One of Northern California’s hottest bands, Doolin Run is an original California rock ‘n roll band that plays country songs like no one else. Known throughout California for their high energy, extremely danceable shows, Doolin Run is always going full speed ahead to bring you their own unique blend of soulful country/southern rock.
Formed around lead vocalist, Wes Powell, Doolin Run takes it’s name from a road in New Martinsville, the town in West Virginia where Wes grew up. After high school, Wesley began traveling the country working as a traveling nurse. As Wes describes, “In my 12 years, as a nurse, I have been able to touch many lives... This overwhelming desire, to make a difference in this very unstable and at many times, cruel world, has lead me head first, into music.”
Backing up Wes are the Doolin Run band, a group of hand picked musicians from some of the best bands Northern California, unmatched in their respective instruments. On lead guitar is Max Rich, with a rockin country tone. Sing backup vocals along with Max is Allan Villassan playing 5-string bass. In addition to these fine musicians are drummer Yo Yo Greve and keyboardist Hagana Kim.
Doolin Run is already brimming with talent and constantly improving. With a steadily growing fan base, there’s no where for them to go but up. Go see them live for an unforgettable experience and keep an eye open for their new album when it is released.
Continuing on for nearly two weeks after finishing with basic tracking, Stoney Curtis has perfected the licks for his upcoming record The Cosmic Connection. He has laid down some extremely blistering guitar over the top of already smashing tracks. In addition to that, Stoney’s vocals have been finished and polished to a brilliant sheen.
Guiding the sessions is Mike Varney of Shrapnel Records fame. Mike has worked with insanely talented individuals such as Eric Gales, Tony MacAlpine, Greg Howe, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Michael Schenker. To add to that, Stoney Curtis certainly holds his own among these heavy hitters of the guitar world. Not to be overlooked is Jason D’Ottavio (Eric Gales, Chris Duarte) at the board bringing out the gold in every note, lick, and riff.
Growing up on the South side of Chicago, Stoney grew up listening to the sounds of Black Sabbath, Robin Trower, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Eric Clapton. He combines all these influences. Drawing on his background of psychedelic rock, traditional blues, and hard rock, Stoney Curtis has found a very comfortable niche in the blues community. His world class sound is like no other and for good reason. There are very few people that can play guitar as well as he can, and even fewer that have his charisma and none have his unique technique and flavor.
Condemned recently stayed with us while recording their new album scheduled for US release on February 22 of 2011. Rocking out after a hefty hiatus for a release on Nuclear Blast Records, Condemned is proving that although the years may have past, they can still thrash with the best of them. Among various BBQing sessions and copious joking around, they produced some of the most brutal old-school crossover metal/punk to hit the public since its inception in the 1980’s.
Condemned originally started out as Condemned2Death (C2D) in the spring of 1983. Keith Chatham got a hot tip about a band that was practicing in the old abandoned Hamms Brewery (aka “The Vats”) in San Francisco needed a bassist. Consequently, Condemned2Death was born and soon recorded their demo tape. Later that year, they recorded and release a self titled 7” on R Radical Records. They followed that up in August of the next year with the Diary of a Love Monster LP (Landmine/R Radical Records). After Diary of a Love Monster, the band encountered a few lineup changes until Keith left for Australia to play in Death Sentence and Vicious Circle.
Billy and Slade mixing the new material
After a few incarnations (Condemned Attitude, Condemned?) and many side projects for all musicians involved (Attitude Adjustment, Black Mackerel, Mercenary), Condemned was reborn sporting a great lineup of musicians. Keith Chatham returns to Condemned on bass. Joining him are fellow past Condemned Attitude member Rick Strahl and B. Scott Clayton of Black Mackerel on guitars. Also from Black Mackerel is “Rotten” Scotty Gardner on lead vocals. Slade Anderson returns on drums from the days when they were known as Condemned Attitude.
Slade and Billy "discussing" changes
Joining the band in the studio was producer/”engine-ear” Billy Anderson. Billy has worked with quite an impressive number of bands, including: Neurosis, Mr. Bungle, The Melvins, Jawbreaker, 7 Year Bitch, Sick Of It All, Eyehategod, Buzzov’en, and Cathedral (just to name a few). Bringing 20 years of “engine-earing” to the table, Billy kept the vibe alive and the tunes pouring out.
Condemned and Billy Anderson are a killer combo in the studio. This record is set to tear the face off of anyone brave enough to listen. We hope Condemned will be back again, with more bone melting guitars, throat crushing bass, head pounding drums and ripping vocals. Until that day, we wait with baited breath for this February 2011 release from these veteran thrashers.
Prairie Sun Recording is a professional facility for tracking, mixing, and mastering located in scenic Sonoma County, California. Tucked away in a rural setting, yet convenient to the greater SF Bay Area, Prairie Sun provides an environment conducive to intense creative work, including on-site lodging available to artists currently in-session. Our three studios are equipped with an extensive collection of vintage and state-of-the-art equipment: an SSL console in studio A and vintage Neve consoles in studios B and C, 2-inch 24-track tape machines and Pro-Tools systems in all 3 studios, an engineers dream mic locker, and a selection of the classic essential outboard gear. Our tracking rooms are of a similar high caliber. They include a 1,000 square foot live chamber and a unique small live chamber that was the site for the tracking of two Grammy-winning Tom Waits albums. You can learn more about us at our website, or just give us a call. Let us put our experienced engineers and world-class facility to work for you.
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