Featured Artist - July - Trivia

Something new.  We want you to get to know our Featured Artists of the Month a little better, and so we have some interesting, often irrelevant, and possibly untrue factoids about the 10 Featured Bands:


Lawrence Welks and Our Bear to Cross list as their influence, "The Music of Phil Collins" (source: Facebook Page)


Justin and the Salty Dogs reference Brownie McGhee, Roman philosopher Seneca, Mississippi John Hurt, Pythagoras, Jimmie Rodgers, Woody Guthrie, Muddy Waters and Sonny Terry in their bio. (source: ReverbNation Page)


Brian Bergeron's music has appeared on MTVs "The Real World" and E!'s "Keeping Up with the Kardashians".  He has performed at Fenway Park in Boston. (Source: Artist's Press Kit)

 Big Wilson River cite influences as diverse as Pavement and John Prine. (Source: Facebook Page)

The Raindoggs described: "Picture Tom Waits and Snoop Dogg in a 68 Camaro driving from New Orleans to LA, and it’s all being filmed by David Lynch. This is the voo doo smoke that seeps from The RainDoggs’ jaws and paws." (Source: Facebook Page)


Francis Bowie is the self-proclaimed founder of Intelligent Pop Music. (Source: Facebook Page)


The Shake have a simple formula: Guitar + another guitar + vox + more vox + drums + bass = the instruments in our band (Source: Facebook Page)


Vinyl Thief are originally from the town in Tennessee that hosts the annual Mule Day celebration.  (Source: Facebook Page)


Wolf and Cub recently played the Surfer's Paradise Festival where they shared the bill with HooDoo Gurus who opened for Fireworks. (Source: Tumblr Site)


FallsStart met while on active duty in the U.S. Air Force.  (Source: Facebook Page)




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