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Basshound

Basshound

2007-08-07

Blending the sounds of funk, electronic, folk, and rock, Basshound has emerged onto the scene as a unique and versatile band that will keep your feet moving and your head bobbing.
Basshound

Kill the Music Vol. II

The Blue Method

2008-02-05

Think sly and the family stone meets the average white band (if they weren't so average or so white) meets Curtis Mayfield meets Soulive and you'll begin to taste the stuff they call "power soul music!" This sampling will easily be your favorite (un)mixed tapes in your (not) cassette player.…
The Blue Method

Funkwrench

Funkwrench

2008-08-05

Escaping from their respective regular gigs with Marty Stuart and Patty Griffin, side-monster guitarist Kenny Vaughan and bassist Frank Swart make the least likely getaway imaginable—essentially by crash-landing the P-Funk Mothership in Electric Ladyland to create Funkwrench. Expect set-long space jams, screaming leads and gristly more-bounce-to-the-ounce grooves from the trio,…
Funkwrench

Crank It Up

Otis Grove

2008-08-19

ZERO to 60 in 2 seconds flat. Otis Grove just takes you there…..QUICK.
It’s a jazz trio turned rock trio turned groove trio that’s now an “all of the above” trio. There’s the inevitable comparisons to Soulive (b/c of the identical line up - Hammond B3, Guitar and…
Otis Grove

Hustlers, Killers, and Thieves

Greg Hester

2009-11-23

Who’s that brother on Proctor Lane?

Take a drive with Greg Hester through HIS world – a place where booze comes in a paper bag and everyone has a nickname. A world of colorful characters who dance the circus dance of life each day while the…
Greg Hester

Big Fun 3

Big Fun 3

2010-04-20

The album, Big Fun 3, was tracked live with all three players in the room so that they could best feed off of each others’ input. Bruce played his Hammond XK-1 and Le Spam’s B3 through an old tube amp and sometimes through a Leslie cabinet to get that grinding…
Big Fun 3

The Runk

Otis Grove

2010-10-12

The idea for The Runk went beyond just the collection of songs that Otis Grove had for the album. The band's sound had started taking on harder edge characteristics that can be heard on some of the earlier cuts off of their first album for Ropeadope, Crank it UP. The…
Otis Grove