THE ROCK AND ROLL LAWYER SHOW FEATURES DMA NOMINEES

This week, Sheldon and the gang (including me) will be attending the Detroit Music Awards, where Sheldon will be presenting an award as usual. Therefore, our broadcast will feature music from this year's DMA nominees.

To listen to the show this and every Friday at 6 PM EDT, go to http://www.tunein.com and type WCXI in the searchbox on that page.

Join us for live chat during the show in our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/rockandrolllawyer

Posted by Cheri Clair 
Booking Agent/Promoter
Lincoln Park, Michigan  
Creative Director, Publicist RocknRoll Lawyer Show https://myspace.com/cheridetroitmusicannex 
http://facebook.com/Cheri.Detroit 
rockistar@gmail.com

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CARJACK 'THEME 2013' VIDEO NOMINATED FOR DETROIT MUSIC AWARD BEST VIDEO

'If Egyptian Lover spawned a love child with Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn, the result would be Carjack.' - MetroTimes Detroit

With the Detroit Music Awards quickly approaching I decided to write about a lesser known category but one of my favorite acts, Carjack, whose video “Theme 2013” was nominated for Outstanding Video - Independent Budget (Under $10,000).

Why? Carjack and this video, is everything that relates to my growing up in my generation in and around Detroit. The combinations of music styles, technology, complete disregard for what others think, love for robots, kung-fu, graffiti, drum machines , skateboarding, do-it-yourself-with-what-you-have-to-work-with, RAY GUNS, distorted guitars and effects pedals… you get the idea.

CARJACK - Theme 2013 (Music Video) from Mike Rozman on Vimeo.

'Carjack: Sounds like the Stooges played through an Atari. What's not to like?'
- MotorCityRocks.com

'THEME 2013' was recorded & performed by Lo-Fi Bri aka Carjack. Filmed and Edited by Mike Rozman. All on screen performances, skateboarding, robots & kung fu by Lo-Fi Bri (Carjack). Filmed as a two-man crew all throughout Detroit and Hamtramck Michigan. Carjack landing sequence filmed in Ferndale, MI. Dedicated to all the Graffiti Artists involved in the Detroit Beautification Project and those who choose to create music & art in the city of Detroit.

GRAFFITI ARTISTS FEATURED IN VIDEO: 

SEVER

REYES 

REVOK 

BROWNBAGDETROIT.COM 

VICTOR 

YEYES 

DEMOTE 

WANE 

ASKEW 

STEEL 

DETROIT ARTISTS: 

TYREE GUYTON heidelberg.org 

KATIE CRAIG northendstudiosdetroit.com 

STEVE & DOROTA COY hygienicdressleague.com/ 

Carjack by Chris Lawrence Photography

We filmed this as a two man crew with no budget what so ever and are really proud of what we created. - Carjack  

Carjack is the brainchild and alter-ego of Metro Detroit musicphile and home-recording-mad-scientist Lo-Fi Bri. He’s also a successful photographer and you’ve definitely seen his work in local publications, i.e. the 2014 Metrotimes ‘Best of’ cover. Keep your eye out for the next Carjack show and best of luck to him!

Find out more about CARJACK

Jason Osburn is a Kimchi and craft beer fueled artist, graphic designer, chef, daddy, and writer. (not necessarily in that order)
He’s worked in and around the music industry in Detroit and Nationally for the better part of 20 years. 

saddleproductions@gmail.com

http://saddleproductions.com/

ABUNDANT FIELDS: CREATIVITY TO FEED THE SOUL/ART TO NOURISH THE HUNGRY

 

 www.newstudiod.com

Creativity to Feed the Soul. Art to Nourish the Hungry.

An evening of art, community and philanthropy. Be the first to view a new exhibit by local artists Nancy and Jason Unger, while enjoying food, drink, music and conversation.

The artists will offer a piece to auction, with proceeds benefiting Gleaners. Additionally, 10 percent of any art sales from the show will be donated to Gleaners.

Abundant Fields Unger & Unger PhotoMore on Nancy and Jason Unger: A long-time collaborative pair, Nancy and Jason Unger have been working on a body of new work that celebrates their need to find beauty in their surroundings.

They have taken images from their lives, their neighborhoods & experiences, sometimes fantastic and sometimes mundane, and turned them into multi-dimensional works of art. This new series will premiere at Studio D in Birmingham, MI for a night of creative energy that will benefit hungry neighbors in metro Detroit. MORE INFO HERE

MURUGA! MAY 2 AT PJ LAGER HOUSE AND NEWS!

Thanks for all your support... saw you listed him as one of the top Detroit drummers on your blog a while back... I really appreciate you getting behind Detroit music like you do and helping to make people not forget Detroit and it's music of past and present.

Muruga is also opening for Melvin Davis on May 3 but this is the show we are pushing the most as it's the bands headlining show but Spyder will also be at the Davis show which is way cool. Also, the Cosmic Hoedown Band have a new record coming out soon "Changing the Sound of Your Room" and we will all be at the Detroit Music Awards as Muruga has a couple nominations and the band was nominated for Outstanding LIve Performance which was a HUGE honor. THANKS AND BLESSINGS! 

THE STANDELLS PLAY THE MAGIC BAG ON MAY 11th

April 23, 2014 (Brooklyn, NY)  

The Standells are excited to announce the kick-off of their much-anticipated Tour spanning 18 cities across    The United States.  The band, best known for their 1966 hit “Dirty Water” and remembered by many as The Godfathers of Punk Rock, recently released their newest album BUMP. The Standells released a string of snotty, aggressive garage singles in the mid to late 1960s, which are now rightly regarded as proto-punk classics. Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White, Why Pick On Me, Riot On Sunset Strip the songs of The Standells have been covered by everyone from Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith and U2 to Spacemen 3, Minor Threat and a million 77 punk bands as well as many subsequent scene bands.

The group was formed in 1962 by keyboardist and lead vocalist Larry Tamblyn. Larry created the name from "Standing" around booking agencies trying to get work. Today, the Standells consist of original members Larry Tamblyn (lead singer & keyboardist), John Fleck (bassist), Mark Adrian (guitarist & co-lead vocalist), and veteran drummer Greg Burnham.

Their first hit single on Tower Records "Dirty Water" reached #11 on the Billboard charts, #8 in Cashbox, and #1 in Record World. Other chart records include "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White", "Why Pick On Me," and "Riot On Sunset Strip.” which is featured as the kick-off song in the new Rhino Records boxed CD set Where the Action Is.

Dirty Water is listed in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as one of the 500 songs that shaped Rock & Roll. A biography titled Love that Dirty Water The Standells and the Improbable Red Sox Victory Anthem is currently available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Target and in other retail outlets.

http://www.standells-official.com

https://play.spotify.com/artist/4BM6qze88exQPVILQpcYpj

TOUR DATES
4/27   Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC                                                    
4/28   Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC                   
4/29   Black Cat, Washington, DC                                            
4/30   BB Kings, New York, NY                    
5/2    Open Arts Stage, Bordentown, NJ       
5/3    The Brighton Bar, Long Branch, NJ      
5/4    Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton, MA
5/5    Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA
5/6    Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT
5/7    The Brickhouse   Dover,NH
5/8    Lovin' Cup, Rochester, NY
5/10  Beachland Tavern, Cleveland, OH
5/11  The Magic Bag, Detroit, MI               
5/13  Mayne Stage, Chicago, IL      
5/14  Shank Hall, Milwaukee, WI    
5/16  Knickerbockers, Lincoln NB  
5/18  Herman’s Hideaway, Denver, CO
5/21  Cheyenne Saloon, Las Vegas, NV

DETROIT MUSIC AWARDS: OUTSTANDING NATIONAL SINGLE NOMINEES

 

Pistol Day Parade "Not Today"

Eminem "The Rap God"

Sponge "Come in From The Rain"

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. 

"If You Didn't See Me 

(Then You Weren't on the Dancefloor)"

Marshall Crenshaw, "I Don't See You Laughing Now"

Ron Isley "My Favorite Thing" Featuring KEM 

FUNKY D RECORDS STAGE: SEE BEE IN ACTION MAY 3RD!

ELIZA NEALS UNOFFICIAL PRE-DMA PARTY THIS THURSDAY!

Unofficial PRE-DMA @NewWayBar 4/24 9pm featuring Gabe Gonzalez on Drums -  Duminie DePorres on Guitar - John Abraham on Bass - Chris Kaercher on Harp/Sax - Gary Indiana on guitar and Eliza Neals on Powerhouse vocals and piano!

@NewWayBar

23130 Woodward Ave 

Ferndale, MI 48220‎

(248) 541-9870

Official Website: http://ElizaNeals.com
Back door: http://MotownRock.com
Facebook: http://TheDetroitDiva.com
Twitter: http://Twitter.com/elizanealsrocks
All my Links: http://itsmyurls.com/elizaneals

23RD DETROIT MUSIC AWARDS THIS FRIDAY!

MARSHALL CRENSHAW  PURCHASE TICKETS
The Fillmore Detroit   Venue
4/25/14 Door: 6:00 PM | Show: 7:00 PM
2115 Woodward MAP
Detroit, MI 48201
(313) 961-5451

General Admission tickets are $20 and are available to the public.  Tickets are on sale for general admission! LiveNation.com

WAYNE KRAMER NEW LP LEXINGTON: JOSH DAUNT WJRT

 

Our pal, Josh Daunt of WJRT Channel 12 sent this in today and it is so good we had to share...

MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) -

(04/18/14) - "Never had more fun, it was a complete ball," guitarist Wayne Kramer says with a smile as he reflects on the studio experience of recording his new free jazz album Lexington, which is being released on Record Store Day, Saturday, April 19th.

"It all came together really easily and really naturally. This is not the kind of music that I want to tell people what to play. I just kinda want to give them a sketch, an outline and then let them play it how they feel it. This is feeling music, it's natural feeling music."

ABC 12 – WJRT – Flint, MI

While the legendary guitarist from Detroit band MC5 may have set aside his rock n roll past for this project, he certainly kept his roots close to home when choosing the musicians he worked with. Some of the Detroit musicians Kramer brought in for Lexington include former Motown session trombonist Phil Ranelin, multi-instrumentalist Ralph "Buzzy" Jones, percussionist Brock Avery and bassist Bob Hurst. But his primary support came from an old friend, Dr. Charles Moore, whom Wayne has worked with for decades, since Moore arranged the horn parts on the 1971 MC5 album High Time.

"We've been playing together for a long, long, long time. And it turns out that here we all are living in southern California. Dr. Moore had been out here since the late '70s, and there was a few other great Detroit musicians out here. It was just a natural fit."

READ THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE

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A NIGHT AT BOOKIES CLUB 870

 GLO

Bookies was a gay club as far back as my dad could remember. The neighborhood had really gotten bad. Around the corner was a disco. DJs and discos were everywhere and clubs didn't want to book live bands. Bookies was one-of-a-kind club, it was the only club that had live punk. The neighborhood was rough so we parked between the two bars in the security lot.

 

The parking lot had half as many people partying as the club. The line was always out the door. The wait was long but entertaining because the crowd outside was as interesting as the bands on stage. Black leather was the common denominator among the club goers, more than the bleached hair, torn jeans, high tops, fishnets, leather pants, pointy toed boots.

Through the doors of bookies it was a big Native American bouncer was rumored to carry a gun. They collected money at the door and checked IDs. Inside the club was very dark but you could see it once had been nice.

  Whipping Boy Wash. DC

The high black diamond talk cushioned booths were the only place where doing lines was publicly ignored in Detroit. I long bar I'm one wall, the bartenders where from the day shift gay bar. The music they played before the show was always so new. 

 LIVE FROM DETROIT PHOTO

Bookies with the first place you'd ever hear anything. I heard the cars there before they got airplay. Bauhaus, 999, The Police, Susie and the Banshees. I loved to dance before the show.

 
In the basement was the restrooms. They were brightly lit long bathrooms with little dressing stations. That's where I would pierce peoples ears with safety pins. You could listen to the bands through the floor, the stacks of blank the stage rumbled all the way down to the basement.

Upstairs in front of the stage it was loud between the stacks. It felt intimate. It felt as if Johnny thunders was standing there singing to me in my living room with 100 other people crushed against me. sweat and leather.

GLO

THIS FRIDAY ON THE ROCK AND ROLL LAWYER SHOW

This week, Sheldon Kay and the gang will have, the author of Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History, Steve Miller back in the studio for part two of their interview. The focus will be on garage bands and a few other things that weren't covered in the first episode.

To listen to the show, airing Friday, April 18 at 6 PM EDT, go to http://www.tunein.com and type WCXI in the search bar. If you're mobile, download the free TuneIn app for your phone or other device.

Posted by Cheri Clair 
Booking Agent/Promoter
Creative Director, Publicist RocknRoll Lawyer Show
Lincoln Park, Michigan  
https://myspace.com/cheridetroitmusicannex 
http://facebook.com/Cheri.Detroit 
rockistar@gmail.com

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MAD RESPECT FOR JONEZEN: NEW ALBUM RELEASE BEAUTIFUL DISASTER

 
Jonezen is a proud native of Detroit, Michigan, and credits the "D" for his motivation and drive. After he made his way to the West Coast, it was in LA where he received some comeuppance, and hit "Rock Bottom".

Jonezen earned mad respect as the winner of Hip Hop Artist of the Year 2013.  Jonezen's verses flow with an energy from and entirely fresh  "eyes wide open" approach.
 

Beautiful Disaster with no holding back on lessons learned... takes his audience on a lyrical journey about the "grind and the game".★★★★ JenniferAnn VersaStyle.

Jonezen-2013 LA Music Award winner for Hip Hop Artist of the Year. Nominated at 2014 LA Music Awards for Hip Hop Artist and Solo Performer of the Year. New single "Bombs Away" ft. D' Meetri produced by IAMVINAY. Video shot and directed by Ryan Pinkall. Beautiful Disaster drops in Summer of 2014. Get the latest:

www.jonezenmusic.com

www.facebook.com/jonezenmusic

www.twitter.com/jonezenmusic

www.instagram.com/jonezenmusic

www.soundcloud.com/jonezen
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ROCK&ROLL PREP SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE PARTY!

Music Lessons & Instruction ·

 

Rock & Roll Prep focuses on guitar, bass, keys, drums, vocal and group lessons. Each four month semester is concluded with a band performance at a local venue.

THE DIVES WILL BE CLOSING THE INTERNATIONAL POP OVERTHROW

On Saturday April 26th, The Dives are the closing act for The International Pop Overthrow Music Festival Detroit 2014 at PJ's Lager House.

IPO Detroit 2014 runs from Thursday April 24th through Saturday April 26th.
 
As 'the closer', they plan finishing the night out in fine rocking fashion by playing their debut release 'Magnificent Desolation' in it's entirety.
Saturday night's lineup is as follows:

7:30 The Starfire Band

8:15 The Pounders

9:00 The Legal Matters

9:45 The Sugar Clouds

10:30 Fireking

11:15 Shapes & Colors

12:00 The Dives

Admission for the the evening shows are each $10 at the door. Admission for the afternoon show is $8 at the door. Each evening show is 21+
We'll have copies of Magnificent Desolation and other Dives swag available at the show.

BRIAN O'NEAL:DREAMS IN COLOR BENEFIT AND CD RELEASE CONCERT!

 

Dreams In Color Benefit concert this Saturday, April 19th with Brian O'Neal, BET/Comedy Central comedian Damon Williams and so many more performers. Not only will Brian be performing his new music but its part fundraiser to help the humanitarian efforts with the nonprofit DO Foundation as they continue to house hundreds of homeless women and children of Detroit.

As if that isn’t incentive enough to spend an evening at this fine event, many of you may have heard that Brian's daughter Erica underwent the first of two brain surgeries to remove a tumor and stop the 500+ seizures she had experienced prior.

For this reason, Erica cannot attend the concert, although she truly desires to do so. So in honor of her strength Brian is dedicating this concert to Erica, and because she lost her hair due to surgery, he will be shaving his head on stage at the concert, where Erica will watch via skype.

You definitely don’t want to miss this!

Get your tickets at www.dofoundation.net/dic or ticketmaster.com

ELI COOK'S NEW BLUES CD FEATURES LESLIE WEST AND MORE!

Blues Guitarist Eli Cook To Release New CD! 

Featuring Guest Appearances by Leslie

West, Pat Travers, Harvey Mandel, Artimus Pyle, 

Vinny Appice, Tinsley Ellis, Rod Piazza, 
Eric Gales and members of Gov't Mule & Double Trouble


Pre-Order Cd

“Eli is on his way!” - Leslie West

Los Angeles, CA – Much to the anticipation of blues music aficionados worldwide, acclaimed blues guitarist Eli Cook will be releasing his new CD titled 'Primitive Son' on April 29, 2014 on Cleopatra Records. Making this eagerly awaited release even more exciting is the inclusion of legendary guest artists such as Leslie West of Mountain, Pat Travers, Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Harvey Mandel, Eric Gales, Reese Wynans of Double Trouble, Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Ronnie James Dio), Tinsley Ellis, Rod Piazza and Jorgon Carlson of Gov't Mule! The legendary Son House (1902-1988) was known to say “Blues is a feelin’”. Eli Cook’s music expresses that same raw honesty in a unique blend of contemporary and old-school styles, creating an original sound at the fore-front of modern Blues and Rock.

Says Eli, “ 'Primitive Son' is a mix of modern and old-school blues with contemporary topics and an emphasis on lyricism and arrangement in an epic bar-rock format. With production and vibe, much of the material was constructed be a kind of 'Exile on Main St' with modern recording and songs, type-of-thing. There are a few more slick production pieces that we pushed in an almost cinematic direction for dramatic effect, and that comes from me being a film score nut. I like creating dynamic arrangements with limited instrumentation.”

Check out Eli's upcoming shows:
May 9 Concerts on the Docks, Huntsville, Al
May 10 Slick Willy's South, Belton, MO
May 11 Nathan P Murphy's Blues Club, Springfield, MO
May 13 Greens & Blues, Boulder, CO
May 15 Silver Lake Lounge, Los Angeles, CA
May 16 Paladino's, Tarzana, CA
May 17 Duel Brewing, Santa Fe, NM
May 18 BB's Jazz, Blues, & Soups, St. Louis, MO

For more information: www.EliCook.com

THE RUINERS THIS SATURDAY

FOCUS IS BACK WITH A NEW LP

Focus had a big hit "Hocus Pocus"around the globe in 1973 and I saw them play live at Bowen Field House, EMU. They were fabulous live! My guy pals all loved this band and now here they are once more....Check them out!

Dutch Rock Legends FOCUS Release New Album 'Golden Oldies' On April 14, 2014

London, UK – Dutch rock legends Focus will be releasing their eagerly awaited new album on April 14, 2014. Titled 'Golden Oldies', the new release features re-recordings of classic Focus tracks, featuring “Hocus Pocus”, “Sylvia”, “House Of The King” and others. Focus has recently embarked on a world tour in support of their forthcoming album.

Thijs Van Leer explains, “Producing 'Golden Oldies' is tricky. Both the die hard Fans and the 2014 Focus-members were having doubts about this enterprise, because we didn't know if the recent recordings would match the original material, notwithstanding the fact that we had so much fun in doing the session, quick, romantic, virtuoso, full of funny moments & profoundness; But... the final mix turns out to be fantastic and we all are proud to release this album at our earliest convenience!! Halleluya!!!”

With their unique brand of progressive rock, Focus manifested themselves at the start of the '70s as the most successful and appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports. Fronted by founding member Thijs Van Leer, and best known for their hits “Hocus Pocus”, “House of The King” and “Sylvia”, the iconic Dutch music masters are back with their new album, which is guaranteed to please their legions of fans!

After a comeback in the early 2000's, the band has gone from strength to strength, with their last studio album 'Focus X' still receiving considerable support from music fans across multiple genres. Along with Thijs van Leer on vocals, flute and keyboards, back on the drums is beloved Focus drummer Pierre van der Linden, who joined the group on their second album 'Moving Waves' in 1972.

Internationally renowned for his rhythmic skills, Pierre remains a defining factor in the Focus sound. Bassist Bobby Jacobs, who comes from a well-acclaimed Dutch musical family and guitarist Menno Gootjes, who participated in Focus at an earlier stage, complete the band's current line-up.

Most recently, the group's 1972 worldwide hit “Hocus Pocus” was featured in the major motion picture 'Robocop' starring Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman and Michael Keaton.

To purchase Focus 'Golden Oldies' CLICK HERE

For more information: http://www.focustheband.com

Focus is managed by 

QEDG Management www.qedg.co.uk

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, 

PH: 828-350-8158 (USA),  

glassonyonpr@gmail.com

FUZZ FEST at WOODRUFFS

Bad Indians

Photo credits: Sara Osburn     

It hadn’t been long since I was at Woodruff’s to see a show but I couldn’t remember the last time I didn’t have to sludge through several inches of snow to get there so hearing the muffled music coming through the glass windows as I crossed the street was one of those pleasant reminders that spring was here. I was excited to see the lineup Chris Taylor of Blue Snaggletooth and Jukebox Productions, had put together for this final night of Fuzz Fest and the end of days for Woodruffs, which is soon to become Maiz Mexican Cantina.

When I walked in Lord Centipede was onstage. I had recently spotted their drummer, Justin at The Worst Bar alongside Ypsi Mayor Paul Schreiber and EMU President Susan Martin downing 20 foot lengths of Bratwurst for an ingenious fundraiser via bratwurst eating contest benefiting FLY Children's Art Center. The gusto shown gulping down bratwurst for a good cause was impressive but relocate that same energy behind a drum kit and you are in for a treat and as always, Lord Centipede did not disappoint. A self-proclaimed “Hardcore/Thrash/Doom Metal Trio”, these guys perform heavy, driving, powerful rock and roll that’s just dripping with Angst. Hail Lord Centipede!!!

Lavamoth's sweet logo

Lava Moth “hails from the four corners of the stoner rock universe” and brought all of their fuzzed out awesomeness to Fuzz Fest. Featuring former members of 500 Ft of Pipe and Shotgun Logic, Lava Moth has made a name for themselves in Detroit. This is the set when I really started to notice the awesome throw back liquid psychedelic lighting being done by The Overhead Army. I can’t remember the last time I saw someone actively using overhead projectors for lighting effects. Way to go with this psychedelic touch to the festival!

Video of Blue Snaggletooth by Jason Buchanan

I had a chance to talk with Chris Taylor of Blue Snaggletooth whose Jukebox Productions is responsible for conceiving, planning, promoting and executing Fuzz Fest. He was very pleased with the turnout and is happy to have it been such a successful event. His plans now are to focus on Blue Snaggletooth. “We need to finish our 2nd album which is tracked but still needs to be mixed. Then the group needs to put all our energy into getting the album: promo, touring and hopefully some video shoots.” – Chris Taylor

Lizerrd’s Anthony Gentile

Lizerrd was formed in the Fall of 2011 for the purpose of playing a Halloween show as the Jesus Lizard. They had so much fun they decided to keep playing. They actually played that first show right there at Woodruff’s. Now they aren’t just doing Jesus Lizard covers, they have their own material and if you like Black Flag, Minor Threat, Easy Action, you’ll probably dig Lizerrd. You can also catch Lizerrd’s Anthony Gentile, Jheremie Jacque and Larry Johnson in Disinformants who played Thursday night of Fuzz Fest.

I finished my evening with the Bad Indians set, a band I’ve been looking forward to seeing for a long time. I was not disappointed. Bad Indians totally lived up to their hype. Jeff Milo describes Bad Indians as, “psych-torched, garage tumbled, surf rock. They like reverb, pedals and aren't afraid of getting dark and spooky,” which is a completely apt description of this act who are definitely worth getting out and seeing. Let me mention again the awesome light show from The Overhead Army; the Bad Indians have a perfect genre-bending sound for this type of lighting and really made the set and Fuzz Fest memorable.

Bad Indians

I was glad to have made it to Fuzz Fest but at the same time I feel some remorse for the end of another Ypsilanti live music venue. Fuzz Fest may have been the last good rock & roll show in Ypsi for a long time.

Jason Osburn a Kimchi and craft beer fueled artist, graphic designer, chef, daddy, and writer. (not necessarily in that order) He’s worked in and around the music industry in Detroit and Nationally for the better part of 20 years. 

saddleproductions@gmail.com

http://micraftbeerculture.com/

MARGARET DOLL ROD'S VINYL EP RELEASE PART Y MAY 10!

"It really doesn't matter what planet you are from… 

Spin it, revolve it, party with it, release it… 

Yes that's right 

MARGARET DOLL RODS RECORD RELEASE PARTY 

May 10th at PJ's Lager House… 

with THE VOLCANOS, STOMP ROCKETS, 

and disc jockey ADAM STANFEL." Margaret Doll Rod

"Margaret Doll Rod's amazing solo act is something to witness with distorted guitar, bass drum, tap dancing and impassioned vocal delivery Margaret Doll Rod entertains the crowd with raw energy." Wizard of Livonia

FUZZ FEST: CAVEMAN WOODMAN AND BLUE SNAGGLETOOTH

Photo credits: Brian Rozman

Caveman Woodman and Blue Snaggletooth? Sounds like an episode of the Flinstones, doesn’t it? Not in Ypsilanti and not in the breakfast joint-turned-music venue-soon to be taco stand? 

Thursday through Saturday, Jukebox Productions will host Fuzz Fest. 3 nights of Loud, Fun, Fuzzy, Overdriven, Rock & Roll. Ever since Willie Johnson of Howlin’ Wolf’s band cranked up his gain in the early ‘50s, guitarists have been searching for awesome, loud, bone crunching, distortion. Michigan has been a hot bed of high-intensity rock and roll since the ‘60’s and this week you can hear an awesome sampling of what that search has returned.

Caveman Woodman is gnarly, swamp stomp, dirt covered, fur wrapped musical evolution. You may have caught him guerilla rocking outside a Detroit show or playing atop the cement patio wall outside of PJ’s Lagerhouse and now you can see him in Ypsi on stage as a duo with Bam Bam Moss.

“We're super excited to play Fuzz fest. It's just me on fender jag and Brandon (Bam Bam) Moss (the drummer for Bars of Gold) playing primitive, fun, train off the tracks rock-n-roll! We have a vinyl record coming out on Bellyache Records on May 31rst. We're really excited about Friday night’s lineup. Chit Chat is one of our new faves.”
          -Caveman Woodman 

Blue Snaggletooth

Blue Snaggletooth is “Psychedelic, D&D, Rock & Roll with muscular grooves and furious guitar work”. Fronted by Chris Taylor (Mazinga, Powertrane, and Michigan legend Scott Morgan) and featuring Guitarist Casey O'Ryan and bassist Joe Kupiec, both rock & roll prodigies steeped in hard rock and classic boogie. "They're not brothers, but they should be," says Taylor. Mike Popovich drives the train from at the helm of the drumkit. The band’s first release, ‘Dimension Thule’ sold out its first pressing and the band is working on a new album.

Both of these awesome acts are on the Friday night bill along with 9 other great Michigan acts.Here’s the lineup below and a link for more info on all 3 high-intensity nights of Fuzz Fest.

FUZZ FEST FACEBOOK EVENT
Friday April 11 

The Muggs
Destroy This Place
Blue Snaggletooth
Chit Chat
The Boss Mustangs
Scissor Now
Van Houten
Caveman Woodman & Bam Bam Moss
HISS
Wizard Union
Wiccans

Jason Osburn a Kimchi and craft beer fueled artist, graphic designer, chef, daddy, and writer. (not necessarily in that order) He’s worked in and around the music industry in Detroit and Nationally for the better part of 20 years. 

saddleproductions@gmail.com

http://micraftbeerculture.com/