Jerry Jennings Band Music Review

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Jerry Jennings Band Music Review

by Holistic Lifestyles Radio on Aug.02, 2010, under Home

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On the latest album Shortcut to the Center (produced by rock legend Ronnie Montrose), Jerry has styles that range from classic fusion, to reggae, to melodic rock, and to a style that can only be called ‘dan’. Players on the album are Northern California’s finest. Bruce Spencer, (now touring with Jackie Greene), plays with an amazing feel on this album. Marty Holland, who has played bass with a huge list of people including Lydia Pence of Cold Blood, Bill Kreutzman of the Grateful Dead, Dave Garibaldi and Lenny Williams of Tower of Power. Scott Reams on keys (currently touring with Benton Paul).

“…The Jerry Jennings Band was also quite enjoyable…This band played a nice mix of jazz-influenced rock with elements and influences ranging from Steely Dan, Pat Metheny, Weather Report, to more prog rock stuff like Gentle Giant, Zappa and Happy the Man.” – Progressive Ears

“Make that “Jammin” Jerry Jennings! One of the coolest local releases I’ve come across yet. Jerry is a great guitarist with an incredible feel and excellent tone. This recording ventures into the rock/fusion territory with some great performances all the way around a la Jeff Beck. Jennings has a songwriting style that speaks to the listener without words, only soundscapes of wonderful imagery that take you to a kool world…It’s a fresh album with a different turn at every track…” –Sac This Week

“With his latest release Shortcut to the Center, Jerry Jennings has proven that he is the heir apparent to such guitar legends as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour. While Jennings is technically proficient on his instrument, he clearly understands that tone and feel count for everything. Thankfully, this is not another guitar CD that is wall to wall shredding and noodling, but instead features remarkably melodic performances that touch the heart and soul of the listener…The production duties were handled by guitarist Ronnie Montrose (who also contributed burning guitar trade-offs with Jerry on “One Blue Lady”). Highly recommended!” –Tim Morse, Music News Network

Check Out Jerry Jennings Band At: http://www.myspace.com/jerryjenningsband

The Blues Buddha Music Review

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The Blues Buddha Music Review

by Holistic Lifestyles Radio on Aug.02, 2010, under Home

This is part of the 12 Step Music Fest series of interviews and music to Début at the 12 Step Music Fest brought to you by “Rockers In Recovery”. Tonight At 10:00 PM ET

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3rd Annual 12 Step Music Fest Dates – NOV 4 – 7, 2010

Holistic Lifestyles Radio Will Be Broadcasting Live From 12 Step Music Fest. The 12 Step Music Fest is a four day and night Clean & Sober Music Festival.

12 Step Music Fest is a campout for ALL 12 step fellowships. It will be held November 4-7 2010 at Sugarloaf Key (mile marker 20) KOA Campground in the Florida Keys. The entire campground will be closed to the public.

It’s a mini Woodstock, minus the drugs and alcohol, but add meetings and fellowship! It is being produced by No Matter What Productions, a not for profit, 501 c 3 charity for more information go to http://www.holisticlifestylesradio.com/?page_id=963

About The Blues Buddha Band’s:

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The Blues Buddha Band’s Goal is to “ENTERTAIN” and interact with the audience. We want the audience to have fun and hang till the end. We bring the best quality Musicians, All seasoned Pros. Don’t be fooled by the blues tag – we funk it up, we rock it up and we are loaded with Soul doing a mixture of original tunes, standard hits (Elvis, James Brown, Joe Cocker, CCR, Beatles etc) and remakes of Blues classics. We will lift your spirits and Rock Your Rooster.

Recent reviews

12 Grapes Ad (Hired to be the New Years act bringing in 2009 and 2010 at this venue)
The Buddha is Back! To know The Buddha is to love his unique, infectious havin’-a-good-time style. If you’ve never seen these guys, you’re missing out on one of the most fun and exciting Blues acts in the Tri-State area. Come see Tommy dance with the crowd and get the whole place in a groove.

Big City Rythm and Blues Magazine Oct/Nov2008
Dave Fields/ NYC Blues
Buddha got a Voice So big You swear he wouldn’t need a Mic, Tommy was flanked by my pal guitarist Ronniie Mirro. Eddie Crucy on Drums, Mike Garner on Bass and Scott Stanton on keys

CD review by Victor Zumel (Last year review of a CD recorded with other band)
Lahora Del Blues online Radio show
“…Recording, production and mixing are excellent… very professional
musicians who do splendid work. [Tommy's] voice sounds powerful,
convincing and [he] sings with great feeling. I am sure the band
[receives] great feedback [from] the audience… Finally, the band sounds
tight and teamed. Great stuff!!”

Tommy Dudley Vocals
Tommy a/k/a The Blues Buddha is a rough and tumble blues vocalist who, in his own words, has picked up stylistic influences from people he admires and mixes them into his own musical gumbo. Eclectic influences include: R&B artists Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding…(the) straight-ahead blues and rock and soul of Eric Burdon… and Tom Jones. Tommy aka Blues Buddha is a popular figure in the NY Metro area club scene and performs at multiple venues several nights per week.

Musicians in his band can include Al Payson on Bass, Tyger Macniel, on Drums, Chip Lairson on Guitar and Scott Staton, on Piano. Other guests include Joe Piteo,Vinny Nicosa,Frank Vilardi on Drums, Johnny Federico, Charlie Scott, Ronnie Mirro, and Benny Landa on Guitar. Tommy has shared the stage with many local and National talents including Gil Parris, Dave Fields, Joe Louis Walker, Roxy Perry and Nicole Hart Tommy Mandel, Kenny Aaronson, Paulie Triff. A goal for 2010 is to participate in the Blues and Jazz Society Festival Competition in Memphis Tennessee. CD project “I like it a Lot” Just released on Stoppid Daddy Records in march of 2010 http://www.bluesbuddha.com

Brent David Fraser Music Review

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Brent David Fraser Music Review

by Holistic Lifestyles Radio on Aug.05, 2010, under Home

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“Rockers In Recovery” August 4, 2010 10 PM ET (7PM PT) Our Guests Mark Ludmer & Brent David Fraser

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Our Guests Mark Ludmer & Brent David Fraser

Mark Ludmer is an entertainer singer songwriter multi-instrumentalist specializing in original modern rock.
Mark has written thousands of compositions and recorded hundreds of them. His main influences are as variendrix, Jimi Page,John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, David Boed as Jimi Hwie, Bach, Mozart, Frank Zappa, James Brown, and Yes.

Brent David Fraser career began in Seattle as a Street Musician in the famous Pike Place Market & in the Seattle Theater Community. He was discovered by the casting directors of films, The Chocolate War & Class of 1999, which shot there & opened his road to L.A., where he made films such as Wild at Heart, Wild Orchid II, Dark Side of Genius, The Little Death & Book of Love. He also had roles in TV shows such as The Tracey Ullman Show, Fame L.A., Moloney, Outer Limits, Dark Skies (as Jim Morrison) & The Red Shoe Diaries.

“Rockers In Recovery” This 8 hour per week radio show on the Holistic Lifestyles Radio Network is dedicated to music, news, interviews, events, and festivals taking place in the rock and roll industry in the world of bands or musicians who are in recovery or support recovery.

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Chuck Negron Performing at 12 Step Music Fest Along with 24 other great musician’s click on link to see information on this 4 day music fest in the Florida Keys Nov.4-7,2010 click on link for more info http://www.12stepmusicfest.com/general/artists.php

D’Amato Music Review

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D’Amato Music Review

by Holistic Lifestyles Radio on Jul.02, 2010, under Home

Tonight at 10pm ET & 7PM PT on “Rockers In Recovery” we will be interviewing 2010 Prism Award nominee Laura C. and we will also have Anthony D’Amato from the awesome rock band D’Amato on the show.

After 20 years of using alcohol and drugs, Laura entered a Recovery Program December 31, 2006. She was unable to find the kind of music that she needed to help her through my process, so she created it. The result of her musical recovery journal, is the CD “The Gift of Brokenness” – 12/Steps-12/Songs. She wrote about everything – from driving drunk in a blackout with her kids in the car, sitting in a meeting and hating everyone there, to the first day she woke up with a glimmer of hope. It is her raw and honest story – and outlines where she was emotionally and spiritually at each step in the recovery process.

Laura has been blessed to be able to record with 4x Grammy Winning Producer, Randy Miller, and wrote and played acoustic piano on all 12 songs.

Also tonight On “Rockers In Recovery” We will be interviewing Anthony D’Amato from the awesome rock band D’Amato on the show. As far as anyone can tell, the seeds that would become D’Amato were sown long before any of its current members (Anthony D’Amato, vocals; Jason Gile, guitar; Dave Filice, bass; Glen Sobel, drums) were even born. Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and The Doors are among the architects of the influences that D’Amato draws from.

Formed in 2005, D’Amato is a four-piece modern rock group with a sense of danger and beauty that’s been missing from the music scene for far too long. Their suitably explosive debut effort “Synesthesia” marks the spot for a new beginning from a band of rock n’ roll brothers united by controversial pasts and an evolving, but positive future.

“We’re all looking for a renaissance here,” explains the group’s founder and frontman, Anthony D’Amato. “Now we have that opportunity and it’s amazing. This music is just as poetic as it is aggressive. Darkness meets hope in a barroom brawl. It forces you to lace your boots up and get ready for the fight. There’s always that ‘F*ck you’ element to it. We really hope to bring some chaos back into the world of rock.”

Everything you’ve heard about D’Amato is true. Their sound is defiantly forward-looking and truly fresh in all senses of that word. “The music is very aggressive,” says bassist Dave Filice. “But the live show is the real rush because there are no safety nets.”

Working with accomplished producers has been an advantage for D’Amato from the beginning. After recording with producer Bryan Carlstrom (Alice in Chains, Billy Idol, Offspring) and Grammy winning Producer/Engineer J.J. Blair (Rod Stewart), D’Amato reached out to a friend, Grammy-winning mixer and engineer Thom Russo (Jay-Z, System of a Down, Audioslave) to complete production and mix the four-song EP.

With several television (ABC,NBC,MTV) and film licensing deals to their credit, and a five-star rating on iTunes, D’Amato has excited and enthralled crowds all over the US and beyond with not only performances, but a rapidly increasing internet presence. “The internet has been extremely effective for us,” says D’Amato, “For example, on myspace.com, we had an international listening audience within 48 hours. People are still hungry for music, and the Internet has made it easier for artists and fans to get around the fire.”

What makes D’Amato stand out is a devil-may-care outlook honed by precision and professionalism.

“We’re all looking for a renaissance here,” explains the group’s founder and frontman, Anthony D’Amato. “Now we have that opportunity and it’s amazing. This music is just as poetic as it is aggressive. Darkness meets hope in a barroom brawl. It forces you to lace your boots up and get ready for the fight. There’s always that ‘F*ck you’ element to it. We really hope to bring some chaos back into the world of rock.”

Everything you’ve heard about D’Amato is true. Their sound is defiantly forward-looking and truly fresh in all senses of that word. “The music is very aggressive,” says bassist Dave Filice. “But the live show is the real rush because there are no safety nets.”

Working with accomplished producers has been an advantage for D’Amato from the beginning. After recording with producer Bryan Carlstrom (Alice in Chains, Billy Idol, Offspring) and Grammy winning Producer/Engineer J.J. Blair (Rod Stewart), D’Amato reached out to a friend, Grammy-winning mixer and engineer Thom Russo (Jay-Z, System of a Down, Audioslave) to complete production and mix the four-song EP.

With several television (ABC,NBC,MTV) and film licensing deals to their credit, and a five-star rating on iTunes, D’Amato has excited and enthralled crowds all over the US and beyond with not only performances, but a rapidly increasing internet presence. “The internet has been extremely effective for us,” says D’Amato, “For example, on myspace.com, we had an international listening audience within 48 hours. People are still hungry for music, and the Internet has made it easier for artists and fans to get around the fire.”

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Dudley Taft New CD Review

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Dudley Taft New CD Review

by Holistic Lifestyles Radio on Jun.30, 2010, under Home

If you got a hankering to listen to some good old kick-ass blues/rock mixed with a dash of classic rock “Left For Dead”

On “Rockers In Recovery” tonight June 30Th at 10PM ET & 7PM PT live from WWNN 1470AM and streaming live around the world on the holistic Lifestyles Radio Network . We will be interviewing Dudley Taft who grew up in a country called the “Midwest”, where he learned the values of friendship, roots blues, rock ‘n’ roll and a good ear of corn.

Local guitar hero Rob Swaynie in Indianapolis taught Dudley the value of music theory interspersed with B.B King, Led Zeppelin and ZZ Top riffs. Taking his newfound skills with him, he founded the band “Space Antelope” with friend Trey Anastasio (of Phish Fame) in high school.

Dudley moved to Seattle in the summer of 1990, joining the Seattle band “Sweet Water”. After touring the states with “Monster Magnet”, “Candlebox” and “Alice in Chains”, and recording two albums for Atlantic he left the band to resurrect “Second Coming”. More touring followed with an album on Capitol records and a taste of success thanks to the single “Vintage Eyes” which made it to #10 on the Rock Radio charts. Older and wiser, Dudley has now turned his attention back to the roots of the music that inspired him to pick up the guitar. Dudley is also member of the KZOK band Spike and the Impalers.

Big, fat and loud are descriptives that got slapped around on the début album of Seattle’s rock and blues singer/songwriter Dudley Taft; pretty, soft and conservatively wired listeners need not apply.

“Left For Dead” is stacked with the Texan overtones of ZZ Top and SRV yet with an untypical innovative style and approach that gives this album the meat and potatoes to get a listener on the sonic train tracks and dancing till they pull into the station.

There is no question that Taft, his band and this album have passed through the deep mojo fires of the Seattle music culture infecting a blend of blues standards like Willy Dixon’s “Back Door Man” and “Seventh Son” and Taft’s original work like the album’s title track, “Left For Dead” which encapsulates the spirit of the NW blues with lyrics like “My body hit the mattress, but my soul hit the floor”.

The first tune out the gate is Taft’s “Ain’t No Game” which had me heading for my leather pants, boots and ready for a ride and by the last tune, also a Taft original, “If You’ll Come Home” I had to wonder if I wasn’t listening to the next Billy Gibbons or Joe Bonamassa.

If you are new to the name Dudley Taft, he is no upstart to say the least, he’s been rocking crowds for years with regional superstars Spike and the Impalers and it’s going to take a tornado to knock this showman off his game. So if it’s a feast of thick and beefy guitar tones or a stratospheric riff rock, blue note rocket ride this collection of NW styled blues tunes is a must have for any serious rock blues music collection.
by William Thomas Anderson – Rock the Blues/Washington Blues Society