Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Steel Keys & Brass "Vaudevillians" CD Art


SKB creates an energetic experience through dynamic melodies, heavy rhythms, and poetic lyrics that will vigorously deconstruct the edifice of both composed and improvisational music, leading an audience to full blown meditation of movement. This "Funky Tribal Blues-Rock" music incorporates varied styles into an ever evolving original repertoire.   








Thank You, Steel Keys & Brass!
Check out the Steel Keys & Brass Youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/07MWall.
http://www.gcraudio.com/
http://www.xtreamaudio.com/



Queens Of The Stone Age

New CD Cover for Queens Of The Stone Age "Censored".

Original Front Cover Artwork.



Notice, if you can, the cool song title right in the middle of this CD insert scan.


Original Back Cover from 1998.



New Back Cover from 2011. Notice the UFO in the upper right.


I believe this is The Queens Of The Stone Age's 1st release. I picked this up after not being able to find the Ozzy Tribute CD in a couple of diff stores. Q.O.T.S.A. is a band that derived from Kyuss, and the singer/guitarist recently recorded with Them Crooked Vultures. The kind of music on this CD can be called "stoner metal" or "alternative metal", at least that's what the music is being categorized as these days by the media. I first heard this CD being blasted on a t-shirt factory loud speaker system back in the 90's, a system that actually caught on fire while Def Leppard's Pyromania was being played, I'll never, ever forget that memory!

I want to thank Jason for turning me on to this great band way back then. Along with the CD cover being unforgetable the music is heavy, loud and aggressive...right up my alley.

Anyway, the original CD art was Censored and I've posted the original CD art along with the new CD art. Being a fan of Q.O.T.S.A. I couldn't resist posting this artwork, not only because it's cool and sexy but the music is cool, sexy and kick ass. Q.O.T.S.A. is alternative metal at it's very best.

Monday, May 23, 2011

Saturday, May 21, 2011

The Bravuras



The Bravuras Jerry's Blues CD Cover.





Jerry's Blues Track listing.





CD recorded @ Mark Records http://www.markcustom.com/















The Bravuras Live Schedule courtesy of The Town Pub.





Thursday, May 19, 2011

Steel Keys & Brass

Steel Keys & Brass Vaudevillians CD Cover



Steel Keys & Brass
Rock – Jazz - Folk

http://www.steelkeysandbrass.com/
steelkeysandbrass@gmail.com
Stealing bits and pieces from different areas of music such as bluegrass, jazz, hip-hop, and rock'n'roll, their songs have an uncompromising originality that resists any single classification. This ability to vary their style, along with a wide ranging repertoire of both originals and covers, gives Steel Keys & Brass not only diverse yet fluid live sets, but also gives the opportunity for them to perform in an array of different venues while still maintaining their unique sound - the natural and organic sound of four friends around a fire, passing a bottle and singing. songs.716.983.8947 (Corey Rost)
Discography:
Vaudevillians (April 2011, SKB records)
Streaming Samples:
http://www.myspace.com/steelkeysbrass
http://www.reverbnation.com/steelkeysbrass
http://steelkeysbrass.bandcamp.com/
Venues played:
·1 The Bend (Buffalo, NY)
DBGB (Buffalo, NY)
Nietzsche’s (Buffalo, NY)
The Irishman (Amherst, NY)
800 Maple (Amherst, NY)
Sorentino’s (Amherst, NY)
Allen St Hardware (Buffalo, NY)
Music Is art Festival (Buffalo, NY)The Tralf (Buffalo, NY)
Nobody’s Art Center (Buffalo, NY)
Soundlab (Buffalo, NY)

Steel Keys & Brass
CJ Ahrens – Drums / Percussion
Nicholas Kryder – Guitars / Voice
Corey "Wombat" Rost – Bass / Mandolin
Mike Wallace – Sax / Keys / Voice
Thank You!








Saturday, May 14, 2011

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Joseph Mahfoud





Here's some info about Joe's newest CD Ditch Diggers: Ditch Diggers is a collection of blues standards that I have loved playing over years. They offer instrumental and vocal chops. For a while I considered calling the CD "Blues Virtuosos" but that is sort of an oxy-moron, plus it doesn't really fit the working class type of listener that attends my performances. I went with Ditch Diggers after talking to an ex-bouncer from one of the old blues clubs I used to play in my twenties. His Dad dug ditches for a living, it was honest hard work but he had pride in what he did and earned a respectable living. That said it all to me, blues is honest hard working music that's good for the soul. That sort of vulnerability is what the style is all about. I walked over to a table with my wife and friends and I started to tell them about my decision to title the CD "Ditch Diggers," at the exact moment that I said the name, the Buffalo Sabres scored the over time winner in game 5 against Philadelphia. (Yes America it's true, I'm a Sabres fan and hockey addict). That sealed the deal, the only thing missing was a Sabres Stanley Cup.