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Bill Sharp -In the Moonlight

Bill Sharp is a veteren musician/writer and teacher from Savannah Tennessee. His songwriting emerged in his late twenties and he has always been intrigued with the idea of matching lyrics and melodies. “In the Moonlight” is the most recent of the thirty or so rock, country, and R&B songs he has  composed. He has  played for over twenty years with the River City Seven as vocalist, bassist and guitarist. He is  a high school teacher by trade (seventeen years).  A copy of “In the Moonlight is on Youtube and can be referenced by his  name. I met Bill while I was in search of a bass player. We did end up playing a gig and have remained friends, and share in the love of songwriting.

Bobby Saxton & Stillwater Hardy — Baby I love You, Yes I do

I found Bobby on facebook. Her Band Stillwater Hardy is a working band, out of Hardy Arkansas, traveling and playing shows every weekend. This recording is just Bobby and her guitar, shows what great emotion can come out of a solo recording. Bobby is a very talented singer, guitar player. and songwriter.  Her style has a little mix of Joplin and Melissa Etheridge, I think the world should hear this song. This simple raw beauty is a jewel to find in music.  My hats off to Stillwater Hardy for the time they put into being working musicians. You can find them on Facebook and You Tube.
Stillwater Hardy

Breaking Grass – Kentucky to Caroline

Breaking Grass is a bluegrass band composed of 5 multi-talented guys from Northeast Mississippi.  They have been performing at churches, festivals, and community functions for the past 4 years.  I met Thelton Vanderford the banjo player through my Tennesse River Jam and at other local jams. My musician friend Judy Presley first brought my attention to the group and introduced me to Thelton.  The band has had the opportunity to perform with many of today’s top bluegrass and gospel artists and have quickly become audience favorites all over the Southeastern Region. They most recently were named the 2011 State of Mississippi Bluegrass Band Champions at the state sanctioned competition held in New Albany, MS.

Clif Tones – Blow My Blues Away

The Cliftones are Darrell and Sissy Pogue. Both have been long time Memphis musicians now playing their folk/blues syle of music in the resort area aof Pickwick Lake Tenn. They also perform at area festivals. Darrell and I played together at different events in Memphis and have been long time picking buddies. The Cliftones have beeen working on their recordings with Jim Gaines. They have a very high quality sound to their live performances as well as their recordings.This song is from the Cd Lonely Town. They are true dedicated musicians and have cd’s available at their live performances as well as by contacting them on facebook or myspace.

Eddie Alexander – I Believe in Angels

Eddie is a Nashville songwriter that I met while playing the Mickey Buckins Songwriters Showcase in Muscle Shoals. This song had the audience crying. Eddie has had some success with his songs and I will tell you more about him during the contest.  He can be found on Facebook and his music on itunes.  I was looking for two other songs to put in my picks and ran across the cd he had given me a few years back. That cd is no longer in good shape so he is sent me another one.  A very nice guy, awesome writer and captures the audience total attention when he performs.

Keith Sykes -  Baby Took A Limo To Memphis

Ray Stephenson – Leave Me Gone

Ray Stephenson lives in Nashville and I found his music while checking out another writer’s site on My Space. He has already crafted songs for Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, John Anderson, Guy Clark, Steve Holy, and more…  Ray’s songs are songs filled with stories about life, love, and loss. I related to the song  Leave Me Gone  as we  all know how it feels when you know a relationship is really over. I think Ray says it best in this song. This song is off his Gunned Down in Mexico album. You can find Ray on Facebook and My Space, or buy his music on itunes.
Here is the itune link  http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/leave-me-gone/id337238704?i=337238819

Sandy Carroll – Waiting for the Storm

Sandy Carroll is THE real Memphis Blues musician. Lucky for me, Sandy and her hubby Jim Gaines live right down the road  so I get to keep up with her music projects. Sandy has gained the respect of the entire Blues nation. She is the true blue note in Blues. Look her up on her website or check her out on  itunes for Waiting for the Storm and other great blues songs.    http://bessieblues.com/
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/waiting-for-the-storm/id474081299?i=474081304

Scott Ward – Katydid

I befriended Scott on facebook as I constantly post the song That’s What I like About Sundays written by a friend of his, Mark Namore, in which he enlightened me about the writer which coincendently is a facebook friend.We aslo have many mutual songwriter friends in the Muscle Shoals area. Scott sent me this song by his band written by Tommy York. who is the lead singer of the band. I love this song!!! You can’t get any better than the swampers music from Alabama.Here are some links to their music.
Scott ward Band with Tommy York
http://chrisautwell.com/scottwardband/

Sonia Leigh – A Poem from the Ocean Floor

Sonia Leigh is  from Atlanta, I found her music through my nephew CC Indevireo a long time friend of Sonia. He has told me of her for years. She has been in the indie market performing and selling her music, now is opening for Zach Brown, promoting her song My Name Is Money.  CC has been traveling with her so I get the inside scoop . My best to Sonia a very talented deserving musician.   http://www.sonialeigh.com/
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-poem-from-the-ocean-floor/id451073906?i=451073935

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Hobo–A Song For Piece

Indianola Railroad Co.–Red Head

Jimmy Willden & The Outtakes–How To Deal

Jimmy Willden & The Outtakes is a group from Corpus Christi, Tx., playing Rock, Alternative, & Acoustic Rock Music. They’re a 4-man group, consisting of Jimmy Willden on lead vocals, guitar, & piano, Reagan Johnson on bass guitar & backing vocals, Garret Cox on lead guitar, & Scott Myers on drums. Jimmy Willden released his debut cd in 1998, and has since produced 4 more cds, and 2 EP cds, while touring extensively in the United States. He also attracted the attention of MTV, with one of his songs being chosen for the soundtrack of the TV dating show “Next”. He formed The Outtakes in 2011, and is now working hard with them, gigging, rehearsing, and writing, with a debut cd scheduled to come out “soon”.  For more info on Jimmy Willden & The Outtakes, visit their RN page, www.reverbnation.com/jimmywillden, where they have 7 songs up for free download, includiing the one I chose for this month’s contest, “How To Deal”…

Johnny Kiser Band–Texas Heroes

Johnny Kiser Band is from Corpus Christi, Tx., playing Country, Texas Country, & Texas Rock & Soul Music. They’re a 5-man group, consisting of Johnny Kiser on lead vocals & rhythm guitar, Eric Briones on drums, Joseph Flores on lead guitar, Matt Pavlicek on bass guitar, & Tommy Pryor on rhythm guitar. On their RN page, it quotes the old saying “It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll”, which they say is what they’re doing for Texas Music, as they’re growing and writing new songs. They have 4 songs up for free download on their RN page, and I’ve added all of them to my DJ show here on HTB, while choosing their song “Texas Heroes” for this month’s contest. (Listen closely to the lyrics, Johnny mentions alot of other Texas groups that we’re playing on here!) For more info on The Johnny Kiser Band, visit their RN page, www.reverbnation.com/johnnykiserband. If you’d like to see them in person, they’re doing a gig at Brewster St. Ice House in Corpus Christi, Thursday, February 9th, starting at 8:08pm CT….

Lyrical Bynge–Forever In A Dream

Neal Edwards & Reckless Abandon–It Was You

“Rockin’ Ricke” Burnett–Tryin’ To Live Without Her

RoughEdge–Sister

RoughEdge is a group from Corpus Christi, Tx., playing Rock & Hard Rock Music. They’re a 4-man band, consisting of Henry Flores on lead vocals & rhythm guitar, Al Smith on bass, Jose Quiroz on lead guitar, & T.K. Crawford on drums. The band was formed in 2009, with each member coming from groups that played Metal, Thrash, Punk, Sleaze, Glam Rock, &  Southern Rock Music. They say their purpose is to deliver good hard Rock & Roll, with an unforgettable stage show. They have 2 of their songs up for free download on their RN page, and I chose “Sister” for their entry in this month’s contest. For more info on RoughEdge, visit their RN page, www.reverbnation.com/roughedge, which has links to their Twitter, Facebook, & MySpace pages…

Steve Garcia–I Can’t Be Without You

Steve Garcia is from Corpus Christi, Tx., playing Pop & Rock Music. Although Steve is mostly known for his work with the group “The Rachels”, from Houston, Tx., he is currently collaborating with Love Sick Dog Publishing to produce several singles that will be out on I-Tunes later in 2012. After getting his permission to play his music, I downloaded his song “I Can’t Live Without You” to use in this month’s contest. It’s up for free download on his RN page. Steve said he still plans to tour and record with The Rachels this year, but he’s also thinking of going on a solo tour to promote his new singles. For more info on Steve Garcia, visit his RN page, www.reverbnation.com/stevegarcia…

Ty Dietz–Wipe It On The Tailgate

About Me:

I got started in broadcasting during my stint as a Signalman in the U.S. Navy during the Viet Nam era, working part-time as a DJ and newsman for a ship-board Armed Forces Radio & TV station on the USS Truckee out of Norfolk, Virginia.  After being honorably discharged in 1979, I became a mainstream radio DJ and News Director in the Corpus Christi area for over 25 years on 9 different stations, including all 3 of the country-western ones. During that time I received 4 news broadcasting awards, 1 from the Associated Press & 3 from United Press International. I spent the last 5 years of my “career” on KFTX in Corpus Christi, constantly fighting with the program director over having to play their narrow top-ten Nashville music playlist of songs, when I really wanted to play Texas Music. I was finally shown the door after I played a Christmas-time phone request for Robert Earl Keen’s “Merry Christmas From The Family”, which was definitely not on the station’s playlist, (I really hate that word!). Now that I’m on HossTheBoss I can play what I want. Listen to my own dang show on the station every Sunday night at 7 p.m. Central.

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Anabella – Again Comes Monday

Man, running an internet radio station is hard. I ran out of dang time before the first show of February and haven’t written a dang little blurb about Anabella yet. Never fear. I’ll do it before the Feb. 11 show. In the meantime, find more about the band at annabellamusic.com.

Andrew Howard – Pirates

Man, running an internet radio station is hard. I ran out of dang time before the first show of February and haven’t written a dang little blurb about Andrew and his band yet. Never fear. I’ll do it before the Feb. 11 show. In the meantime, find more about the band at www.ourtracks.com/artistpage.php?id=261.

Carl Lafitte – Skinny Dipping in Paradise

Man, running an internet radio station is hard. I ran out of dang time before the first show of February and haven’t written a dang little blurb about Red Eye Carl Lafitte yet. Never fear. I’ll do it before the Feb. 11 show. In the meantime, find more about the band at www.mytexasmusic.com/redeyecarl.

Fronz Arp – Just Because You Want It All

Man, running an internet radio station is hard. I ran out of dang time before the first show of February and haven’t written a dang little blurb about Fronz Arp yet. Never fear. I’ll do it before the Feb. 11 show. In the meantime, find more about the band at www.fronzarp.com

Gary Burleigh – For The Love Money

Man, running an internet radio station is hard. I ran out of dang time before the first show of February and haven’t written a dang little blurb about Gary yet. Never fear. I’ll do it before the Feb. 11 show. In the meantime, find more about the band at www.myspace.com/garyburleigh.

Katiebell Akin – Born for This

Man, running an internet radio station is hard. I ran out of dang time before the first show of February and haven’t written a dang little blurb about Katie yet. Never fear. I’ll do it before the Feb. 11 show. In the meantime, find more about the band at www.reverbnation.com/katiebelleakin

Mary Sarah – All I Need

Man, running an internet radio station is hard. I ran out of dang time before the first show of February and haven’t written a dang little blurb about Mary yet. Never fear. I’ll do it before the Feb. 11 show. In the meantime, find more about the band at www.youtube.com/user/MarySarahMusic?feature=mhee.

Rooster – Worthless Drunk

Man, running an internet radio station is hard. I ran out of dang time before the first show of February and haven’t written a dang little blurb about Rooster yet. Never fear. I’ll do it before the Feb. 11 show. In the meantime, find more about the band at www.facebook.com/people/Billy-Kohout/100000627075283.

Simons & Cameron – Love’s Like Super Bowl Sunday

Man, running an internet radio station is hard. I ran out of dang time before the first show of February and haven’t written a dang little blurb about Simon’s and Cameron yet. Never fear. I’ll do it before the Feb. 11 show. In the meantime, find more about the band at wikipedia.org/wiki/Simons_%26_Cameron.

Tim Castle & Young Southern – Better Things to Do

Man, running an internet radio station is hard. I ran out of dang time before the first show of February and haven’t written a dang little blurb about Anabella yet. Never fear. I’ll do it before the Feb. 11 show. In the meantime, find more about the band at www.timcastleyoungsouthern.com.

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