They have been ROCKING the Southeast United States as a not to miss stage act since the turn of the century. Rebel Pride is a kick butt "Southern Guitar Army" from the West coast of Florida (Tampa Bay). They sport a hard rocking style like their Southern Rock ancestors. They have shared the stage with such notables as Molly Hatchet, Charlie Daniels, Greg Allman and Friends, Marshall Tucker Band, Pat Travers, The Dixie Chix, Kenny Chesney, Montgomery-Gentry and more.
We hope you all get your copies of "Backin' It Up”, "It Is What It Is", and " All Points In Between" and enjoy the new CD's, and our site. www.rebelprideband.com
Thanks to all the new fans around the globe that have picked up the "It Is What It Is", "Backin' It Up" ,and "All Points in Between" CD's. Southern Rock is still alive and kickin'.
A strong singer, E.G. Kight is probably most notable for her intelligent and varied lyrics which deal with love lost and won, along with other universal topics. On Southern Comfort, her music ranges from lowdown blues and blues ballads to a couple of numbers with a gospel feel. Guitarist Bill Hinds takes some fine solos along the way, the rhythm section is versatile, and a few background singers give additional power to some of the numbers. Kight's closing, "Just One More," which features her accompanied by pianist Paul Hornsby, is touching. All in all, this is an impressive effort easily recommended to modern blues fans.
A no holds barred, live, walking the razors edge, funky blues celebration that puts you slap dab in the middle of the juke joint. (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/vasti2)
Mississippi-born but Texas-based Omar Kent Dykes understands a fundamental fact about modern electric blues. He knows there are only a handful of rhythms and themes in the blues grab bag, and he uses them all over and over again in slightly different guises. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. The blues has lasted this long because it's supposed to sound like the blues, and if you stretch it too far you end up with something like prog rock. It is this fundamental conservatism of the blues and its limited palette that has kept the form alive long after its colorful offspring (R&B, soul, rock & roll etc.) have flown the roost, taking a large part of the audience with them. But Omar understands all this. He has had a 30-year career playing these rhythms, and he knows how to keep it all simple, direct, and powerful, and how to build new songs out of the fabric of the old songs without destroying their familiarity.
Bamboozled, a live set recorded at the Musa in Gottingen, Germany on October 20, 2005, finds Omar & the Howlers looking back over that 30 years of bars, sheds, and studios and hitting some of the high points. The opener, "Shake for Me," pretty much sets the tone with its gritty and overdriven guitar tone and harsh, ragged vocals that sound a bit like Wolfman Jack fronting a Texas blues trio. Omar slows things down for a couple of tracks here, like "East Side Blues" and the resonant "South Congress Blues," but pretty much the Howlers keep things chugging at a brisk pace as Omar trots out the Bo Diddley rhythm for "Magic Man," dips into the John Lee Hooker bag of rhythm tricks for his tribute to Hooker, "Boogie Man," continually recycling the history of the blues into a solid, 70-some minute example of what a modern blues band does. A clear highlight is the ominous, swampy realism of "Muddy Springs Road," which is informed by Omar's childhood memories growing up in McComb, MS, and it is easily one of the best songs he's ever written, bringing the personal and autobiographical to the familiar rhythmic structure of the blues.
This is what the best blues is supposed to do: locate the personal within a familiar framework that everyone -- band and audience -- understands. If Omar has a fault as a writer, it is that he doesn't do this enough, all too often falling prey to the easy clichés that seem to be part and parcel of the blues. Keeping things fresh while still keeping things familiar inside a tradition is a hard thing to do. On "Muddy Springs Road," Omar & the Howlers walk that line perfectly.
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"Show Me What U Got" is one of the finest CDs in a long while. The material varies in style, combining elements of blues, rock, electric boogie, rockabilly, and a touch of funk. The overall sound is very original again somewhat reminiscent of some of the slide heavy Australians. There is not a bad track in the set and Trevor Finlay generates more energy in a mid tempo song than anyone I have heard in a long while. No matter the style or tempo, his guitar always demonstrates excellence of the 3 big "T"s: tone, timing, and taste.
My favorite tracks on the set include the wah wah drenched shuffle "Mr. Bad Timing", a wonderful remake of the old Gene Vincent tune "Bebopalula", the very rock radio friendly tracks "Couldn't It Wait (Til The Morning)" and "Lion's Mouth", with perhaps my very favorite being the opening track "I'll Come To You" featuring plenty of slide and driving rhythm. It's all good with plenty of diversity to hit most any taste. This young man is surely destined for great things to come in the future and someone whose career I will be watching closely as it develops. (Tom Branson)
Eddie Stone is a Georgia native who comes from a musical family. His father "Buddy" Stone played steel guitar with Country music legends Git Tanner and the Skillet Lickers. Eddie grew up playing in bands around central Georgia. He also worked as assistant sound engineer at Starday-King Studios in Macon at the time James Brown recorded "Hot Pants". After a tour of duty with the U.S. Army in Germany, Eddie returned to Georgia and joined Roundhouse. He was with Doc Holliday for the band's first four albums and tours, then left to pursue a solo career. He came back for the 1989 European Tour and left again a short time later to continue as a solo artist, releasing a well-received country music album in 1999. His Southern Rock project "Eddie Stone & Friends" was released in 2004. In recent years he has performed with a number of Southern bands including Grinderswitch, The Winters Brothers, Jimmy Hall, Wet Willie and Stillwater. He has appeared on every Doc Holliday CD since 2001.
Just when it looked like the best of the southern rock bands had come and gone, and that we would forever be stuck with regrouped bands dishing up revamped versions of the classics, along comes North Carolina's superb singer/guitarist/song writer Wes Nance and his equally impressive band, Watts Left. Watts Left consists of Chad Buie on drums, Harold Pridgen on bass, Mark Cannell on guitar, and Tom Tucker on vocals and harmonica. Wes Nance sings lead vocals and plays acoustic, electric, and slide guitars.
The disc, which is the debut release for the new Subtle Chaos Music, opens with the ballsy "Come and See Me," followed by "Backstreets." Both possess the Lynyrd Skynyrd/Molly Hatchet vibe, with energy to spare and some good, gritty southern vocals. That same energy weaves it's way through all of the 11 songs on the album. It peaks, however, in the set closer "Rebel Yell," which opens with the sound of Confederate drums marching into battle. Also outstanding is the title track "Shot in the Dark," "Can't Stop Searching," and the ballads "Hear the Gypsy Cry" and "Guess I Was Wrong."
"Shot in the Dark" is a refreshing breath of southern air, featuring talented musicians, well-constructed southern rock songs, and a plethora of hot licks. When you take away all of the one-hit wonders that dominate the charts these days, and strip away all of the nonsense out there, this is Watts Left. (Michael B. Smith, All Music Guide)
Intense, funky, soulful, rocking, deep futuristic blues with guitar as hot as the Mississippi Delta and vocals honed by the trail of life. (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/vasti)
"I Saw It Comin'" shows the Johnny DeFrancesco Power Trio at its best. Focused and true to their own identity, here the Power Trio delivers a collection of stories that conjures up images of life. Firmly entrenched in the blues, these songs burn with the exiting improvisation that the power trio does best. From the first note you know that Johnny is a major talent.
This CD is a virtual guitar clinic, effortlessly covering a lot of turf. Long-time rhythm section mates Glenn Ferracone and Paul Klinefelter engage in musical conversation with Johnny, part of the trio's instantly recognizable group personality. A collective voice not often heard, with the thrilling inventiveness and the audiences of their live performances have come to love and expect.
Artists:
Johnny DeFrancesco - Guitar and Vocals
Paul Klinefelter - Bass
Glenn Ferracone - Drums
Italian Guitar Player Gianfranco Segatto first solo release is a straight up hard drivin style blues,the guitar is very much up front featuring aggressive blues-rock guitar playing."Drivin By The Blues Ocean" is a blues flavored CD,and a basically rock CD. (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/segatto)
These days I received an e-mail from getbentrecords.com - Noise that thinks ...
Howdy!
We're sending you the latest offering from new Canadian bluesy rockers The Micronite Filters. This 4-song EP called The Wrong Side of the Tracks is full of groove-heavy rhythm driving, dirty slick guitar sliding, key swinging, horn blowing, and well written word wailing. And it features some stellar vocals by Joan Smith of Toronto band Little Foot Long Foot.
Its a Canadian take on North Mississippi Hill country blues, alla The North Mississippi Allstars, R.L. Burnside etc... and would fit right in with the sounds of Seasick Steve etc...
Here's what some recent reviews have said:
"These shifty Canucks rock the blues like Ronnie Hawkin's demon seeds" - Rubber City Review, July 14, 2012
"A bluesier, more soulful version of proto-hard rock acts...tweaking the acid rock formula just enough to sound new again"
Benjamin Boles, Now Magazine January 7, 2012
"These dudes play music that hits you in your friggen guts. Body moving and toe tapping...they leave you with a feeling that's almost post-coital"
- Durham-live.com, March 7, 2012
Its just a taste of what these MF's are cooking...they recently returned from a trip down to Oxford, MS to record with Mississippi hillbilly Jimbo Mathus (the Squirrel Nut Zippers, James Mathus and his Knockdown Society, Jimbo and the Tri-state Coalition). The new album will be one greasy-ass record, and looks to be the band's first full length vinyl - woohoo! So check out this EP, and stay tuned for more MF'n stuff. The band hopes to return to the US for a tour when the new album is done. In the mean time please enjoy the EP and share it with your friends, fans, and foes! And if you'd like a hard copy, send us a mailing address and we'll mail you one!
Rebel Pride brings traditional Southern rock to 21st century with their three guitar attack. With four albums already released, they have evolved to one of the finest new southern rock bands around.
Formed 1996 in Tampa Bay, Florida, Rebel Pride started as a country band, but have evolved to one of today’s hottest Southern rock Bands.
All members of Rebel Pride are veterans on Florida music scene and it shows in the way they handle their instruments. They have shared the stage with Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special and even backed the mighty Charlie Daniels.
Today’s Rebel Pride consists of Dave Stevenson on bass, Pete Gratta on drums, Tom Spittle, Brian Jeffries and Pat Buffo on guitars. Pat Buffo also handles lead vocal duties with his strong, Danny Joe Brown like style. In fact, if you like Molly Hatchet or Blackfoot, you are going to love Rebel Pride.
Their first “new era” album, “It Is What It Is” came out in 2005 and follows the traditions set by Molly Hatchet and Lynyrd Skynyrd with heavy guitars and soulful vocals and was a big hit on southern rock radio station, allsouthernrock.com: Survive is the most played song of all times and they have four tracks on top 20.
2007 saw the release of two albums, Backin' It Up with their own material and A Southern Rock Tribute to Toby Keith, where Rebel Pride gave Toby’s tunes their own unique twist. (http://www.puresouthernrock.com/southern-rock-bands/rebel-pride)