Artist: Elyse Weinberg Release: Greasepaint Smile Year: 1972 Genre: Psychedelic Rock Home town: Chatham Ontario Recording date: 1969
Note: *She released her first album “Elyse” in 1969 on Tetragammaton T 117 (USA) / Polydor (Canada). This label was the same label that released the first four Deep Purple albums as well as Carol Burnett. The album reached #31 on Billboard * Elyse goes by the name Cori Bishop. * She had recorded this album, but Tetragammaton went belly up so it was never released. * She then recorded the album “Wildfire” with Neil Young on the Asylum label, but it too was never released. * In 2001, “Elyse” was re-issued on CD on Orange Twin OT-001 and contains the bonus track “Houses”, from the unreleased album Wildfire, which featured Neil Young on guitar.
Tracks: 01. What You Call It (2:58) 02. City of the Angels (3:28) 03. Houses (3:36) 04. It’s Alright to Linger (2:47) 05. Collection Bureau (4:46) 06. Gospel Ship (2:28) 07. Nicodemus (4:06) 08. My My My (5:02) 09. Your Place or Mine (2:47) 10. Greasepaint Smile (3:37) _ *Watch the album preview below.
Band: Moondog Howlers Release:(CD) Self Titled. Year:2016 Genre: Blues Home: Chatham-Kent Ontario Canada Buy: Currently available at Aug’s video in Chatham & Blenheim. Look on iTunes, shortly.
Members: Mike Copley – Vocals Alex Polowick(Aug) – Guitar Dwayne Purdy: Bass Mark Tremblay– Keyboards Rick Chrysler – Drums
Notes: Formerly known as the local blues cover band ‘Blues on the Rocks’, the name change comes with the release of this original release. The guys have been honing their craft on the live scene locally for many years. This line-up of some of the most talented and well rooted musicians in the local scene for decades, comes together seemingly effortlessly. Without going into the individually rich members bio’s, it is safe to say that this release is everything you would expect to stand side by side with a major label blues album.
Guests: Kelly “Mr. Chill” Hoppe – Harmonica (Track 7,9,13). Kelly Authier – Backing vocals (Track 1&3).
Tracks: 01. My way home 02. I got an angel 03. Feelin’ good 04. Is there anybody out there 05. My momma told me 06. Memories 07. I don’t want you 08. Close to you 09. Whiskey 10. Stuck on you 11. You gotta Know 12. Fly-by-nighter 13. Keep my motor running
Artist: Jessica Allossery Release:Apple of my Eye Year: 2012 Genre:Pop From: Home: Chatham-Kent (Kent Bridge) Resides: London Ontario.
Tracks: 1. Let my Heart Out 2. Apple of my Eye 3. Ugly Duckling 4. Goodmorning Sun 5.Music Makes the World Go ‘Round 6. Little Love 7.Away We Go 8. Dancing in the Great Divine 9. An Old Love Song 10. King of the Land
Previous Release: 2010: Learn(4 song EP) _ *Watch the CD preview below.
Artist: Brooklyn Roebuck Release: Good Day Year: 2015 Home: Chatham-Kent Ontario Genre:Country/pop
Notes:Brooklyn Roebuck releases her song ‘Good Day’.
* In 2016, Brooklyn also released one song entitled ‘Sweet On Me’.
Written by Brooklyn Roebuck and Annette Barkley. Visit her website for links.
Links: * Website here. * itunes download of this song here. * Youtube link here.
Artist: Michelle Wright Single: Laugh a Little Genre: Country Music Year:2015
Chatham-Kent Connection: Michelle is from the Chatham-Kent Ontario Canada and moved to Tennessee in the 90’s, and has lived there since.
Notes:
Five-time CCMA Female Artist of the Year and Canadian Hall of Fame singer Michelle Wright is releasing her first single to Country radio in the United States in more than a decade. “Laugh A Little” is from her album, Strong, which has already seen strong support in Canada.
This was 6 years before Cassandra signed her major label record contract.
Notes on Cassandra: * 1978 performs in local Country band MCM and Company. * 1980 – Guest singing star on the Tommy Hunter Show that aired on the CBC. * Signed to Epic Records, released two albums and 11 singles for the label between 1991 and 1994. * 1991 won the Juno Award for Best Country Female Vocalist. * 1992 won the Rising Star award at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards * 1992 won the Juno Award for Best Country Female Vocalist * 2000 released a pop album, Different, on Perimeter Records.
Discography * Cassandra Vasik – 1991 – Wildflowers (Epic Records) * Cassandra Vasik – 1993 – Feels Like Home (Epic Records) * Cassandra Vasik – 2000 – Different (Perimeter Records)
Singles:
1991 – “The Black Book”
1991 – “It Comes Back to You”
1992 – “Which Face Should I Put On Tonight”
1992 – “Wildflowers”
1992 – “Those Stars”
1993 – “Sadly Mistaken” (Highest charting song)
1993 – “Fortune Smiled on Me” (with Russell deCarle)
1993 – “Roll Like a Wheel”
1993 – “Almost Like You Cared”
1994 – “Stand Your Ground”
1994 – Guest Single – “Chains” by Tim Thorney.
“Human Highway” (with Jim Witter, Borrowed Tunes; A Tribute to Neil Young)
Artist: Eric Welton Release: An E.P. Year:2007 Genre:pop/rock/indie Home: Windsor From:Chatham
Tracks: 1. Drunk Man Trilogy 2. Girl of Mine 3. Get It 4. Won’t Stop 5. What it is For 6. I Keep Banging My Head on the Weekend 7. Normal? 8. Dog 9. Another Day
Notes:All Songs Written, Performed, Recorded and Produced by Eric Welton.
Artist: Eric Welton Release: Zig Zag Year:2006 Home:Windsor From: Chatham Genre:Indie, pop, folk
Notes: All songs written, performed, recorded and produced by Eric Welton.
Tracks: 1. Dog 2. And You Are 3. 88 4. Again 5. Bright Lights 6. Whatever I Want 7. Another Day 8. ziGZag 9. A Line Through the Mouth of a Man 10. Tiny Bots 11. Falling 12. Ignore 13. Vedo 14. Stuff 15. Whatever You Want 16. Is It Right?
Links: * Download at bandcamp here. * Youtube link here. * Facebook link here.
Band:Castle Release:In Witch Order Year:2011 Genre: Doom Metal Reside: san Fransisco Record label (Europe):Van Records)
Local Connection: Guitarist Mat Davis (from Chatham-Kent, Wallaceburg) first made waves in the metal scene locally with his band M.A.D.(The Mad) in the early nineties. M.A.D. released a few albums through Fringe records. Mat later moved to London Ontario & did well in the band Salmonblaster.
He moved to San Francisco about eight years ago & is now having a good time with Castle, alongside his girlfriend fronting on vocals & bass guitar.
Mat is constantly on tour through all of the U.S.A., Canada, & Europe. This tour cycle has been expanding & repeating many times during the bands life.
Tracks: Side One: 1. Descent Of Man 2. Fire In The Sky 3. Slaves Of The Pharaoh 4. Knife In The Temple 5. Total Betrayal 6. Spellbinder
Side Two: 1. Lost Queen 2. Shaman Wars 3. Sleeping Giant 4. Butcher Of Los Angeles 5. Devils Castle
Discography to date * Castle – 2014 – Under Siege * Castle – 2013 – Backlands (Juno nominated) * Castle – 2011 – In Witch Order. (“Album of the Year” honors from Metal Hammer Norway)
Links: * Bands website link here. * Download album link here. * Facebook link here. * Twitter link here.
Band: The Long Lots Release:Deep Secret Year: 2016 Genre:Indie Rock/Blues Home:Chatham-Kent Formed:2007
Members: Gary Jongbloed– Guitar Jay Amerlinck– Vocals, guitar Jason O’Rourke – Bass Jeff O’Rourke – Drums Glenn Smith – Keyboards, percussion,
Tracks: 01 Hospital Bed 02 Even Keel 03 Freight Train 04 13 Shots 05 Into the Woods 06 Moon Sits Low 07 Rattlin’ Bones 08 Blue Collar Blues 09 Tail Lights 10 Deep Secret
Previous Releases: * 2009 – Blood Runs Cold (12 songs) * 2012 – In the Valleys of Our Hearts (EP) (5 songs)
*Watch the CD preview video below.
Links: * iTunes download here. * CDBaby download here. * Facebook link here. * Youtube link here.
Band: Objective Unknown Release: II (EP) Year:2016 Home: (Chatham-Kent) Genre:Classic Rock
Notes:
Objective Unknown formed in march 2009 with Cole Mills on Guitar/Lead Vocals/Drums, Dane Appleton on Guitar/drums, and Daryn Trainor on bass. After a few line up changes Hudson Cattoor joined the group in February 2010, on Drums/Percussion.
Artist: Leah Morise Release:Live at the House of Harmony Date: 2015 Genre:Folk/Jazz Home Town: Chatham-Kent Resides:Fingal Ontario (Near London)
Notes: This is her second album, the first was released in 2006, entitled ’Take Me Anywhere’.
Tracks: 01 By the Time the Leaves Fell 02 Highway 17 03 $2 Bill 04 Love My Old House 05 Flowers in the Carpet 06Never Enough Time 07 If Only He Had Known the Language 08 Peaceful River 09 She’s a Hurricane 10 Stranded 11 Together You and Me 12Tiny Trailer _ *Watch the CD Preview here.
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Links: * Website here. * Purchase on iTunes here. * Download/preview this CD (CDBABY) here.
Members: Alex Heuston – vox, guitar, piano Keith Heuston – lead guitar, vox, drums, bass, mandolin, keyboard
Tracks: 1. Bring us Better Days 2. Whiskey an’ Rum 3. Summer Days 4. The Kids Are Alright 5. Superhero 6. Turn The Page (Cover) 7. Margaritaville (Cover) 8. The Show 9. California Nights
Notes: * Tracks 1, 5 & 8 featuring Free Beer and Pizza; * Alex Heuston – lead vox, guitar * Stan Reaume – drums, vox * Kyle Bastien – guitar, vox * A.F.T. – bass, vox * Produced by Keith Heuston & Dope Zebra * Engineered by Keith Heuston, Bob Hiltz and John Priolo * Tracks 2, 3, 4, 7 & 9 recorded at Fanshawe College * Tracks 1, 5 & 8 recorded at Eyrespace Studios * Mixed by Keith Heuston * Mastered by John Priolo
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Links: * Album download link here. * Facebook link here.
Band: The Burnouts Release: Pause For The Cause Year: 2015 (April) Genre:Pop Punk
Formed:2006 Home:Chathan-Kent
Line-Up Jonathan Alan Porter Edwards(Johnny Edwards) – Vox, guitar. Garret Keith Renders – Bass T,MC, – Drums
Tracks: 1. Retaliator 2. In This Hell 3. Come And Go Misery 4. For All Of This 5. You Changed Everything 6. Money’s All You Got 7. I’ll Understand 8. Two Wrongs,Two Rights 9. I Don’t Know _ _ * Watch the Burnouts below.
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Links: * Download this release here. * Facebook link here.
Members Alex Heuston – Lead Vocals, Guitar A.F.T.– Bass Guitar, Vocals Kyle Bastien – Guitar, Vocals Stan Reaume– Drums, Vocals
Tracks: 1. Alien 2. The Punk 3. On The Radio 4. Better Days 5. Summer of 69 (Cover) 6. Superhero 7. Pumped Up Kicks (Cover) 8. The Show 9. Stop, Drop, Rock ‘n’ Roll
Biography
Free Beer and Pizza was formed in the spring of 2012 by Bassist Kyle Bastien, Vocalist/Guitarist Alex Heuston, Lead Guitarist Brandon Thorpe and Drummer/Vocalist Alex Taylor as a side project to their band Aaron’s Barries. FBAP originally played strictly covers and in August of 2012 started the annual Super-Happy Awesome Fun Time Kegger and Music Festival. After the departure of Thorpe the band has recently revamped their line-up with Taylor on Bass Guitar and the addition of Drummer Stan Reaume, and are currently working on new original material.
Notes: * Addtional Musicians: Keith Heuston – Guitar + Backing Vox * Drums recorded at Eyrespace Studios in Chatham, ON. * Guitars + Vox recorded at Studio X in Tilbury, ON. * Engineered by Bob Hiltz + Free Beer and Pizza! * Produced by Keith Heuston * Mastered by John Priolo
*Watch the video preview below.
Links: * Album download link here. * Facebook link here. * Youtube link here.
Artist: The Universe Featuring Ray Release:Cope (EP) From: Blenheim Ontario Based in:London Ontario. Genre: Acoustic/Alt/Rock. Year:2015 (May)
Notes:
THE UNIVERSE FEATURING RAY, is a solo artist named Ray Stern, (former lead of The Peace Leeches) creating alternative/rock music. Based out of London, Ontario, Canada, his fall. Stay Tuned!
Tracks: 1. Cope 2. Dollars & Cents 3. The River 4. I Is What I Is 5. Fishies 6. Babies of the Sun
Links: * Download the EP here. * Youtube link here. * Ray’s Website here.
Band:Obscure Release:Soul & Blood Year: 2011 (Sept.20th) Genre: Rock
Members: Jordan Sterling– Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, Keys. Colin Sinclair– Bass, Vocals, Keys, Percussion. Spencer Cartier – Drums, Percussion, Keys.
Tracks: 1. Surrealist 2. All Is Not Sequential 3. Broken & Fleeting 4. Engine 5. Acid Lust 6. Oh, Me 7. And Hell Followed… 8. Drown 9. Dry-Erase Sunshine 10. Opium Girl
Notes: * Recorded during the summer of 2011 at Eyrespace Studios. * All songs Copyright Obscure 2011 * All songs written and performed by Obscure.
* Additional Percussion on And Hell Followed by Josh Gyssels. * Additional Vocals on And Hell Followed by Angela Speller. * Photography by Angela Speller. * Graphic Design and Artwork by Jordan Sterling. * Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Bob Hiltz at Eyrespace Studios.
Band:Elastic Release:The Disillusioning Year: 2014 (July) Genre: Rock Formed: Circa 2011
Bio:What started as a solo project by Walter in early 2011 has now been resurrected as a brand new 3 piece post-grunge band bringing together 3 of the most prominent youths hailing from the local C-K scene. Burn This River, Conscripted Youth, Letterbomb, The Grotesque, We Sleep At Dawn, Diesel, just to name a few of the bands these members have been or are current members of.
Members: Walter Staley – Guitars/Vocals Thomas Ayres – Bass/Backup Vocals Nick Grande – Drums
Tracks: 1. Jesus Fish 2. Here Without You 3. Anomaly 04:57 4. Staring At The Sun 5. Breaking 6. Fear’s Shadow 7. Forever Alseep 8. Superglue 9. Suisociety 10. Termites 11. Flying 12. Peel Away 13. Purged
Notes: * Album Produced/Mixed & Mastered by: Siegfried Meier
At “Beach Road Studios” * Angela Speller – Album Artwork
Members: Colin Sinclair Jordan Sterling Spencer Cartier
Tracks: 1. Forever Tomorrow 2. Dr. Dew’s Pepper Mountain 3. A Careful Placement Of Words 4. Nineteen Points Of Nowhere 5. Silent, Dead 6. Strange 7. Inertia
Notes:
Obscure’s 7-song EP debut. Recorded during the 8th and 9th days of May 2010. A mix of grunge, psychedelia, and smooth jazz.
All songs written and performed by Obscure
Mixed and Mastered by Bob Hiltz at Eyrespace Studios
Produced by Bob Hiltz and Obscure
Links: * Album link here. * Reverbnation link here. * Youtube link here. * Facebook link here.
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