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[lolanomaly]

go listen to my new song!!

[chrisezelle]

leech-track 3 from my upcoming album

[soundsbyhounds]

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Setting up my Hounds tent here. Figured it would be fun for those who find it to hear my early demos of stuff I make. ifykyk

This is a snippet from something I made lately and it's a great example of what the early stages of my songwriting sounds like - words that don't really mean anything but sound good. I don't know what I'll end up with.

Let me know if you like it!!

[indigo-girls-fan-talk]

Tickets to this show at the gorgeous amphitheater go on sale tomorrow 2/7

at 10 am Mountain time! Hop on and get yourself a few! All tickets General Admission #amoslee #dillonamphitheater #dilloncolorado #singersongwriters #indieartists #womeninmusic #duo #georgiamusicians #inconcert #livemusic #ontour #onstage #coloradomusicscene #GOAT #bestof2024

[rockinshots]

Jerry Cantrell kicked off the first leg of his 2023 solo tour, "Brighten" supporting the 2022 release of this album. He opened up for Bush at Grand Sierra Casino in Reno on Saturday night.

He is playing material off his new album, and many Alice in Chains hits. It was a spectacular evening, above and beyond expectations.

He will be playing in SF on February 22nd. This is a must see show!!

[alexanderlp]

Alexander LP & Puros Habanos. 私たちは、友人やサポーターの皆さんにメリークリスマスとお伝えします。愛と健康と経済的繁栄が、皆さんの生活の中で大量に溢れ出しますように。みんな大好きです ありがとうございます！2022年もよろしくお願いします。Les deseamos todos nuestros amigos y seguidores una feliz navidad! Que el amor, la Salud y prosperidad económica se desborde en sus vidas en grandes cantidades. Los queremos muchos! Gracias, Gracias por todo su apoyo en este 2022! ⁣#acoustic #follow #guitaristofinstagram #guitarlife #guitarlove #guitarplayers #guitarstagram #hiphop #instaguitar #instaguitarist #livemusic #musicians #musiciansdaily #musicianslife #musiciansofinstagram #musiclove #musicmarketing #musicproducer #singersongwriter #singersongwriters #singing #songwriter #songwriters #talentedmusicians #tiktok #vocalist #Cuba #godinguitars #singersongwriter #concert #alexanderlp-PH (en Tokyo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmSoi8cv8QR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[scotianostra]

Happy 60th birthday to The Proclaimers Charlie And Craig Reid born on 5th March 1962.

The twins were born in Leith's Eastern General Hospital but It's not known if the sun was shining at the time.

Growing up in Edinburgh, Cornwall, and the Fife town Auchtermuchty, they listened to early rock & roll and country, gravitating toward artists like Jerry Lee Lewis and Hank Williams. After playing in various punk bands during their school years, they formed The Proclaimers in 1983 and quickly developed a regional fan base with a particularly devoted following in Inverness. As an acoustic duo singing -style harmonies in the mid-‘80s.

After touring with the Housemartins the Scottish duo were signed by Chrysalis records, they were immediately compared to the Everly Brothers. Considering their energetic, melodic folk-rock, the comparison made some sense, even though the Proclaimers didn’t really sound like the Everlys. Instead, the band was a post-punk pop band, aggressively displaying their thick accents on sweet, infectiously melodic songs about love, politics, and life in Scotland. After two albums in the late '80s,This Is the Story and Sunshine on Leith, the second featured one of my fave songs by the twins, My Old Friend The Blues, a Steve Earle song about depression.

The band disappeared for several years, suffering from personal problems and severe writer’s block. When their 1988 song “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” was used in the 1993 film Benny & Joon, the duo began to receive massive radio airplay in America, sending them into the Top Ten in the U.S., as well as the rest of the world; it was their first taste of worldwide success.

Luckily, the band was close to completing their third album at the time, Hit the Highway, leaving them in a position to capitalise on their success. The single Let’s Get Married received little attention, and the band pretty much disappeared in the eyes of the general public, but diehard fans like myself knew they were special and still had loads to offer.

They made various contributions to several movie soundtracks – Dumb & Dumber and Bottle Rocket – during the latter part of the decade, but family priorities took full scale.

The new millennium gave us a much more fresh sounding Proclaimers. They inked a new U.S. deal with Nettwerk, and Persevere marked Craig and Charlie Reid’s fourth album, and my favourite. It was a return to form; singing about the grim and glory of their native Scotland, but also a sign of the prime of life, my pick of the album being Scotland’s Story which drew parallels between historical migrations to Scotland and arrivals of more recent immigrants. The song list included the beautifully crafted My Act of Remembrance, which paid tribute to their late father, if you haven’t listened to it please do on the YouTube video I have posted.

Arms of steel, hair of gold Royal blue eyes, with a rebel soul You scared me, you still do But I loved you More than you ever knew…. The band’s fifth effort, Born Innocent, appeared on their own imprint Persevere in February 2004, produced by fellow Scot Edwyn Collins, Restless Soul followed a year later, the song When Love Struck You Down is another strong song by the brothers. Life with You in 2007 gave us the song of the same name which is a karaoke favourite in Scotland. I sing the older songs from the 80’s myself.

The Proclaimers have given us 11 studio albums and they tour worldwide, my favourite wee anecdote from the Reids is regards their song Throw the R away. The record companies who were keen to sign them told them unless they ditched the Scottish accents they would not be successful, the song tells us

You say that if I want to get ahead The language I use should he left for dead It doesn’t please your ears.

In an interview a couple of years ago Charlei commented “it was a conscious thing, because we were singing about where we live, our experiences and it just felt stupid to sing in an English or American accent.” Quite right too.

In 2020 Craig and Charlie are amongst fellow Scots Bill Paterson, Rebus writer Ian Rankin, and bizarrely Irish-American actress Saoirse Ronan, who have lent their voices to a new audio guide for Edinburgh Castle. I have never used the guides myself, but may do so on my next visit to see how they sound.

This year will see The Proclaimers heading into the recording studio to record their 12th studio album, followed by festival appearances in the summer and a 35-date UK & Ireland tour from October to December.