VIA — a Utah based band which has three high school students from Olympus, Hillcrest, Rowland Hall and one recent Olympus graduate —placed third overall in the nationwide SchoolJam USA Battle of the Bands in Anaheim, Calif., in January, 2011.
As a School of Rock West Coast Touring All-Star, Chase has performed all over the west, as well as with Earl Slick, guitarist for David Bowie, and Napoleon Murphy Brock, of Frank Zappa fame. He has performed for Disney officials at the Sundance Film Festival, for TBS Latin America executives, and at the NAMM Show in Los Angeles.
Mayfield first performed with her family bluegrass band One Way Rider at the age of 8. They began touring as a family band, boarding a 1956 tour bus (once belonging to Bill Monroe, Kitty Wells, and Ernest Tubb) and headed south from Ohio to Tennessee. At age 11, Jessica began playing guitar and writing songs. She asked her brother David to show her a few chords, and then she started using those chords to write her own songs.
Jessica got her first break at the Europe Gyro in Kent, Ohio playing for tips and free pizza every Monday. The place is known for its rough and unforgiving crowd and the experience toughened her act up considerably. For this residency, she had a fresh batch of songs she had just written after a breakup with her first boyfriend. It was then that she realized she had somewhere to channel her sadness: into her music.
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WPA is an expandable collective, with Luke Bulla (Lyle Lovett), Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek) and Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket) at its core.
Works Progress Administration takes its name from FDR’s 1939 New Deal initiative, which put millions to work making buildings, bridges, theater, art and music. The original WPA was rooted in the values of community and creativity, and helped to keep the fire of human dignity burning through the darkest years of the Great Imposters.
WPA was born out of the musical community surrounding the legendary LA club, Largo. The members of the band had known and admired each other for years, and found themselves with a strong batch of unrecorded songs, a little down time, and a collective feeling that it might be a good idea to put something on tape.
The Black Crowes are an American, blues-oriented hard rock jam band that has sold over 20 million albums. They were hailed by Melody Maker as “The Most Rock ‘n’ Roll Rock ‘n’ Roll Band in the World”. In 1990, the readers of Rolling Stone named it the ‘Best New American Band’. The band has toured with acts such as Aerosmith, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Who, AC/DC, The Grateful Dead, and Neil Young. The Crowes – as fans refer to them – are listed at #92 on VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock”.
It’s back! And it’s bigger than ever! 97.5 The Blaze is proud to present the 3rd Rock & Roll Wine Experience w/ Shaman’s Harvest! It’s a wine tasting party mixed with Rock N Roll! Join us Friday, September 11th at our new home….The Depot. That’s right…more room to move…more seats to sit…and more wine to drink! Tickets are just $10 with an additional $2 for wine punch cards at the door. Tickets on sale NOW at all Smith’s Tix Outlets!
(Confused? Utah’s liquor laws say we can’t sell wine in advance….so…buy your tickets for $10 and then…we’ll ask for an additional $2 the night of the show IF you would like to participate in the wine tasting.) This event has sold out in the past…so get your tickets early! Wine samples will be provided by Ste. Chapelle and Castle Creek.
In a music-scene full of angst and over-production, The Gorgeous Hussies’ atypical take on alternative pop-rock is refreshing and infectious as they weave off-the-wall riffs, catchy melodies and danceable beats. The trio speaks to their audience the best way they know how: solid, melodically focused rock tunes, inspired arrangements, down-to-earth lyrics and clever live improvisation through a unique live performance.
The Gorgeous Hussies have been met with much fanfare from press outlets throughout the different regions they’ve toured. Newspapers, radio, and television stations have all been both gracious and enthusiastic in promoting and showcasing this grassroots band and have spread the word to their audience about The Gorgeous Hussies’ upbeat and rock-driven live show.
Since the summer of 2006 this Salt Lake City based rock outfit has been tirelessly touring and entertaining audiences at venues throughout the western United States and don’t show any signs of slowing down.
Ogden Amphi-theater, Guitar center, Mjambo.com, 97.5 the Blaze, Ogden Harley Davidson Presents: SUMMER DECOMPRESSION FESTIVAL 12 bands from noon to midnight!! ROYAL BLISS 11 – MIDNIGHT/ OPAL HILL DRIVE 10 – 10:45/ KETTLEFISH 9 – 9:45/ JAGERTOWN 8 – 8:45/ DOWN RIGHT BLUE 7 – 7:45/ THE GORGEOUS HUSSIE’S 6 – 6:45/ DROP DEAD JULIO 5 – 5:45/ JACK JONES 4 – 4:45/ 3 REASON’S 3 – 3:45/ WOUNDED HEALER 2 – 2:45/ FEAR OF REJECTION 1 – 1:45/ SEAMUS NOON – 12:45/
NiteFall is one of the hottest, rock/dance bands on the Wasatch front. They take pride in recreating the big, “Arena-Rock” sound of such classic bands as Journey, Styx, Boston and many others. Throw in some standard dance and funk tunes, and these guys can bring the house down wherever they play!
NiteFall’s high energy stage performance, coupled with killer vocal harmonies are reminiscent of the big rock bands from the seventies and eighties.
These talented guys take their sound very seriously. NiteFall’s blistering vocals, hard-edged guitars and dead-on keyboards will keep you coming back for more. This is one band you don’t want to miss!
Hillcrest, Rowland Hall and one recent Olympus graduate —placed third overall in the nationwide SchoolJam USA Battle of the Bands in Anaheim, Calif., in January, 2011.
Mayfield first performed with her family bluegrass band One Way Rider at the age of 8. They began touring as a family band, boarding a 1956 tour bus (once belonging to Bill Monroe, Kitty Wells, and Ernest Tubb) and headed south from Ohio to Tennessee. At age 11, Jessica began playing guitar and writing songs. She asked her brother David to show her a few chords, and then she started using those chords to write her own songs.
