Arnold
McCuller is an American
vocalist, record producer, born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. While
establishing his own career as a singer, and working as a very busy session
musician, McCuller has become best known for his work as a back-up singer for
famous artists with long careers, including Phil Collins, Beck, and Bonnie
Raitt, and Todd Rundgren. He has toured for thirty years with James Taylor and
is an audience favorite for his featured vocal parts on the songs "Shower
the People", "I Will Follow", and "Is That the Way You
Look". He has also toured extensively with Collins and is one of the main
lead vocalists on the live version of "Easy Lover". McCuller has had
numerous acting parts in films; in particular he has gained notoriety in movies
with musical roles. In 2010 McCuller joined the Troubadour Reunion Tour
supporting James Taylor and Carole King.
Film:
McCuller appeared
in the film The Sum of All Fears singing the "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Although he did not appear onscreen in Duets with Huey Lewis and Gwyneth
Paltrow, his vocals were blended with those of actor Andre Braugher to make a
composite singing voice for the character "Reggie Kane". In the film,
Reggie Kane sang with Paul Giamatti on "Try a Little Tenderness" and
performed a acapella version of "Freebird".
McCuller also
performed the song "Nowhere to Run" for the 1979 film The Warriors
and was one of the four singers in the "guitar duel sequence" on the
1986 film Crossroads.
Discography:
Part of Me That's You (1984) with David Benoit
Exception to the Rule (1990)
You Can't Go Back (1999)
Exception to the Rule (2000) reissue (with fewer songs)
Back to Front (2002)
Live at the Baked Potato (2002)
Circa 1990 (2003)
Hairspray [Soundtrack to the Motion Picture] (2007)
'Canadian Folk
Shaman - Magical Mystery Bourne' - Kitchener/Waterloo Echo
"Bourne
flows with this almost indescribable soul infused with a lonesome strain of
blues... This man was put on this earth to play music." - Crossroads
Magazine - Tuscon, AZ
Bill was raised
in a musical family in rural Alberta. When he was 2 years old, he was known to
sleep behind the piano at country dances. His parents played dance music in
community halls in beautiful farming country. The love of nature and of music
and of people gathering for celebration has been with him for his whole life.
Bill loves to
collaborate with friends (musicians). His most recent collaboration is with
Jasmine Ohlhauser and Wyckham Porteous in the band “Bop Ensemble”. Previous to
bop ensemble, Bill collaborated with Eivør Pálsdóttir from the Faroe Islands.
He produced and performed on Eivør's third solo CD, 'eivør'. The recording won
double at the Danish Music Awards Folk in 2006. Other collaborations: with Alan
MacLeod, Shannon Johnson, Hans Staymer and Andreas Schuld, and Lester Quitzau
& Madagascar Slim, as well as his solo projects, have all attained award
status in Canada.
A multiple
Canadian Juno Award winner, Bill has received international acclaim for his
recordings and live performances. A mainstay on the international roots scene,
life on the road is reflected in Bill's music - powerful rhythms and soulful
songs, steeped in World Beat, Blues, Cajun, Celtic, Folk, Flamenco, Funk,
Poetry and more... -Beach House
Arts Co-op
"Music is a
dance; a happy heart. Music is the great teacher. The life in Music is its
power of transcendence: Music is a healing force that benefits all living
things."
- bill bourne
"Never
have I heard an Artist blow a Genre of music out of the water
quite like Bill Bourne has with his 2011 album Bluesland. Bill has
mastered the blues from delta to boogie woogie and does it with such ease.
Bluesland is pure gold and should please every Blues fan." ~ Stewart Brennan ~ World United
Music
The blues
genre and form is omnipresent, and like a womb it has nurtured and given birth
to distinct genres and sub-genres urban styles, delta blues, Chicago blues and
boogie-woogie, to name a few. Many musicians are known to play a form, or a
sub-genre, that has spawned from the blues, but very rarely do you stumble
across a true blues musician, like Art Bell, who embodies the genre and form of
the blues in its entirety.
Art Bell has had music in his soul since he was five-years-old. At the age of
12, after cutting grass all summer, Art saved up enough money to purchase his
first guitar from a jazz musician, named Fleet Green, who owned a music store.
I never go anywhere without a guitar these days, says Art while sitting across
from me in a local Thai restaurant, in Charlotte, NC. Art has since lain to
rest his first guitar and now performs with three friends he likes to call,
Miss Fender, Miss Gibson and Miss Rickenbacker. Besides for being a guitarist,
Art is also an accomplished vocalist, bassist, percussionist and keyboardist.
I have been a performer for about 45-years, and through the years I have become
a better listener and a well seasoned musician, song writer, lyricist and
composer, says Art who has composed over 300 original tracks.
Influences: Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray
Vaughan, B.B. King, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, Muddy Waters,
Eric Clapton, to name but a few.
Hard-rocking
blues-soaked guitarist/vocalist/song-writer Tinsley Ellis sings and plays with
the energy and soul of all the great Southern musicians who have come before
him. Ellis attacks his music with rock power and blues feeling, following in
the tradition of Deep South musical heroes Duane Allman, Freddie King, Derek
Trucks and Warren Haynes. His live shows feature extended fretwork filled with
melodic and rhythmic experimentation, in the spirit of jam bands like his
friends Widespread Panic and The Allman Brothers. Atlanta Magazine declared
Ellis "the most significant blues artist to emerge from Atlanta since
Blind Willie McTell."
Since first hitting the national scene with his Alligator
Records debut, GEORGIA BLUE, in 1988, Ellis has toured non-stop
and continued to release one critically acclaimed album after another. His
stellar guitar work, always a staple of his live shows and CDs, is matched by
his strong songwriting and powerful, soulful vocals. Tinsley's hometown paper,
The Atlanta Journal Constitution, calls his music, "a potent, amazing trip
through electric blues-rock."
Ellis made five critically acclaimed albums for Alligator
between 1988 and 1997 before recording for the Capricorn and Telarc labels. His
high-energy LIVE-HIGHWAYMAN, the long-awaited live album his
fans have been demanding for years, marked his return to Alligator records.
"Tinsley is one of the finest younger generation blues rockers. He's made
great albums for us in the past, and we're excited to have him back in the
Alligator family. He's great in the studio, but even better live, so I'm really
excited about this recording," said Iglauer.
Ellis' latest release on Alligator, MOMENT OF TRUTH,
captures all the power and energy of his legendary live performances. His
vocals reach new heights of soulfulness and expressiveness; his guitar playing
is ferocious and relentless, but, when the mood calls for it, gentle and
moving. What really sets the album apart, though, is the depth of Ellis’
songwriting. The material deals in matters both personal and universal and runs
the gamut of human emotions. MOMENT OF TRUTH is Ellis’ most
wide-ranging and inspired recording.
Born in Atlanta in 1957, Ellis grew up in southern Florida
and first played guitar at age eight. He found the blues through the backdoor
of the British Invasion bands like The Yardbirds, The Animals, Cream, and The
Rolling Stones. He especially loved the Kings--Freddie, B.B. and Albert--and
spent hours immersing himself in their music. His love for the blues solidified
when he was 14. At a B.B. King performance, Tinsley sat mesmerized in the front
row. When B.B. broke a string on Lucille, he changed it without missing a beat,
and handed the broken string to Ellis. After the show, B.B. came out and talked
with fans, further impressing Tinsley with his warmth and down-to-earth
attitude. By now Tinsley's fate was sealed; he had to become a blues guitarist.
And yes, he still has that string.
Already an accomplished teenaged musician, Ellis left
Florida and returned to Atlanta in 1975. He soon joined the Alley Cats, a
gritty blues band that included Preston Hubbard (of Fabulous Thunderbirds
fame). In 1981, along with veteran blues singer and harpist Chicago Bob Nelson,
Tinsley formed The Heartfixers, a group that would become Atlanta's top-drawing
blues band. Upon hearing LIVE AT THE MOONSHADOW (Landslide),
the band's second release, The Washington Post declared, "Tinsley Ellis is
a legitimate guitar hero." After cutting two more Heartfixers albums for
Landslide, COOL ON IT (featuring Tinsley's vocal debut) and TORE
UP (with vocals by blues shouter Nappy Brown), Ellis was ready to head
out on his own. Ellis sent a copy of the master tape for his solo debut to
Bruce Iglauer at Alligator Records. "I had heard COOL ON IT,"
recalls Iglauer, "and I was amazed. I hadn't heard Tinsley before, but he
played like the guys with huge international reputations. It wasn't just his
raw power; it was his taste and maturity that got to me. It had the power of
rock but felt like the blues. I knew I wanted to hear more of this guy."
GEORGIA BLUE,
Tinsley's first Alligator release, hit an unprepared public by surprise in
1988. Critics and fans quickly agreed that a new and original guitar hero had emerged.
"Dazzling musicianship pitched somewhere between the exhilarating
volatility of rock and roll and the passion of urban blues," raved the Los
Angeles Times. Before long, Alligator arranged to reissue COOL ON IT
and TORE UP, thus exposing Tinsley's blistering earlier music
to a growing fan base." The Chicago Tribune celebrated the release by
saying, "Ellis takes classic, Southern blues-rock workouts and jolts them
to new life with a torrid axe barrage."
Tinsley's next release, 1989's FANNING THE FLAMES,
further expanded the guitarist's hero status. By now his talents as a
songwriter equaled his guitar prowess. Guitar World shouted, "Ellis stands
alongside Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter, and that ain't just hype."
1992's TROUBLE TIME added guests Peter Buck (R.E.M.) and
keyboardist Chuck Leavell (Rolling Stones), and brought even more critical
acclaim Ellis' way. The song >Highwayman received airplay on
commercial rock radio stations across the country. "Alive, kicking and
drenched in sweat," declared The Washington Post.
1994's STORM WARNING was Ellis' true
breakthrough. Recorded live in the studio with his road-savvy band and produced
by Eddy Offord (John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Yes), the album was a tour-de-force of
smoking guitar workouts and radio-friendly blues rockers. Features and reviews
ran in Rolling Stone, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles
Times, The Boston Globe, and in many other national and regional publications.
His largest audience by far came when NBC Sports ran a feature on Atlanta's
best blues guitarist during their 1996 Summer Olympic Coverage viewed by
millions of people all over the world.
FIRE IT UP followed
in 1997. Produced by the legendary Tom Dowd (Allman Brothers, Ray Charles), the
album featured Ellis' blazing guitar playing and expressive, soulful vocals in
better form than ever. With Dowd's deft production touch--along with Tinsley's
fiery road band and a host of talented musicians, including famed bassist
Donald "Duck" Dunn on seven songs--Ellis reached new heights, coming
up with some of the best performances of his career. The Associated Press
called the CD, "A solid heaping of blues...a mixture of well-written
originals and covers all held together with scorching guitar and a big voice to
carry his sharply written lyrics."
A move to Capricorn Records in 2000 saw Ellis revisiting
his Southern roots with KINGPIN. Unfortunately, the label
folded soon after the CD's release. In 2002, he joined the Telarc label,
producing two well-received albums of soul-drenched blues-rock, HELL OR
HIGH WATER and THE HARD WAY. All the while, Ellis
never stopped touring. "A musician never got famous staying home,"
he's quick to note.
Ellis has played in all 50 states, as well as Canada,
Europe, Australia and South America. Whether he's out with his own band or
sharing stages with The Allman Brothers, Robert Cray, Koko Taylor or Widespread
Panic, he averages over 150 performances a year, bringing his fast-moving,
high-energy, guitar-drenched performances to fans all over the world. Live,
there's simply no one better at igniting a crowd, jamming with focus and
purpose...
DISCOGRAPHY
Moment of Truth 2007 (Alligator)
Live-Highwayman 2005 (Alligator)
The Hard Way 2004 (Telarc)
Hell Or High Water 2002 (Telarc)
Kingpin 2000 (Capricorn)
Fire It Up 1997 (Alligator)
Storm Warning 1994 (Alligator)
Trouble Time 1992 (Alligator)
Fanning The Flames 1989 (Alligator)
Georgia Blue 1988 (Alligator)
Cool On It 1986 (Landslide/reissued on Alligator)
With 12 rave-reviewed CD releases and
constant globe-trotting since turning professional in 1995, London-born Martin
has been called "The Ambassador of British Blues". As adept on
acoustic instruments as electric, and as a soloist or band leader, he ranks
amongst the most successfully versatile bluesmen in the world.
Nominated best UK Blues Guitarist, Best
Harmonica Player, Best Band, Best Acoustic Artist and Best Blues CD release
many times, his songs have made it onto TV and film soundtracks and to the song
stable of Alligator Records. He has been broadcast live on international radio
and TV with 3 sessions for BBC Radio 2, including at the famous Maida Vale
Studios.
He is now touring internationally with Trio
and Big Band to promote his new rave-reviewed cd "Looking Forward Looking
Back" ("this album is special" Blues and Soul
"Excellent" Blues News) featuring Pee Wee Ellis (ex James Brown) and
the Little Big Horns (ex Mick Jagger), and as a one man band to promote his
11th cd release "Folk and Blues", ("Superb" fROOTS,
Brilliant" GUITARIST, "masterpiece" by Blues in Britain).
There is no doubt that Martin's quarter
century career of recording and performing has established his reputation as
one of the most exciting and accomplished Blues Men alive today. He has
invested most of his life in studying and contributing to the blues legacy. The
impressive fruits of his considerable labors are plain to see – and hear - for
those interested, but his determination to remain his own master, releasing his
work only on his own label (Blueblood Records) may have kept his name below the
radar for many.
Martin honed his skills touring the US, and
lived for a while in Texas. Following his first acclaimed USA tour he was
befriended by the Dallas/Fort Worth Blues community and toured and recorded
with the "Texas Blues Kings" formerly with Smokin’ Joe Kubek. Cutting
his playing teeth on the "chitlin circuit" he has had one-man band
residencies on Beale St in Memphis and in the Jook Joints of Clarksdale,
Mississippi.
As well as being recognized as a leading
acoustic and electric guitarist he was also lauded as an Innovator for his
rack-harmonica skills by the World Harmonica Festival in Germany where he
performed solo, held a Master-class and judged the World Blues Harmonica
Competition.
He continues to record live and studio sessions for National Radio program’s
(BBC Radio 2 in the UK) of his own music. He has also been in demand as a guest
session player, for example he played National Steel Slide guitar on the WC
Handy Award-nominated “Blues and Beyond” cd by Dick Heckstall-Smith. (A founder
member of John Mayalls’ "Blues Incorporated", Dick Heckstall-Smith
described Eddie as “the hottest blues musician to come out of Britain since the
60s”). He has also been a guest harmonica player on live shows with the-late
Honeyboy Edwards, Guy Davis and Larry Johnson.
His live performances have always attracted accolades, for example. "The
stuff of legend" said Guitarist Magazine last year, "a live act not
to be missed" said Blues Revue USA.
His acoustic style has developed into a percussive blend of traditional blues
slide and fingerpicking styles. These he combines with rack harmonica playing
and foot percussion in the style of the one-man-blues bands such as Duster
Bennett, Joe Hill Louis and Dr Ross and is considered “the leading one man band
in the UK” by the European Blues Association.
His Electric and Slide guitar-playing has seen his cd work commended by the
Guitar Press all over, receiving "excellent" tags from
"Guitar" "Guitarist" in the UK, “Vintage Guitar USA”, and
"Guitar and Bass" in Germany.
A master songwriter, acoustic and electric guitarist, harmonica player and
powerful singer, Eddie Martin has been described as "the most remarkable
blues man of his generation" by Blues in Britain.
The biggest circulation blues magazine in the world, Blues Revue, concurred:
“One of the UK’s best, whether solo/acoustic or loud/electric, he’s a master of
both…years of experience separate him from pretenders. An exceptional guitarist
he’s also been gifted with a most expressive blues voice. His greatest skill,
however is his slide-playing. Add to that standalone harp skills and Mr.
Martin’s ability to coin a phrase and build a song, distinguishes him from
others. Songs like the haunting “Kind Lady Moon” underline his storyteller
abilities…completing the spell with his guitar mastery.”
JP started
playing guitar at age 8 by age 10 it was clear that playing was his calling.
This "Something Special" was recognized by legendary bluesman Sam
"Bluzman" Taylor.Sam took JP under his wing and began to school him
on the blues.At 11 JP progressed to the point where he was ready to play
festivals,and play he did! JP began playing throughout the country with Sam
Bluzman Taylor, Phil Grande and Caroline Aiken. Supporting stage at age 16 for
artists such as Derek Trucks,Johnny Winter,Robin Trower,Joe Bonamassa,Cactus
and many more.Opening for Sean Chambers 2010 Riverhead Blues Festival and
playing lead guitar for Frank Latorre and the King Bees. 2010 played the Hoopee
Festival in GA sharing the stage with Caroline Aiken, Charlie Wooton, Jeff
Sipes( Widespread Panic) special guest Kofi Burbridge from Derek Trucks. The JP
Blues Band New CD "I Will Not Go Quietly" has made 20 weeks on the
National Roots Music Charts, as well as hitting #4 December 26th, 2010. Look
for JP new CD mix of traditional blues/contemporary blues and of course some
rockin soul comes out spring of 2013.
With his distinctive voice, soulful piano
vibe and acumen for writing original songs that tell a story, Tim Halperin has
emerged as one of the brightest young singer/songwriters in the United States.
Stylistically blending an infectious mix of
pop and rock with a hint of jazz, Halperin’s trademark catchy melodies, pure
vocal tonality and rhythmic piano style have struck a chord with audiences from
coast to coast.
Combine that with his unmistakable
Midwestern charm and sincerity – interwoven throughout every original song and
performance – and you have the ingredients that keep a steadily growing fan
base coming back for more.
From America's Heartland to American Idol
A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Halperin burst
onto the national scene as a contestant on Season 10 of American Idol. With a
field of more than 115,000 hopefuls vying for a spot on the show, Halperin
emerged as one of the top 12 males, earning a spot on the live broadcast.
During his time on American Idol, millions
of viewers were introduced to Halperin’s fun-loving, genuine personality and
musical talent, as he became one of the first contestants to debut an original
song on the show.
Rise and Fall
Following his stint on American Idol,
Halperin independently released his debut full-length album, “Rise and Fall,”
which immediately climbed to No. 1 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter Album Chart
and No. 14 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Album Chart.
The album achieved radio success in the
United States thanks to the support of nationally syndicated DJ Kidd Kraddick,
who regularly featured Halperin and his music on the Kidd Kraddick In the
Morning Show.
Halperin has toured and performed before
thousands of fans, appearing with some of the music industry’s biggest artists,
including: The Fray, Kelly Clarkson, Ben Folds, Blake Shelton, The Jonas
Brothers, LeAnn Rimes, Jason Derulo, Hot Chelle Rae
Using Music to Give Back
Halperin has written and record original
songs in support of two of his favorite causes: funding cancer research and
helping terminally ill children. His songs We Fight Back and Cross That Line
were penned to aid in the fight against cancer, and have been performed at
countless Race for the Cure events and at Halperin’s alma mater, Texas
Christian University, in coordination with their Frogs For The Cure effort. And
all proceeds from his songs All You Got and Shining Like the Stars benefit
Kidd’s Kidds, a nonprofit organization that offers support to chronically and
terminally ill children.
Heart Tells Your Head
On February 11th, 2014 Halperin released
his new full length CD Heart Tells Your Head. The album features 11 new
original songs, and debuted #21 Billboard Heatseekers as well as #2
Singer/Songwriter on iTunes. ’These are my best songs yet, hands down’, says
Halperin. Tim toured in the Spring with Green River Ordinance, and will
continue supporting the album on the road in the fall.
Growing up in Memphis,
Stephen Gordon settled on a career early on. He planned on being a professional
basketball player, and at 6’4″, it seemed like a logical choice. Still, music
was always there, weaving itself into his life.
His parents bought him his
first guitar when he was eleven and he still looks back on those early days as
a burgeoning musician with fondness. “I was introduced to the music of Chuck
Berry, and I just lost my mind. His were the first songs I remember learning
and singing.” His passion continued to grow, and in his sophomore year, the
deal was sealed. “My first performance was in the tenth grade at the school
talent show. We put a band together and played a song that I wrote. I still to
this day cannot describe that exhilaration.”
Stephen began pursuing
music in earnest. His grown-up musical palette expanded beyond Chuck Berry,
with new favorites like Neil Young, Ryan Adams, and Josh Ritter.
Stephen’s first record was
I Have Seen Your Shining Spirit in 2009. Showing an intensity and maturity
beyond his 22 years, it established him as more than just another kid with a
guitar and a microphone. It was just a taste of things to come.
Stephen was building a
career in the brave new world of a post-iTunes music industry. The time was
ripe for artists to forego the traditional attachment to a record label, and
Stephen took advantage of that. Spreading the word of his unique musical
sensibilities via word of mouth and social media, Stephen quickly had a full
schedule of touring and making new music.
Still, he faced many of the
challenges unique to independent artists. “The tough thing is that every day
there are seemingly a thousand different things I could do… each of which could
potentially be beneficial or futile. Making all these little decisions and
following through with no one looking over my shoulder saying, ‘make this
happen,’ has taken a lot of practice. I’m still learning to keep a good pace.”
Stephen released the
four-song VA in 2010. The brevity seemed to add to the brilliance of songs like
“Letterboxes” rather than burying them amid a dozen mediocre tracks. It leaves
one wondering if things would have sounded the same under a record label
contract. “The great thing is that I have all the freedom in the world to make
art and to keep learning how it can best serve people—without the weight of the
bottom line. I am growing as an artist and musician well beyond just being a
singer/songwriter at this point, and I don’t know that that would have happened
had I not had the freedom to explore my gifts and passions on my own.”
His 2011 full-length album,
So Young Now, was another brave step, but this time, Stephen took his fans with
him. Joining the ranks of an increasing number of creative professionals, the
record was crowd-sourced through a Kickstarter campaign. This solidified the
connection between Stephen and his loyal fans, ensuring that his creativity
could continue to enrich their lives in new ways.
Would he trade it all in?
If he could go back to middle school Stephen, would he tell him to stick with
basketball and never listen to that first fateful Chuck Berry tune? “I make
music because I love it. I’ve seen the deep down good it can do for people and
relationships, community and comfort. I don’t presume to understand all of the
ways that it works and moves, but I’m dedicated to learning and using that to
bring folks something worth listening to.
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