all your bands, you learned how to play guitar without lessons, that’s amazing! JM- “Yeah, I’m self-taught, I just love the guitar. I did take drum lessons as a kid and still play them; my dad was a drummer back in the day so that was another reason why I wanted to play everything including the drums on ‘Talkin’ To Myself’ but the guitar to me is the only instrument that that wide of a ‘color palate’ you can play classic music all the way to Jimi Hendrix and everything in between.” G-Note What about some of the other bands you have been in over the years? JM-“One of my favorite experience was with a band called ‘Siegal Schwall Band’ out of Chicago where we had the great Sam Lay as drummer and we great things with group, that led me to Buddy Miles right when he was putting the Buddy Miles Express together, he was a fan of the ‘Detroit Wheels’ and asked if I would be interested in playing in the band, and the idea of playing with a horn section really intrigued me and ended up joining the band and that’s when I met and worked with Jimi Hendrix, what can you say, he was and still is the greatest Rock guitarist ever!.” For more information and all the discography from Jim McCarty, please go to: https://www.facebook.com/Jim-McCarty 14 | P a g e @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz

Kalamazoo State Theatre 404 S. Burdick Street Kalamazoo Mi 49007 (269) 345-6500 Behind the curtain - a living legacy Experience the historic State Theatre for your next show The State Theatre has been a fixture in downtown Kalamazoo since 1927. The original founder of the theatre was Colonel William Butterfield. John Eberson w the renowned architect who designed the theatre. The early roots of the theatre were found in the Vaudevillian tradition of performance. Many acts that frequented the State Theatre included opera, dramas, big bands, ballet, dance reviews, stage shows and movies. May 2, 2019 Thurs 8:00 PM Michael Schenker Fest May 3, 2019 Friday 8:00 PM Home Free May 4, 2019 Sat 8:00 PM Jesse James Decker Tickets are available through our website, through Ticketmaster online ticketmaster.com, or by phone at 1-800-745-3000. Tickets are also available person-only at the Kalamazoo State Theatre Box Office. @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine 15 | P a g e www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz

Artist Spotlight: Saxophonist Vanessa Collier Singer, Saxopho‘ nist and Performer: VANESSA COLLIER If you haven’t been fortunate enough to meet Vanessa Collier and witness one of her head-turning, fiery, and passionate performances, you should make sure you do. As a master musician and multi- instrumentalist, Vanessa weaves funk, soul, rock, and blues into every powerful performance and she is downright impressive. With soulful vocals, searing saxophone, and witty songwriting, Vanessa is blazing a trail, racking up an arsenal of honors, and has already singled herself out as an artist of distinction and one we would all do well to watch. It’s not simply the accolades she has accumulated so far, although they’ve been many -- three Blues Music Award Nominations (BMAs) In 2017, Vanessa was also a featured artist for Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year (2018) and Horn in three major tours across Europe as part Player of the Year (2018 and 2017), a Blues Blast Award nomination, of Ruf’s 2017 Blues Caravan. the Jamming-est Pro Award bestowed by the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, First Place for lyrics in the International Songwriting Collier says she’s happy performing on Competition, Best of 2014 Blues Breaker on Dan Aykroyd’s stages across the world, hoping that she BluesMobile -- it’s the fact that she has accumulated all these can make a difference with fans and honors even while her career is still in its infancy. A 2013 graduate followers along the way. “I am driven to do of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, she’s toured nationally this because I find it a total form of and internationally, released two critically acclaimed albums expression and connection,” she explains. (2014’s Heart, Soul & Saxophone and 2017’s Meeting My Shadow), “I love connecting with an audience and and will release her highly anticipated self-produced third album, feeling their energy and I hope to inspire Honey Up, in July 2018. people to follow their dreams and passions, to find what brings them joy, These days, Collier spends much of her time on the road, and then to pursue it doggedly.” performing at some of the most prestigious music festivals in the www.vanessacollier.com world. Her talents have taken her to the Blues Music Awards Show www.facebook.com/music.vanessacollier where, in the words of the Blues Foundation, Vanessa “blew the doors off the Blues Music Awards!”; Ottawa Blues Festival, where she earned two front page newspaper photos and rave reviews after her foot stomping debut there; twice on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise, where she earned the Jamming-est Pro Award and was a featured artist with Tommy Castro’s Blues Review; Briggs Farm Festiv1a6l,|wPhaerge eshe was the “most popular Briggs Farm act in 2017” (ElmowrewMwa.gGa-zNinoet),eaEnndttehretaliisnt mcoenntitn.ubeisz. @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine

New Music Alert: Tony Campanella Reviewing the new album \"Taking It To The Street\" (Release Date: April 19; Gulf Coast Records) by St. Louis guitarist Tony Campanella, Music-News.com writes, \"Produced by long-time friend Mike Zito, this is blues rock at a pure, unadulterated level. What makes him stand out from the millions of other Blues/Rock axe-men is his talent. Campanella has a strong voice and his guitar playing is just outrageous. He changes it up plenty between rockers and some funky stuff as well as a version of ‘Good Morning Little Schoolgirl’ that is downright nasty, but the darkest number on the album is ‘Texas Chainsaw’, deep and moody with a howling slide and over-miked vocals that just bellow through the breakup.\" Purchase the album at target.com, gulfcoastrecords.net and wherever great music is sold. #TonyCampanella #TakinItToTheStreet #GulfCoastRecords #Blues1r7oc| kP a g e @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz #StLouisMusicians

New Music Alert: Sugaray Rayford Sugaray Rayford Brings Vintage Soul Vibe To New Album, Somebody Save Me, out March 1, 2019. On March 1st, Forty Below Records will release Somebody Save Me, the new studio album from soul blues singer, Sugaray Rayford. At 6’5” this cigar chompin’ ex-Marine with a voice like a force of nature holds court in any room he enters. Possessing a magnetic personality, and an old school vocal style that echoes Muddy Waters, Otis Redding and Teddy Pendergrass, Rayford is also a stellar dancer with moves reminiscent of the legendary James Brown. Somebody Save Me is an ambitious album that slides gracefully between the new blues of Gary Clarke Jr. and Fantastic Negrito, the rock & soul stylings of The War & Treaty, and the vintage Daptone vibe of the late Charles Bradley and Sharon Jones, bringing a fresh take to classic sounds. The album was written and produced by Forty Below Records founder, Eric Corne. Best known for his work with blues legends John Mayall and Walter Trout, Corne and Forty Below have also launched the careers of several talented new artists, such as Sam Morrow, Jaime Wyatt and Kail Baxley. A number of mainstays from Corne productions feature strongly here including guitarist Rick Holmstrom (Mavis Staples), bassist Taras Prodaniuk (Dwight Yoakam), drummer Matt Tecu (Jakob Dylan), keyboardist Sasha Smith (Sam Beam), guitarist Eamon Ryland (The Happy Mondays) and the horn section from Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Corne recorded the bulk of the record live and the chemistry of the performances infuses the songs with a spontaneity and raw emotion. The ten songs on the album explore contrasting themes of darkness and light. There is social commentary, several love songs, including two gorgeous soul ballads, “My Cards are on the Table” and “Somebody Save Me”, the Stax inspired “You and I” and the more Motown leaning “Is it Just Me.” The album is full of inspired arrangements with several unexpected twists and turns; like the John Barry (James Bond) inspired bridge of “Angels and Devils”; the wobbly 1950’s inspired keyboard solo and lush strings of the title tracks, recorded with The Section Quartet (Ryan Adams, Father John Misty); and the gospel choir, shape-shifting keyboards and dramatic horns of “The Revelator” which seamlessly blends blues, soul and jazz with a hint of reggae. But at the center of it all is Sugaray Rayford’s commanding voice, tying it all together. With his 8-piece band and personal charm, Rayford’s live shows are quickly becoming known for their high-energy and celebratory nature, with Rayford whipping the crowds into a frenzy, like a Gospel Preacher. In the studio and in person, Sugaray Rayford is developing a reputation as a force to be reckoned with and an artist to watch in the coming years! 18 | P a g e @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz

New Music Alert: Whitney Shay Mark Morton A two-time San Diego Music Award winner for Mark Morton, the prolific guitarist of Lamb of God, has Best Blues Artist, vivacious young vocal released the song \"Save Defiance.\" The track features phenom Whitney Shay sings with a vocalist Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge and Slash commanding authority that's usually associated Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators fame, with artists twice her age. No less an authority with Alice in Chains' Mike Inez on bass and Korn's Ray than soul legend Candi Staton called Shay \"one Luzier on drums. heck of a singer\" and asserted \"She really has heart.\" The Beach and Bay Press further \"Myles was our first and only choice for 'Save Defiance,'\" stated, \"Shay is one of San Diego’s most Morton says. \"He's such a tremendous talent and a electrifying artists, with a sassy, brassy stage remarkably down-to-earth and humble dude. Even before presence that makes her one of the area's top the instrumental pre-production demo was finished, we performers to watch.\" knew we were going to ask Myles to sing on it. We felt like it was a perfect fit for his voice. He dug the track and The excitement that Shay is currently made it his own. I'm grateful to have had the chance to generating, through her live performances and work with him.\" her new album A Woman Rules the World, has its roots in the artist's lifelong love for music and \"Having the opportunity to work with Mark was a really performance. After witnessing a performance by cool experience,\" Kennedy says. \"I'd been a fan of his the Royal Shakespeare Company at the age of work with Lamb of God for a long time, so I was honored three, she immediately joined a theatre when he asked if I wanted to sing on his record. Mark did company upon returning home. She's been a great job creating a track that would be inspiring for me performing ever since. In 2009, Shay made the to sing over. The first time I heard the music, a melody leap from performing in theatrical productions to and lyric popped into my head. The creative process felt fronting a band and belting blues, jazz and pretty effortless. I am really happy with how the song swing material. By then, she'd developed a turned out overall.\" singularly powerful voice and a riveting stage presence. Those assets have won her an Mark Morton will embark on a co-headline tour with enthusiastic audience on her home turf, where Light the Torch this spring. Moon Tooth will also appear. she per@foGrmNsotmeoErnetethratanin20m0enshtMowasgapzeirneyear. The live configuration of Morton’s band will include Mark Morales (Sons Of Texas) on lead vocals, Doc Coyle (Bad Wolves, God Forbid) on guitar, Nick Villarreal (Sons of Texas) on bass, and Art Cruz (1P9ro| nPg,aWgineds of Paplapgeuaera)nocnedsrauwlmonwsg,wpthl.uGesw-aNadyod.ittieoEnanltsepretcaiainl gmueesntt.biz

New Music Alert: The Scorch Sisters Consisting of three formidable women who have been friends and band-mates for many years in different situations, This Los Angeles-based trio return with their unique blend of fierce, soulful vocals and seasoned, blazing instrumental prowess, which led to them being selected a 'Top 100 Live Artist of the Year' by respected national publication, MUSIC CONNECTION. Francaseca Capasso (lead and background vocals, percussion,) Alicia Morgan (lead and background vocals, keyboards) and Kimberly Allison (guitar) are each at the top of their game professionally, and because they are such fans of each ether's talents, as well as close friends through many years of ups and downs, in 2011 they decided to join forces as the Scorch Sisters - a combination of world-class talents rarely found in the blues world in one band. The Scorch Sisters bring to the blues a mix of jaw-dropping virtuosity and down-home raw heart and soul, with a sound all their own. Adding a flavor of funk, a soupçon of soul, and just a touch of jazz, the Scorch Sisters' musical gumbo is hot, tasty and soul-satisfying! They say it's a man's world, but the Sisters beg to differ. They bring a woman's strength, determination, heart and soul to the blues, and they share their passion, heartbreak, joy, and raw, down-home realness with their audience every time they hit the stage. Each one of these women is a headliner in her own right, but when they come together as the Scorch Sisters, there is a synergy that defies comparison, and defines them as a true musical force to be reckoned with. The Scorch Sisters are ready to bring the heat, and they have talent, energy and soul to burn! Scorch Sisters wowed the Real Blues Festival 2 audience...be ready for these Hollywood hipsters because they'll 'blue' you away. I really dig these gals and think you will, too.\" AMERICAN BLUES SCENE \"They'2re0 c| aPlleadgTehe Scorch Sisters because these croonin' cuties just might be the hottest blues act in Los Angeles.\" www.G -NoteEnLtOeSrtAaNinGmELeEnS tE.XbAizMINER @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine

** FEATURE: Charlie Daniels G-Note Entertainment Magazine’s which won a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group in 1979 as well as Features the legendary single of the year at the Country Music Association Awards. Charlie Daniels The CDB will perform 100 concert dates this year From his Dove Award winning gospel albums including performances on the Grand Ole to his genre-defining Southern rock anthems Opry. The band's latest release, \"Off the Grid - and his CMA Award-winning country hits, few Doin' It Dylan,\" features 10 Bob Dylan songs by the artists have left a more indelible mark on CDB, and is their first CDB studio release since America’s musical landscape than Charlie 2007. Daniels. An outspoken patriot, beloved mentor to young artists and still a road warrior at age “I love what I do,” says Charlie of his 50-plus years 81, Charlie has parlayed his passion for music in the music business. “I look forward to into a multi-platinum career and a platform to entertaining people. When show time gets here, support the military, underprivileged children I’m ready to go, ready to go play for them. It’s a and others in need. labor of love. I just thank God I make2a1 l|ivPinaggaet what I enjoy dwowinwg..”G-NoteEntertainment.biz Raised among the longleaf pines of North Carolina, Charlie began his career playing bluegrass music with the Misty Mountain Boys. After moving to Nashville in 1967, he began making a name for himself as a songwriter, session musician and producer. Elvis Presley recorded a tune Charlie co-wrote titled “It Hurts Me,” which was released on the flip side of “Kissin’ Cousins.” He played on such landmark albums as Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline and tried his hand at producing on the Youngbloods’ Elephant Mountain and Ride the Wind. His own unique voice as an artist emerged as Charlie recorded his self-titled solo album in 1970 for Capitol Records. Two years later he formed the Charlie Daniels Band and the group scored its first hit with the top ten “Uneasy Rider.” Since then the CDB has populated radio with such memorable hits as “Long Haired Country Boy,” “The South’s Gonna Do It Again,” “In America,” “The Legend of Wooley Swamp” and of course, his signature song, “The Devil Went D@oGwNnottoeGEenotregritaa,”inmentMagazine

Whether performing in the hit 80s movie Urban Cowboy, singing on Easter Sunday at his local church or leading an all-star cast at one of his famed Volunteer Jams, Charlie just exudes joy whenever he steps on stage and he’s always been quick to provide a platform for other artists to shine. In 1974 he invited some friends to join him at Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium for an all-star concert he dubbed The Volunteer Jam. The event continued for years and was broadcast in the U.S. and internationally. Over the years, the Jam featured a diverse line up that included Willie Nelson, Ted Nugent, Roy Acuff, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Crystal Gayle, James Brown, Emmylou Harris, Amy Grant, George Thorogood, Kris Kristofferson, Little Richard, Tammy Wynette, Alabama, Oak Ridge Boys, B. B. King and the Allman Brothers. As diverse as his live shows have always been, his discography has also reflected Charlie’s love of multiple genres. In 1994 he released his first Christian album, The Door, on Sparrow Records. The album won the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Award for Best Country Album and “Two Out of Three” was named video of the year by the Christian Country Music Association. In 1997, Sony Wonder released Charlie’s first children’s album, “By The Light of The Moon: Campfire Songs and Cowboy Tunes’. An astute businessman as well as talented musician, Charlie launched Blue Hat Records in 1997 with his longtime personal manager David Corlew. Over the past 15 years, the label has released such memorable albums as Blues Hat, Tailgate Party, Road Dogs, Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the Charlie Daniels Band and his first bluegrass album 2005’s Songs From the Longleaf Pines and 2007’s album Deuces, featuring duets with Brad Paisley, Gretchen Wilson, Bonnie Bramlett, Travis Tritt, Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Brenda Lee and Darius Rucker. Over the course of his career, Charlie has received numerous accolades, including induction into the Grand Ole Opry and Musicians Hall of Fame. He’s been presented the Pioneer Award by the Academy of Country Music and was honored as a BMI Icon in recognition of his songwriting. He’s received a star on the Music City Walk of Fame. Any conversation with the legendary artist, however, rarely includes any of his accomplishments. He’d rather shine the spotlight on the many causes that are close to his heart. He’s always been a staunch supporter of the military, and for the past several years has headlined a special concert at David Lipscomb University benefiting the Yellow Ribbon Program which provides scholarships for veterans. Each year there are surprise guests in addition to the announced line up. Among those who have supported Charlie Daniels for an evening of great music include Luke Bryan, Kellie Pickler, Clint Black, Jason Aldean, Chris Young, Rascal Flatts, Lee Greenwood, Darryl Worley, the Grascals, and actor Gary Sinise. Charlie also lends his time and talent to numerous other charitable organizations, including the Jason Foundation Golf Classic, an organization that targets teen suicide prevention, and the Galilean Children’s Home in Liberty, KY, which provides a home for abused and neglected children. “I’ve been affiliated with them for a long, long time and it’s just a great place,” Charlie says of the home founded by Jerry and Sandy Tucker. “They take in babies whose mothers are going to prison. They give kids a good stable Christian home and love them. It’s just a wonderful place.” Charlie has been the host for The Charlie Daniels Celebrity Golf Classic & Angelus Concert in Hudson, FL, a benefit for The Angelus, a full-time residential facility and day school program for the severely handicapped. He has been a member of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Professional Advisory Board and has been a longtime supporter of the T. J. Martell Foundation and its numerous events aiding cancer research. He has also been the headliner many years for the Christmas 4 Kids concert at the Ryman Auditorium, a fundraiser to provide a happy holiday for needy children. In 2014, Charlie Daniels with David Corlew and Joe & Mercedez Longever founded The Journey Home Proje2c2t,| aP5a0g1(ec)(3) non-profit co-founded by Daniels and manager, David Corlew, to help Veterans of the UnitewdwSwta.tGe-sNAortmeeEdnFteorrtcaeisn. ment.biz @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine

The Charlie Daniels 40th Anniversary Volunteer Jam concert took place on Aug. 12, 2015, before a sold- out crowd, raising over $300,000 for The Journey Home Project. “It was good to see an old Tennessee Tradition come back to life, all for this great cause,” Daniels said. In August 2016, Charlie Daniels new album, Night Hawk, will be released. Daniels has never fit into any certain label, purposely creating a sound and blend of music all his own. The new album stays true to that tradition with a unique spin on cowboy songs both well-known and uncovered from through the years. The album comes during one of the most important years of Charlie Daniels’ career. In early 2016 it was announced that he would become the newest inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame, along with Randy Travis and Fred Foster. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum announced that an exhibit in his honor, called Million Mile Reflections, would be set to open September 23. Adding to Daniels’ exciting year, Kid Rock, Chris Stapleton, Travis Tritt, Larry the Cable Guy and more will join Charlie in celebration at his 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam on November 30 at Bridgestone Arena. A portion of the proceeds from this year’s Volunteer Jam will go to the The Journey Home Project. Charlie says of using his celebrity status to aid worthy causes, “I have a very unique opportunity because of being in the music community, you try to give back to some extent. I do feel like people should. We should all do as much as we can.” *taken from charliedaniels.com @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine 23 | P a g e www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz

New Music Alert: Rosie Flores ROSIE FLORES ... \"... is in top form on Simple Case of the Blues as a blues shouter, a soul singer, and riveting guitarist who can put her own stamp on a song. Simple Case of the Blues brings beauty out of the shadows, dances joyously across every musical terrain, and delivers some of the most soulful music released so far this year.\" ~ Henry Carrigan, No Depression 24 | P a g e @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz

Alan Parsons to Release New Studio Album, \"The Secret\" April 26th via Frontiers Music Srl First Single, \"Miracle\" featuring Jason Mraz Out Now Grammy Award Winning legendary music icon and master of progressive rock, Alan Parsons will return with a new album, “The Secret” on April 26, 2019 via Frontiers Music Srl. Today, the first song from the album, entitled \"Miracle\", featuring Jason Mraz on vocals, has been made available. Listen to the track HERE. Of the collaboration with Mraz, Alan says, “I met Jason two years ago through a neighbor who grows coffee on his ranch. Jason wanted to grow coffee himself and our neighbor, Jay was kind enough to introduce us since we had mutual musical interests. For 'Miracle’, Jason recorded his vocals in Dallas while I listened in Santa Barbara and we sent files back and forth, resulting in this song. Thus, proving that you don't necessarily have to be in the same studio with someone to create music. This was also the case with Lou Gramm on the track \"Sometimes\", which he sang in New York. Mraz adds, \"'Eye In The Sky' is a song I have a very early memory of, strapped in the backseat of my mom's green Fiat, 1982. Alan Parsons is on the radio and I’m singing along, harmonizing. That sound of rich harmony over magical words would stick with me for my whole life and ultimately become what my own career is about, trying to solve universal quandaries through song craft.\" When Mraz heard \"Miracle\", he said, \"I loved it. It sounded like a song right off of 'Eye In The Sky'. As if no time had passed, proving time might just be a construct after all\". Woking with Alan was \"[m]agic. Alan is very kind, very creative, and very authentic,\" concludes Mraz. Alan’s longtime hobby has been performing magic and this brand-new album showcases his own passion for the craft, hence the title “The Secret.” The album sees a return to the pop rock sound with symphonic and progressive rock interludes which the Alan Parsons Project was known for. \"Magic has always been a passion of mine, I am a member of The Magic Castle in Los Angeles. I've also worked with the Japanese magic company Tenyo, writing instruction books and catalogs for their tricks. I dabble with magic myself in my free time, so an album with magical influences was a natural progression”. Alan’s history in the music business one is a storied and unique one. He was fortunate enough to work as assistant engineer on the last two albums by The Beatles and after he became a fully-fledged recording engineer, he went on to work with Paul McCartney and The Hollies, among many others. But it was his contribution as engineer on Pink Floyd’s classic \"The Dark Side Of The Moon\" that really got him the world’s attention. That soon led to striking successes as a producer, notably with Pilot’s “Magic\", John Miles’ “Highfly\" and “Music”, and Steve Harley’s \"Make Me Smile\". He also produced the hugely successful \"Year Of The Cat\" album with Al Stewart and two albums with American prog rock band Ambrosia. In 1975 he met Eric Woolfson who not only became his manager but joined forces with Alan as a songwriting and performing partner for what became known as The Alan Parsons Project. The APP’s debut album, \"Tales Of Mystery And Imagination\" based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe paved the way for signing to Clive Davis’ newly launched Arista label and a string of hit albums, namely, \"I Robot\" (1977), “Pyramid\" (1978), \"The Turn of a Friendly Card\" (1980)2, \"5E|yePina tghee Sky\" (19@82G),N\"AomtemEonniateArvteaniunem\" (e1n98t4M),a\"gVaulztuirneeCulture\" (1985), “Stereotomy\" (w19w8w6).,Gan-dN“oGtaeuEdin\" t(1e9r8t7a)i.nment.biz

Peter Rivera- Original Drummer & Singer: Rare Earth G-Note Entertainment Magazine Talks to Peter Although Peter played on stage at the age of 5 with spoons Rivera formerly of Rare Earth to a record his dad gave him, he had no other musical experience in an otherwise normal childhood. He had no Do you want to win a bet for drink at your favorite choice but to quit after only three lessons since his family watering hole? Ok, here is great trivia question for you, could not afford it. what was the 1st successful White band signed to Motown Records? Give up? The answer is Rare Earth. For years Peter practiced his drumming on an old beat-up Rare Earth became very successful after signing with snare drum that he got for Christmas to the sounds of a Motown's associate label, Rare Earth (Named after the record player, learning tempo and rhythm. After saving his band) which was dedicated to showcasing and money from working 2 paper routes, Peter bought a set of promoting white rock bands. gold sparkle drums. This was the start of a long and With songs like 'I was Born To Wonder', 'Get Ready', (I successful career behind the drums. Just want To) Celebrate, 'I Know I'm Losing You and many others. Rare Earth was a major act in the early 70's After meeting a couple of guitar players, he formed his first and eventually went from opening act to major band The Sultans. They practiced for a couple of years until headliner in the 70's. one-day Peter was seen at a church social by the members of G-Note Entertainment Magazine talked to lead singer a popular band, the Sunliners. The Sunliners asked Peter to and drummer and founding member, Peter Rivera from audition, but they ended up not asking him to join their his home. band. One year later however, they saw him again and this Peter Rivera was born and raised in Detroit. His father time they wanted him. After tireless hard work and practice, worked in a factory while his Mother stayed The Sunliners eventually got a job playing in a rundown home2.6W| hPean gPeeter was 9, a music store salesman came nightclub 5 night a week. It was the start they needed. tpoacthkaewghewoouwns.etGha-enNddorsutomeldEs.hnisteforltkasionnmae3n0t-m.buiszic lesson As the years rolled on from club to club, The Sunliners were quickly becoming one of Detroit’s top bands. The Sunliners had one problem though, lack of material. Peter was asked if he could sing to bring some new sound and material to the setlist. Peter started singing two songs but quickly his performances grew to thirty songs every night! Being in Detroit, Motown got wind of the band and offered to let them record for a 5 (Monday through Friday) nights to see what they could do. “That was our “big break” into the recording industry.” Peter told me that” Motown kind of got interested in us through our manager at that time, he was twisting gears and promoting us. Since we only had a limited amount of time we had to go there after our shows at the clubs, tear down and set back up at 1am in the morning and record till 7 or 8 o'clock in in the morning.” “Being that Motown was in a house, the administrator staff were also living there at that time, so the studio had to shut down with us. So, we were recording for an album for 5 days, but we were about 10 minutes short, so we went back in and recorded “Get Ready” and we all took solos just to take up time.”@GNoteEntertainmentMagazine

(Chuckling) “We were pretty green, and we didn't have a bunch of material written and ready to go we did the songs that the most successful and put them on a record.” “Nobody played the record when it came out, nobody, so we figured well, that is that! Then all the sudden D.J.'s were playing it in Washington and Baltimore and that song went on to sell millions of records!” “From then, we were off to the races, we were touring as an opener for all of the big acts at that time, acts like Earth, Wind and Fire, The Doobie Brothers and Steppenwolf to name a few, thing started looking pretty good for us then we had another hit record then another one, then another one and we stated headlining shows. We had Earth, Wind and Fire, The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan open for us and they all zoomed off to the stratosphere!” G-Note: When you are out there in support of your material for an extended period, do you suffer some from not writing or recording new material? PR- “Yeah you sure do, we kind of fizzled because of that very reason, we didn't cultivate new material, but you know we really had a good run for a few years, it eventually soured, the were arguments, drugs and we weren't sharp anymore, everybody changed.” G-Note: Sounds like the years of touring took its toll -personally on you. PR- “It did, look, I wasn't without sin in this, after a while, it was ego's always clashing. I had enough, I had to play and sing so I did to have my wits about me but unfortunately, the manager couldn't calm the waters.” G-Note: It's known that after the ban split, there were lawsuits and other nasty things, how did you come out with that? P.R.- “I was hoping that after I left the band, that the guys would come with me but instead they stayed with the manager, after the lawsuits, that was it for me. It was alleged that when I left, I was taking profits and the name 'Rare Earth', none of that was true, and was proven in court. Believe it or not, after all the court stuff, we got back together for 3 years. By then, all the big area shows were gone but we did play some very nice clubs. We would hit the road with a van or truck and do 24 cities in 25 days, it was grinding! Then it fizzled again in '83.” G-Note: Do you ever get back in touch with the guys in the band? P.R.- “There are only 2 guys left from the original 'Rare Earth', Gil the sax player and Ray the guitar player, everyone else is gone or have passed on, so it's me over here and we haven't talked since '83.” “I wouldn't say that we are enemies, but man, we used to be closer than brothers and now we're not, that's just it way it goes.” G-Note: Peter, now that you are past all of that, what now on the horizon? P.R.- “I started a band called the 'Classic Rock All-Stars', it has Mike Pinera from the band, 'Blues Image' they had a song called, 'Ride Captain Ride' and Jerry Corbetta on keyboards from the band 'Sugarloaf”-they had 'Green-Eyed Lady' and Dennis Nota on bass from the band, 'Cannibal and the Headhunters' and their song, 'Land of 1000 dances' and me, so I had the Rare Earth stuff to add to the show, we were out there for 17 years playing over 100 cities every year.” “It was great, we did really well. Then Dennis decided to take his life, and Jerry developed dementia and he had passed away a few years ago. So that ended that.” “But now, I have a band called ‘Celebrate' and I do something called Peter Rivera -'Unplugged', I just keep on going because I just love to play! I am happy to say, I am just having a great time and will continue to do so just if I can. Tell everyone in your audience, 'Get Ready' to ‘Celebrate’! to see us out there in your city or town soon! Peter is one of the premier singers/drummers of all time. He was the voice of all the Rare Earth hits as well as the man behind the drums. His passion for music and unsurpassed talent earn him standing ovations wherever he plays. * Some material taken from PeterRivera.com @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine 27 | P a g e www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz

In Memoriam: Tim Austin 28 The old paint factory behind the Austin's home supplied the drums and small broken limbs from the trees in the yard supplied the sticks for what was to become the first percussion instruments for a young boy in Chicago simply known as Tim. After seeing James Brown and Jackie Wilson performed in Chicago at the Regal Theatre (known for showcasing the Motown Review), Tim had his first real set of drums in 1964. When he was 20 years old, he was discovered by Pop Staples of the world- famous Staple Singers and played for them over 25 years, eventually becoming their band director. The list of performers that Tim has played for is like a who's who in the world of blues. Buddy Guy, The Staples Singers, Mavis Staples, Otis Rush, Eddie \"the Chief\" Clearwater, Luther Allison, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Big J. McNealy, John Mayer, Warren Haynes, Santana, Nellie \"Tiger\" Travis, Billy Branch, Sugar Blue, Artie \"Blues Boy\" White, Phil Guy, John Mayo, Matthew Skoller, Joanna Connor and the list goes on and on. Tim's handy work can be heard on many recordings of the world's best blues performers..... past and present. 28 | P a g e Reswt ewawsy.GT-iNmo.teEntertainment.biz @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine

New Music Alert: George Benson GEORGE BENSON PAYS TRIBUTE TO CHUCK BERRY, FATS DOMINO ON ‘WALKING TO NEW ORLEANS’ George Benson gets back to Americana basics on ‘Walking to New Orleans ‘, the legendary jazz guitarist’s double-barreled tribute to both piano-pounding Crescent City hit machine Fats Domino and the original rock guitar hero and poet, Chuck Berry. “I’m a great appreciator of the music made by both of those guys,” says Benson, who reanimates their genius with his signature soulful vocals and buttery solos. “Chuck Berry was a great showman and a great musician, and Fats Domino cut nothing but hit after hit after hit.” The Chuck Berry songbook is represented on ‘Walking To New Orleans’ by “Nadine (Is It You?),” “You Can’t Catch Me,” “Havana Moon,” “Memphis, Tennessee,” and “How You’ve Changed.” Fats Domino weighs in with “Rockin’ Chair,” “Ain’t That a Shame,” “I Hear You Knocking,” “Blue Monday,” and the album’s iconic title track ‘Walking to New Orleans’ is Benson’s first recording since 2013’s ‘Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole.’ But where Benson embellished Cole’s cool tunes with lush orchestral arrangements, ‘Walking To New Orleans’ found Benson hunkering down in Ocean Way Studios on Music Row with a quartet of first-call Nashville cats: drummer and music director Greg Morrow, guitarist Rob McNelley, pianist Kevin McKendree, and bassist Alison Prestwood. Producer Kevin “The Caveman” Shirley (Journey, John Hiatt, Iron Maiden) was at the controls. ‘Walking to New Orleans’ is George Benson’s 45th album, and few sound quite as loose-limbed and flat-out fun as this one. “We did have us a ball making this record,” he admits @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine 29 | P a g e www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz

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New Music Alert: Diana Rein Rein just released her new studio album, Queen Of My Castle, the follow-up to her critically- lauded 2016 release, Long Road, on Tuesday, April 30. Queen Of My Castle is being co- produced by Michael Leasure, drummer with one of the biggest blues-rock groups in the world, the Walter Trout Band; and mixed by Lincoln Clapp (who previously mixed Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble, one of Rein's biggest influences). \"The new album is a collection of fifteen songs, and one song is a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan,\" says Rein. \"There's a lot of traditional blues, high energy, upbeat, and a few blues- rock songs that I know you guys will love. This album will be lucky number three for me, my first full-band album. I loved making my last record on my own, but I am really looking forward to challenging myself this time around and collaborating with the pros.\" Rein continues to be a compelling media presence, with recent features in national publications Huffington Post, Vegan Street Blog, and a Cover Story in Guitar Girl magazine, among others. Diana performed at The SoCal Divas of Blues Festival in Temecula last October and travels overseas to play the 2019 Open Air Blues Festival in Romani3a1(|wPhaergee Rein wa@sGbNoortne)EtnhtiserctoaimnminegnJtuMlya.gazine www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz

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Rock & Roll Music Alert: SPACE ELEVATOR SPACE ELEVATOR Release Captivating New Single and Video For ‘Keep Waiting’ Consummate Classic Rock four-piece Space Elevator, who were formed by guitarist David Young and flamboyant lead singer The Duchess, have confirmed the release of their soaring new single and video ‘Keep Waiting’ on Steamhammer / SPV today. ‘Keep Waiting’, a powerful, perfectly performed, instantly memorable pop infused melodic rock composition, is the second single to be taken from the band’s sophomore album ‘Space Elevator II’. Fireworks magazine’s Dave Bott stated “‘II’ has more of an edge than the debut and Young gets to flex his solo muscles a bit more, but it is the quality of the material that makes the biggest impact. Having said that, let’s not forget the vocals. I have seen the band perform live and can testify first hand that The Duchess is quality. She has the power, the passion and has the image to match. It is hard to pick highlights from this release and I find myself drawn to a different favorite with every play. From the rocky opener ‘Take The Pain’ through to the Queen-like closer ‘Queen For A Day’, (where Young channels his best Brian May) it really is a case of “all killer, no filler” and the energy levels are very high.” Powerplay magazine’s Steve Swift raved “This has variety, it has expectation, it has a 70’s ethos, it has oddness. Just enough of all of these makes something very special. Messrs Young, Maguire (bass) Greene (drums) and Ms Duchess should all be proud of themselves. Elevator? Top floor, please.” Classic Rock magazine’s Max Bell declared “Chucking in a steady stream of ABBA-esque arrangements and nods towards 60s girl groups, Curved Air, Whitesnake and Fabienne Shine’s badass ‘Shakin’ Street, this ultra-professional quartet don’t put a foot wrong.” ‘Keep Waiting’ is now all set to boost Space Elevator ever higher into rock’s heady stratosphere when released. The3a4lb|uPma\"Sgpeace Elevator II\" was released in May last year through SPV/Steamhammer as a CD digi version, 2LP vinywl vwewrsi.oGn-aNnod tdeigEitanlt: ehrtttpasi:n//Smpeancet.Ebleizvator.lnk.to/II @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine

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New Music Alerts: The Tubes The Tubes, the San Francisco band which pioneered theatrics in rock ‘n’ roll long before MTV and music video made it fashionable, will embark on a national tour in which, for the first time, they will perform their hit 1981 album, The Completion Backward Principle – their first for Capitol Records, produced by Grammy-winner David Foster – in its entirety. Led by lead singer Fee Waybill – known for an array of characters which include iconic, glam-rocking, stacked-heel vocalist Quay Lewd and punk parody Johnny Bugger – The Tubes’ current line-up also includes original members; drummer Prairie Prince, guitarist Roger Steen and bassist Rick Anderson along with longtime keyboardist David Medd. Waybill says the choice to perform The Completion Backward Principle in its entirety is the first time they’ve ever done something like this. The album’s theme is a take-off on a spoken-word vinyl record touting a 1950’s motivational sales technique. The group discovered it in a San Francisco record bin. The band has even broken out those gray business suits featured in the 1981 video for good measure. “The Completion Backward Principle album was a spoof of corporate rock,” insists Fee. The sales technique was that ‘imagination creates reality,’ which it turns out, was a metaphor for someone like me, who grew up singing Beatles songs around the house dying to be in a band.” In addition to playing Completion start to finish, The Tubes’ show will include such classics as “White Pun3k6s |oPn aDgoepe,” “Mondo Bondage,” “What Do You Want from Life?” “Out of the Business,” “I Want It Awll wNwow.G”-aNnodtethEenirtehritgahiensmt-ecnhta.rbtiizng single, “She’s a Beauty.”@GNoteEntertainmentMagazine

New Music Alerts: Kenny ‘Beedy Eyes’ Smith Music is about chasing a feeling – happiness, excitement, anger, sadness. Blues is the most intense combination of music and feeling. The power and emotion of the music transcends time and can be felt by people of all ages and ethnicities- the sole reason why the blues will survive and thrive for generations to come. The blues, like all elements of life, is meant to grow, change and progress while retaining its essence. Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith and the House Bumpers accomplish just this with their latest album, Drop the Hammer. 37 | P a g e www.G-NoteEntertainment.biz @GNoteEntertainmentMagazine

Nurs’n Blues Music Fest The Nurs'n Blues Music Fest takes place at The Cove, 4701 Transit Rd., Saturday, May 25. Showtime: 3pm to 10pm. Tickets: $20. Donation in advance, $25. at the Door. Info: (716) 870-3600 or visit https://www.musicisart.org. Proceeds benefit Nurs'n Blues Therapy Program, that uses Blues Music Therapy for those struggling with chemical dependency. Presented as a non-profit collaborative by the Blues Society of Western New York and Music Is Art. Nurs'n Blues Music Fest features two stages with continuous music all day long, headlined by Grammy nominee, blues guitar great, Kenny Neal. Also performing: Robert \"Freightrain\" Parker; Jeremy Keyes Band; Grace Stumberg and Grace Lougen; Hanna PK; 12 Pack Jack McArdle; Sheila Connors; and the Patti Parks Band (Parks, from Buffalo and a member of the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, is the creator of the Nurs'n Blues Music Fest). Now in its fourth year, the program has served over one-thousand clients and families. Each week, a Board-Certified Music Therapist creates a plan of care that includes music interventions. During these sessions the therapist makes a correlation examining influences of Blues American History, lyrics or music format or rhythm which help insight feelings or touch upon thoughts opening critical pathways to the brain. This past March, the Music Therapy Program visited Kids Escaping Drugs and Horizon Village, both located in the Buffalo area, where they've been providing sessions every week for the last three years. At a 2018 press conference, Music Is Art founder, Goo Goo Dolls' bassist Robby Takac, formally endorsed the Music Therapy program. \"The Blues was chosen as a beautiful art form and positive affect on improving communication,\" explains Parks, who felt helpless as her own son was affected by struggles with chemical dependency. \"The Blues genre was a perfect means of communicating deep-rooted feelings and mirrored Blues American history, while serving as a positive influence on those astgreusgtgh3lii8nrtg|ewePnitahtogcahedeumltichaal vdeepbeenednehneclypeadn.dWtheecirufraremnitlileysp,\"roPvairdkes adds. \"Over one-thousand people within three years from services at Kids Escaping Drugs and Horizon Village in Sanbowrnw, (wNe.Gw-YNoorkt)e. EWnethearvteaainlsmo eexnpta.nbdiezd services to colleges and see [email protected]\"ne

New Music Alert: Brian Carmona Over the course of more than three decades, three world tours as lead guitarist and collaborating on thirty -three studio albums, Brian Carmona has continued to evolve, develop, and challenge himself as a musician. As singer, song writer and producer of his debut album, THIS IS ME, Carmona finally felt he made is biggest creative leap yet. Based in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia for the past 12 years, Brian Carmona is a Brooklyn born guitarist/songwriter who delivers his own brand of blues rock with Latin, R&B and funk influences on this all-original, self-produced debut album. A first-generation American whose mother hails from Colombia and the product of a musical family, Carmona’s a soulful vocalist. He picked up the six-string at age 11 and developed his own distinctive style, influenced most by the three Kings — B.B., Freddie and Albert, Carlos Santana, Albert Collins and Jimi Hendrix while also playing drums, bongos and other percussion instruments along the way. Carmona is rooted in the past and it’s clear he learned his moves from musicians some three generations ago. Brian emphasizes how the American roots of music is grounded with the ‘60s notion of blues and soul, all filtered through the prism of ‘70s classic rock. Which isn’t to say Carmona ignores the straight stuff: much of his original music is modern- His roots are just that- roots, not anchors, allowing the group to grow, often in unexpected and quietly thrilling ways. “I’ve been wanting to produce my own record for a long time,” he says, explaining that he met with numerous candidates before concluding that he should make the move. \"What I wanted to provide was a place for musicians to come and feel they could express themselves and contribute in their own voice the way I was able to contribute in mine.” \"I have a great, great band—the most gentle, genuine, musically open-minded people,\" he says. \"I push them some, but they always respond with creativity, and they inspire me to open things up musically. The versatility of my live band has been a gradual concept I've been working on since I started playing at the Parchment Farm in Portland, Oregon in 1994. Back then, we would play three- or four-hour shows. We had horn sections, extended jams, improvisational songs, and whatever else would come from the ether. This current group of players I have on the road with me has re-inspired me to be more open, and less protective. I think THIS IS ME reflects this attitude, and the vibrations are very much reflections of the connections.” \"I've always loved such a wide range of music.\" Carmona adds, discussing some new influences, which were pulling him toward a new genre direction. “I’ve been listening to a lot of Latin old school, Afro- Cuban rhythms and flavors, and I am wa3n9tin|gPtoaogpeen up that box a little more and will be the direction I take on my upcoming new project Winter 2018” he says. \"I've always loved ’70’s R&B, and n@owGwNiothtsetErenamteinrgtaseirnvmicees,nitt'Ms soageaaszyitnoesample so much new music.\" www.G -NoteEntertainment.biz

Shaw Davis and the Black Ties Powerhouse blues-rock trio, Shaw Davis and the Black Ties, are currently on their \"Tales From The West\" 2019 U.S. Tour, supporting their new album of the same name. The group is quickly becoming an emerging force in the Blues/Rock community. \"Dynamism, precision, and outright fury. It's like a three-pronged sonic offensive - the guitar pierces, the bass rattles, and the drums batter. For fans of the heavier end of blues-rock, it's a beating your eardrums will gladly take. This is only the beginning for this remarkable trio, \" raves Rock and Blues Muse. Guitarist-vocalist Shaw Davis, backed by bassist Patrick Stevenson and drummer Bobby Van Stone, feature their own brand of Psychedelic Blues and Roots Rock that continues to win over fans and crowds across the nation. As a national touring trio, the band has played over three-hundred shows, headlining festivals and opening tours, resulting in them building a loyal following throughout the U.S. Influenced by the sounds of heavy, vintage blues- rock, Davis and band have shared the stage with such high-end music artists as Samantha Fish, Chris Duarte, Mike Zito, Albert Castiglia, GE Smith and Anthony Gomes, to name but a few. Hailing from Pompano Beach, Florida, Shaw Davis And The Black Ties formed in 2016. They participated in the South Florida Blues Challenge in 2017, winning their Road to Memphis and representing South Florida in the 2018 International Blues Challenge competition in Memphis. In January 2018 they independently released Alive From Legacy, a three-track record intended to capture the energy of the band's live shows. October 2018 saw the release of their sophomore album, Tales From The West, with impressive reviews and airplay while debuting at #20 on the Roots Music Report Blues Rock chart. \"Shaw Davis & The Black Ties are one of the most explosive contemporary blues-rock power trios to emerge on today’s music scene, and they truly leave a lasting impression. Punctuated with a wicked, hard-edged, riff-heavy groove from the first note to the last, Davis and his band emit such a huge sound that it’s hard to believe it IS only three players.\" Ink 19 40 | P a g e \"Thewy'wrewa.tGh-rNeeo-tmeaEnnwtererctkaiinngmcreenwt.tbhiazt infuse the Blues with Hard [email protected]\"ntTMheagRaozciknDeoctor

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