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FOR A GOOD TIME CALL --- Kevin Blake Weldon!! With his "Dennis Quaid" good looks, his Texas manners and his DYNAMIC ability to write and perform songs that touch the hearts of his audiences, Kevin mezmorizes his audiences wherever he performs! Kevin was born and raised in Lufkin, Texas, and began his career in country music in 1990, three years after he 'discovered' his voice in a recording studio at Astroworld theme park in Houston, Texas! 'Everyone who heard the song I recorded at Astroworld, couldn't believe it was me! My friends and family never dreamed that I liked to sing, must less that I COULD sing.' In the spring of 1990, Kevin's dream of playing baseball was ended by a torn rotator cuff, and he had to give back a baseball scholarship to pitch for Alvin Community College. Falling back on his newly discovered talent, Kevin began to prepare for a career in country music! With a smooth vocal style, influenced by many of the greats in country music such as George Strait, Randy Travis, Dan Seals, and The Eagles, he set out to make his mark in life through performance and song. After almost three years of developing his voice and style by performing to music tracks in clubs and bars all over Southeast Texas, Kevin put together his first band ' 'Blake Weldon and the Texas Firewater!' Their first performance together was an appearance on 'Hot Country Trax,' a Country Music program which aired every Sunday night on KPRC Channel 2 in Houston. With the exposure from that performance, 'Blake Weldon and Texas Firewater' began working throughout the Houston area and were soon opening for several major acts. With his popularity rising, Kevin and his band (by this time known as Texas Fire) entered the Coors Light Texas Music/93Q Battle of the Bands. By Summer's end they beat over 50 of Houston's best bands to win the title! A few months later, several record producers from Nashville were scouting Kevin, one of which was Chuck Howard. Kevin made several trips to Nashville to develop his studio voice and songwriting talent, and was soon paired with a young man from Temple, Texas named Brian Gowan. Under the guidance of Chuck and Mike Curb, head of Curb Records, the duo 'Blake and Brian' was formed and signed to Curb Records. Over the next 3 1/2 years, the new duo released two top 40 hits ('Another Perfect Day' and 'The Wish'), a number one hit in Europe ('Amnesia'), had music videos on CMT, GAC, and TNN, were featured on several national television appearances, and toured and opened shows for many of today's hottest stars including Lonestar, Lee Ann Rimes, Joe Diffie, Tracy Bird, Patty Loveless, Jo Dee Messina, Trace Adkins, Wynonna and many more! In February of 1999, after careful consideration and soul searching, the duo parted ways to pursue solo careers! Kevin returned home to Lufkin, Texas to be close to his two beautiful daughters and to record his first solo CD 'HOLD ON.' With 8 songs on the CD written or co-written by Kevin, 'HOLD ON' yielded a top 20 hit on the Texas Music Chart ('Here Goes'). After receiving positive response to the CD, Kevin packed up and headed back to Nashville to pursue his solo career. Kevin is currently writing new songs and playing regularly in Nashville. Under the guidance of new management (Debra Fox, President of Image Development Group in St. Louis, Missouri) he is back on the road performing, promoting his CD, meeting and building his fan base and considering his options for the next record label opportunity. Kevin Blake Weldon --- keep your eye on this one. His rise to the top won't take long!!!!

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Bring your venue or event the most cutting-edge sound from St. Louis...

Introducing Driver - a St. Louis band with limitless drive and potential, and a revolutionary style. Driver offers a sound like none other - cutting-edge modern rock with heart. The band is currently promoting their current single, 'Highway 61', along with other cuts from their forthcoming EP including 'Take Me' and 'She Loves Me'. The band is also taking the road for a multi-city promotional tour followed by a tour of the summer festival circuit. Driver is comprised of extremely talented veteran musicians from the St. Louis area.

CJ Smith - Lead Vocals

Ed Drayton - Guitar

Mike Hopp - Drums

John Lupton III - Bass

With their intense, new sound, stellar stage presence and live show, Driver is sure to appeal to many tastes. Check out their latest single 'Highway 61' and other tracks from their forthcoming EP, and be on the lookout for Driver on tour in a town near you throughout 2004.

Please contact us if you have any more questions are you're interested in a booking.

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The Hatch When was the last time that you were rocked' Rocked so hard that you knew any more rock would be unsafe. It was probably the last time you saw The Hatch. The St. Louis-based four piece takes pride in taking their fans to the limit of rock. Formed by guitarist/singer Jesse Macht, keyboardist/singer Sean Douglas, and bassist Todd Rubin in the Fall of 2001, The Hatch began as a nameless trio of high-school graduates from Los Angeles eager to play music. At school in St. Louis, the three began writing songs and performing them acoustically at small venues around St. Louis. But after a few months, they realized that they were missing one crucial ingredient: rock. So in February of 2002, they picked up a drummer, electrified their music, and named themselves Sidehatch. From then, they began the long process of writing and rocking, writing and rocking, and more writing and rocking. In the Spring of 2002 they recorded their first set of demos, followed by another set in June. After playing a series of summer shows in Los Angeles, the boys returned to St. Louis. Soon thereafter, they parted on good terms with their original drummer, and picked up Austin Schumacher of Greenwich, CT. Along with a myriad of East-Coast slang, Austin brought funk-rock beats that the band had been searching for. Sidehatch shortened its name to The Hatch, and a new era of rocking began. Currently, the band is playing regular shows in both Los Angeles and St. Louis while quickly building a fan-base. The Hatch is also working on a self-produced EP expected for release this spring. So if you can't remember the last time you were truly rocked, you need to check out a live Hatch show. Be prepared, their rock is dangerous.

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Featuring two lovely and talented female vocalists, four amazing musicians, your favorite, irresistible dance hits, and energy that could cause spontaneous human combustion, Cherry Bomb will ignite you and get your booty shaking with the best hits of the decades! With incredible talent, years of experience, a great party attitude and incredible production, Cherry Bomb is the band to book!!!

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Harry Nino, Known as “Harry O”, formed the Blues band “Oysters Rockefeller.” The band has an extensive history based in the city of Springfield, IL. He was born in New York City in 1950 and was raised in Harlem, where his parents had a modest “rent controlled” apartment. At the age of 13, “Harry O” taught himself how to play guitar by listening to 45's and following along on sheet music, using the chord diagrams that most provided. On an average non-school day, he would practice as much as 8-13 hours. Four years later, all that practicing paid off, when “Harry O” was asked to join a popular R&B band based in the south Bronx. “The Shock Waves” not only played all of the top paying High School dances and proms but also private parties, and a few clubs in a 90 mile radius of the city. By the 1970's, “Harry O” was a regular at the east village blues jams being held at “Broadway Charlie’s” and “Dan Lynch’s”; sitting in with some of New York’s better known blues guitarists such as, Jonathan Kalb and Jon Paris. Harry’s own band, “Highh”, was a high energy blues-rock trio featuring “Speedy” Graves on the drums, and his younger brother Marlin on bass. Marlin, now a top studio musician in New York, went on to join “The Tony Williams Lifetime” and has traveled extensively with Stanley Clark. “Harry O” went on to join a local rock band, “Turn Down B’way” and although they managed to secure two recording contracts in a 4 year period, the band broke up. “Harry O” continued to survive through a number of “day gigs”, including: working as a taxi driver, doing guitar sales & repairs, setting up equipment at studios, and doing deliveries for a messenger service. In 1978, “Harry O” joined “The New York Sound Exchange”, a show and dance band that played hotel lounges 6 nights a week, 48 weeks a year, all over the country. In 1982 “Harry O” settled in Milwaukee, where he worked with “Gene and the Soul Gang” for a year before he started “The Harry Nino Band.” Milwaukee’s blues jams gave him an opportunity to perfect his fluid, classic “Chicago Blues” guitar style. On any given Sunday, Harry could be seen at the “Up & Under Pub” trading licks with some of the city’s better blues players: harmonica master, Jim Liban; keyboardist, Junior Brantley of “Roomful of Blues”, & “The Fabulous Thunderbirds”; Albert King’s guitarist, Willie Higgins and of course Johnny Winters’ bassist, Jon Paris. After a few years, “Harry O” went back on the road with a succession of Top 40 dance bands but never lost sight of his blues roots. In 1990, he again settled down, this time in Springfield, IL, where the “Blue Monday jam” at “Bruce’s Tavern” led him to a steady gig playing guitar for legendary “Sun” recording artist, Eddie Snow. Two years later he formed “Oysters Rockefeller” and that band was working a 3-5 night a week schedule in no time. In 1995, a grant from The Illinois Arts Council allowed the band to record the first of two critically acclaimed CD’s. In 1996, “Harry O” started a “Blues in the Schools” program in the 186 school dist. with funding from the musicians union. The year 2000 marked the beginning of a two year stay in Chicago, where he had the opportunity to share the stage with such blues notables as: Chico Banks, The Belaires, Billy Branch, Phil Guy and the Machine, Michael Hill’s Blues Mob, Willie Kent and the Gents, Johnnie Marshall, John Primer, and Sonny Rhodes. He returned to Springfield in 2002 to play with the original members of Oysters Rockefeller and record a new CD. “Harry O” recently moved to Branson, MO where he has finished rehearsing the latest edition of Oysters Rockefeller and is currently booking the band.