MATTHEW PATRICK FINDS THE PERFECT ESCAPE

MATTHEW PATRICK FINDS THE PERFECT ESCAPE BEING 'THE FOOL I'VE GOT TO BE,' EXPLORING HIS LOVE OF BLUES, ROCK, COUNTRY AND 'REDNECK REGGAE' ON HIS NEW EP 'YARD SALE' The Maryland-Based Roots Rocker, Whose Debut Album "Blue Sun” Received Airplay on Over 50 College and NPR Stations Throughout the U.S. and Europe, Continues his Unique Creative Collaboration Digitally Across the Atlantic with Andrew Diamond, A Longtime Friend Now Based in Zambia   Sharing the straight, unapologetic truth about who he is as a person and artist, Matthew Patrick (www.matthewpatrickfeuer.com) speaks for all struggling indie artists with a day job on"The Fool I've Got To Be,” a quirky, country flavored tune on his new five-track EP Yard Sale. Over a rumbling beat, lively piano and jangly guitars, the Maryland-based singer/songwriter sings: "I've got one straight job and I'm damn sure gonna keep it/Sometimes things don't seem so clear to me/In the morning I”ll sure wish that I was sleeping/But tonight I'll be the fool I've got to be.” That grand "foolishness” is starting to pay off for Patrick, who launched his career in college as a roots rocker in the band 32-20, which released two popular indie albums and opened for numerous blues and classic rock acts. While still playing regularly with his electric blues outfit Muskrat Sally before wildly eclectic audiences at JoJo's Tap House in his adopted hometown of Frederick, the anesthesiologist by day, singer and slide guitar master by night has been making major inroads as a solo artist. His 2013 full-length debut album Blue Sun, whose vibe Patrick playfully described as "redneck reggae,” received numerous rave reviews – and various tracks from the collection played on over 50 college radio and NPR stations throughout the U.S. and Europe. Patrick's "Memphis meets Kingston” flavored debut was produced by Jack O'Hara, lead singer of the '70s country rock band Eggs Over Easy. While the opening track "Fly” is in that same vein, the singer shares a wider variety of his influences and musical passions on Yard Sale, which he produced with Ben Fraker, an old bandmate from 32-20; the five tracks were mixed by Joe Digiorgi of Headline Studios in NYC. Patrick is releasing Yard Sale in January and will be releasing a follow-up EP, its "sequel,” in May. Yard Sale will be promoted to Triple AAA radio by Peter Hay of Twin Vision. Patrick grew up addicted to his parents' Elvis and Beatles albums, and became a huge fan of blues legend Muddy Waters, whom he discovered via The Rolling Stones. He shares his lifelong love of the blues on the straight blues tune "Howl at the Moon” and the psychedelic blues of "One Ride.” He mixes blues, Americana roots rock and a touch of the reggae vibe on a cover of the public domain folk song "Midnight Special,” which dates to the early 1900s and was notably recorded by Lead Belly and later everyone from The Beatles and Van Morrisonto Bobby Darin. 'Midnight Special' is a song I have been performing live for a long time, and its history as a Southern prison songs fits in well with the theme of escaping that comes through in all of the songs on Yard Sale,” says Patrick. "Running with the escape theme creates a catharsis for me, and it is metaphoric for the way music provides me an outlet from the responsibilities of my day job and family life. By helping me escape, music allows me to dig deep and find my truest self.” Like Blue Sun, Yard Sale is the product of a fascinating and unexpected collaboration with a dreadlocked multi-instrumentalist (drums, keyboards, guitar) named Andrew Diamond. Diamond, who lived in a suburb of DC when the two worked on Blue Sun, now lives, performs and makes music in his studio in Zambia, Africa. Diamond created the foundation of each track with a rough vocal, guitar and click track, which he would send digitally across the Pondto Diamond, who created all the rhythm parts – this time including grooves created by a funky Zambian bass player named David Kasochi. "Andrew was the one responsible for introducing the reggae vibe on Blue Sun,” says Patrick, "but this time, we mixed it up a little more and didn't try to fit obvious country type songs like 'The Fool I've Got To Be' into that style.” Once the singer received the rhythm tracks, he recorded his lead guitars, lead and background vocals and added the sweetening of other instruments like harmonica. Patrick hooked up with Diamond, a long ago bandmate, a few years ago in a fascinating, almost surreal way. Usually when musicians talk about dreams, they mean the kind that fuel ambition—and Patrick had plenty of that in the years before he recorded Blue Sun. Settling in Maryland after a whirlwind life that took him from Poughkeepsie to Palo Alto, Williamtown (MA) and Seattle,the multi-talented singer/songwriter launched his latest band, Muskrat Sally, as an acoustic blues outfit before switching to electric and tearing it up playing everything from Robert Johnson to Wilson Pickett. One day, he had the other kind of dream, a subconscious visitation from his old friend that changed his musical fortunes and led to the unexpected creation of the first album. Patrick woke up with a vivid picture in his head of Andrew Seidel, who he hadn't seen since their high school jazz band days in California. He decided to Google Seidel, who—most serendipitously—was living only 45 minutes away in Hyattsville, where he had a recording studio. Seidel had also recently released a reggae CD under the name "Andrew Diamond.” "I was in the process of putting together new songs for my next project,” says Patrick, "and as a few of them were in the reggae vein, I looked him up. We re-connected, and Andrew took my scratch vocal and acoustic guitar tracks, hooked me up with a Jamaican bassist namedLyndon 'Ace' Webb, and knocked them out of the park. They sounded so good that I took all of the other tracks I had been toying with and decided to follow the same path on those. It was really fun to take songs that I had originally conceived as country songs or New Orleans tunes and to see how Andrew and Ace would translate them. I have always loved music that crossed racial and social boundaries, from Chuck Berry playing straight up country on 'Maybellene' to Elvis playing Arthur Crudup's 'That's Alright Mama,' and the blues/rock/reggae hybrid we created fit right into that concept.” Working with longtime friend and producer O'Hara, Patrick then laid down his own sharp guitar licks onto a colorful sonic landscape which included exciting contributions from organist Brian Mitchell (Levon Helm Band), Fraker (who played in a wicked "honky tonk” style via Telecaster), harpist Brian Veditz (of Muskrat Sally) and harmonica player David Barnes. The songs from Blue Sun that received extensive radio airplay include "Ramblin' Rose,” the classic styled bar tune "Drunk,” and "Dog,” which the singer feels perfectly captured the album's multi-cultural musical synthesis.   "Yard Sale is a continuation of the journey of that first album,” he says, "but it's more indicative of a wider palette of the many kinds of music I love. The title is a strong metaphor for what I believe any recording should be about. A collection of an artist's songs reminds me of what you find at a yard sale. You walk by and see laying on someone's lawn all these intimate parts of someone's life over a number of years. Individually, each item may not have a deep meaning, but collectively they have been part of that person's home and life. Likewise, each song represents a part of me, and taken together, the EP really reflects the journey I have been on that I now have the privilege of sharing with these songs.” ###

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Good ole country music thought of the week

Country music has come long way, from the blue grass his to the city streets of America. It has keep up with the music flow and style that the artist bring from around the world. #GoodOleCountryMusic

What we see in country music

Country music has come along way with all these new and up coming artist making noise. It has become more and more commercialize in my book. And with that being said music has made a 360 in its development and movement. 

Who is this lovely lady Liz Toussaint ?

Liz Toussaint was born and raised in the inner city of Chicago. Listening to country music was her little secret, as it was not common in the Englewood area....(and urban communities alike.).  Her passion for music lead her to singing with soulful girl groups in her teen years, but as a solo artist she decided to no longer ignore the music she loved.  She is the real deal says Kenneth Wright (Nashville writer/Tim McGraw).  Toussaint has written, arranged and produced her current project titled My name is Liz.  Currently traveling to Nashville for writing session on music row and studying at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, Liz is dedicated to her craft and destined to be the next groundbreaking artist from Illinois. 

 

After opening for Comedian Cedric the Entertainer to a standing ovation, Liz is quickly gaining a reputation for being a hard act to follow. She comes from a bloodline of great talent as she is related to Allen Toussaint who has written, arranged, produced and played piano for many of the best New Orleans R&B records ever made.  Mr. Toussaint said: I think what you are doing is Grand.

 

As the only black female country artist from Chicago, Liz is without question a rarity.  Her witty personality comes alive on stage as she gives her audience a peek into her life as an inner city teen, uncharacteristically listening to country music.  The Chicago Tribune found her story to be so interesting, they published a full page on her life in June of 2009 titled City Born, Country Drawn.

 

Toussaint continues to work on major developments with her project, while traveling and performing throughout the U.S.

Come follow her on twitter @Liz Toussaint 

Come check out the Stray Dogs....

'It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog....' - Mark Twain 

And that sums up the philosophy behind ecclectic Auckland Duo 'Stray Dogs'. Pete Ward and Monique Bradley, both longstanding music industry professionals have spent years rocking around New Zealand with many different bands and have come together to share their unique song writing skills and view of the world, their diverse musical tastes and array of talents to become Stray Dogs.....Ow ow ow....GRRRRR 

- ROCK 
- COWBOY 
- ACOUSTIC 
- CLASSIC ROCK 
- CLASSIC COVERS 
- ORIGINALS

www.straydogs.co.nz 
straydogsnz@gmail.com

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GENERAL INFO

Band Members:

Pete Ward and Monique Bradley join forces to become STRAY DOGS

Artist Name:

Stray Dogs

Home Page:

http://www.reverbnation.com/straydogsnz

Active Since:

01/13

Genres:

Country / Alt Country / Rock

CONTACT INFO

Location:

Auckland, NZ

Miley Cyrus uncle and good friend of mine Kebo Cyrus

Kebo Cyrus, born Kevin Lynn Cyrus to parents Ronald Ray Cyrus and Ruth Ann Cyrus. As a young boy growing up in Kentucky, he was given the nickname Kebo by his father. His passion of music began at an early age. His grandfather played the fiddle, his mother played piano and his father was a singer in a gospel quartet. Even though his roots were in country and gospel music, Kebo developed a love for funk in addition to rock & roll! The very first album purchased for him by his mother, was none other than Sly Stone. As a young boy, his love for this style of music grew stronger thru the years, prompting him to join George Clinton’s P Funk fan club. 
Immersed in music his entire life, with a brother like Billy Ray and a niece like Miley, he is a high energy entertainer who will leave you wanting more. Kebo makes a big country sound straight from the soul. With his rock’n feel good tunes fans are being wrangled in large stampedes. His musical influences include the late great Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix as well as Sly Stone, George Clinton and Lynyard Skynyrd. He learned to play guitar as a teenager and has never put it down. One of the highlights of his career was getting to play with George Clinton and Bootsy Collins, in addition to these accomplishments he has had the opportunity to open shows for Travis Tritt and Kris Kristofferson. 

Based out of Nashville, TN, Kebo hits the stage with a brilliant four piece band. The band offers an unbelievably extensive song list with everything from incredible originals, to today’s current hit songs to the oldies but goodies including country, rock and funk wonderfully blended together, the experience is a one stop listening experience. 

Kebo is a member of BMI and has recorded 2 solo albums and his current album is entitled “You Know” released in July of 2010. This hard working showman tours extensively throughout the States, never ceasing to impress or excite his audience, an audience of all types and ages.

Kebo confronts a Budweiser and hot wing audience with envious confidence with a surge of masterful vocals a product of playing various venues and hour long jam sessions. Truly a force to be reckoned with, Kebo is on Fire and “He will not disappoint”!

Kebo is corporate friendly because he has several styles of music to perform and a plethora of songs to appease any audience private or public. 
Previous gigs include Paramount Arts Complex (Ashland, KY), Big Willies Karaoke Bar (Oakhill-Mossy, WV), Club Tumbleweed (Savannah, GA), Marion County Fair (Hillsboro, KS), Dramatic Arts Production (Atlanta, GA)

http://www.reverbnation.com/kebocyrus

Come check out home grown Justin Blake

Justin Blake, was born in Opelika, Alabama to a single mother. At the tender age of 8 yrs. I was introduced to music through his mom’s boyfriend. Little did anybody know or even suspect that music would be my path to happiness. It soon became my escape from the troubles of the world I faced everyday. One of my driving ambitions to music was that I could see how people’s attitudes changed just from hearing a song on the radio. It seemed as if the songwriter was letting the listener into there own private world. From that moment on it became my drive and ambition to tell not only my story but the story of so many others. In a strange way by telling my story I was actually telling someone else’s story or maybe even your story. I have always enjoyed being able to help people, so if just one of my songs can reach just one person and let them know that they are not the only one going through a certain moment in their life, that someone else has been there before and survived maybe it would help them understand more about what they are going through. To me knowing that I have been able to touch somebody through my music the way that I've been touched before is the greatest feeling in the world and can never be replaced.

Reverbnation.com/justinblake

Twitter: @Justin_BlakeCMA