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Visit “One Shot One Mic One Song” on YouTube to hear artists from this podcast recorded live with a minimalist one mic approach from the past.
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Brett Ralph is the owner of Surface Noise, a record/book store and art gallery in Louisville, KY. Brett's life experiences are an eclectic, complex mix of Southern working-class culture, punk rock, Buddhism, academia, athletics, literature, activism.....and much, much more, which makes him quite the interesting dude. We cover a lot in this one hour conversation!
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Derek Day infuses rock, R&B, soul, punk and pop as he engages and captivates the audience with high-energy musical theatrics. His lead guitar skills are a perfect accompaniment to his burning, gritty, soulful contralto vocals. Derek is a self-taught guitarists who honed his amazing skills through performing on the streets of Santa Monica since he was 13. A few months after releasing his first solo EP in Summer 2016, he opened for the final days of Steve Vai's 25th Anniversary tour of the Passion And Warfare album. This quick success launched a snowball that led to performing at NAMM, the Sundance Film Festival and, by the spring of 2017, opening up for Living Colour.
As the buzz of the new LA phenom rippled through the music world, Derek opened for Ted Nugent on the "Rocking' America Again" tour, performed with Vernon Reid and Corey Glover for the Chuck Berry Tribute, released his single FACE ME which includes performances from Philip Bynoe (Steve Vai/Slash), Rodger Carter (John 5/Rick Springfield) and Paul Trudeau (Billy Idol/Lifehouse), was officially endorsed by Fender, opened again for Living Colour on the "Shade in the USA" tour, opened for Steel Panther, headlined numerous shows in the LA gig scene, again played NAMM for VocoPro, Vocal Eze and Fender, toured Sweden and England including The Byline Festival, opened for Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators at the Palladium, performed with Steve Vai, Vernon Reid and Moby in a charity event that was viewed by 850,000 people worldwide........and more!!!
Then COVID shut everything down. Along with the music world, Top Hill Recording can't wait to see where things go for this talented young guitarist and vocalist when things open again!
The Bad Day Blues Band exploded onto the scene in 2017, playing Times Square in New York City with double Grammy Award winner Delbert McClinton. This was followed by two critically acclaimed performances at The Isle Of Wight Festival in 2018 and 2019. The Bad Day Blues Band has wowed audiences at many of the UK’s major festivals and has garnered glowing reviews from BBC Radio 2, Bassplayer Magazine, Planet Rock, Record Box Reviews, London Live TV, and many more. Winner of the Digital Blues Awards Best New Blues Band 2019, they have played alongside artists such as The Killers, Kirk Fletcher, Ben Poole, The Manic Street Preachers, Starsailor, Badly Drawn Boy, Delbert McClinton, George Ezra, Sheryl Crow and many, many others. The Bad Day Blues Band has amassed a dedicated fanbase and are unleashing their debut studio album, recorded at Abbey Road!
Dusty Bo is a Louisville, Kentucky alt-rock artist with what many would consider a charmed musical history. Years ago, Dusty packed his bags and moved to Los Angeles with his band. In L.A., he experienced "the dream" of recording at Sunset Sound and NRG Studios, touring the globe, and packing recognizable venues such as the Viper Room, the Troubadour, and The Whiskey A GoGo. However, Dusty wasn't happy and decided in 2017 to leave the band and venture out on his own. Now back in Kentucky and on the solo route, Dusty Bo has built quite a following. With great vocals, great guitar, and musical diversity, you'll never get bored. New music available now and much more coming soon.
Visit "One Shot One Mic One Song" on YouTube to hear this artist recorded live with a minimalist one mic approach from the past.
Fabrizio Grossi is an Italian-American bass player, producer and record industry consultant known for his vast array of talents and his long list of collaborations. As a producer and mixer, Fabrizio’s list of collaborations covers legendary names like Leslie West, Billy F. Gibbons, George Clinton & P. Funk, Alice Cooper, Steve Vai, Warren Haynes, Slash, Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes, Steve Lukather, Eric Gales, Zakk Wylde, Gary Clark Jr, Ice T and many, many more. And as bass player, he has appeared on countless recordings and live performances featuring the likes of Steve Vai, Robben Ford, Walter Trout, Billy F. Gibbons, Nina Hagen, John 5, Slash, Leslie West, Gilby Clarke, Neal Schon, Joe Bonamassa and too many more to list. Fab's name and talents are also linked to feature movies and TV shows music like the WWF Women of Wrestling (FOX), Mary and Kate Olsen (ABC), Las Vegas (NBC) or along with Chad Smith and John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) for the Sony Picture Shaft, featuring Jamie Foxx.
Fab is currently developing, recording and performing with his own solo project Fab’s Soul Garage Experience alongside Stephen Perkins ,and several other LA’s music treasures such as soul prince Diimon Meeks & guitar sensation Derek Day, while keeping busy producing blues-rock-soul & alternative projects like Eric Gales feat. Gary Clark Jr, Aaron Keylock, Susan Santos, and many other independent artists.
Bob D'Antoni is Chief Barrel Officer for Four Gate Whiskey Company. Four Gate blends the highest quality whiskey available and collaborates on each batch with the barrel experts at Kelvin Cooperage to produce new, unique, and exciting batches of barrel-finished craft American Whiskey for bourbon and whiskey connoisseurs. Four Gate is quickly collecting awards, including "2020 Barrel Finished Whiskey of the Year".
Neil reconnects with another Voodoo Symphony bandmate, Steve Morgan. Steve talks about becoming a bass player by default, the great times during college with Neil and Voodoo, his extensive vinyl collection, and more.
Dave Wilson is a Louisville, Kentucky musician. He is in two very different bands with very different approaches to writing, recording, and performing music. Dave talks with Neil and Brad about both bands and his path to where he is today.
Nick Dittmeier is a singer-songwriter from Southern Indiana. He’s released two solo EP’s, “Extra Better” in 2013 and “Light of Day” in 2014. With the support of his backing/touring band, The Sawdusters, he has released two full length albums, “Midwest Heart/ Southern Blues” in 2016 and “All Damn Day” in 2018. These albums are gritty collections of songs, full of characters who were developed while staring over the dash of a beat up tour van, cruising through towns all over the South and Midwest. His newest release, “Companion (Extended Edition)”, features a four song studio collection from 2019 on Side A. Side B, titled “Alive From a Barbershop in Southern Indiana” is a live acoustic listening room set.
Boone Froggett is lead vocalist and guitarist for Kentucky band, OTIS. OTIS has built quite of collection of fans, including ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons who gives this glowing endorsement, " The OTIS disc is stunning. Fine singing, authentically talented harp work, sweet guitar tones... all around enjoyable listening. Done burned it into the hard drive...!"
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