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From pubs to arenas, from dance halls to county fairs, the name Kevin Fowler always means a full house and cheering crowds. With his new CD Bring It On , Kevin delivers 100% Texan country with style. And if there’s something different about Kevin, it’s that inside his pearl-buttoned Western shirt beats a heart of rock.

That’s no surprise to his myriad of fans who know every word of his honky-tonk anthems such as Beer, Bait, and Ammo,The Lord Loves a Drinking Man and Loose, Loud and Crazy. In Bring It On ‘s new single, Long Line of Losers, Kevin pokes fun at what he calls that somebody in everyone’s family who annoys them, the relative who gets too drunk at the family reunion. It’s a way of laughing at yourself.

Down-home humor and heartfelt sentiment are prominent themes in Kevin’s music, and as important as a good beat. A native of Amarillo who grew up listening to Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard, Kevin rounded out his musical education in Los Angeles attending the Guitar Institute of Technology, and then returned to Texas to join the award-winning hard rock band Dangerous Toys. He dabbled with his own Southern rock band, Thunderfoot, in the late ’90s before turning his full attention to his own vision of music.

Calling Kevin country rock sounds too tame. Southern country might be closer to the soul of his hybrid of Southern rock and country music. It’s the preferred music of a new generation of country fans. These savvy 20- and 30-somethings were raised on MTV as well as CMT. Their appreciation of country is evenly matched by a taste for rock ‘n’ roll, and no one knows that better than Kevin.

Our fans listen to us, to AC/DC and to Buckcherry, says Kevin. They want to hear what we want to play. They’re a very open-minded audience. We can mix it all together, and they like it. I have Merle and Metallica next to each other on my iPod.

That open-minded, sophisticated sensibility of country’s new audience is important to Kevin and played a large part in assembling Bring It On . His live shows incorporate the usual trappings of a big rock ‘n’ roll show with atmospheric smoke, bright colored lights and elaborate staging.

I wanted this record to resemble and sound like the live show, he says. There are a lot of songs on Bring It On that I wouldn’t have cut before. They’re too rock, and I didn’t want to freak anyone out. But one thing I’ve learned about our fans is that they don’t want a traditional record out of me. I can throw some screaming guitar in and crank the drums up. I can be more adventurous.

Adventurous, yes. Yet Kevin, whose songs often begin as a sticky note on the dash of my truck as I’m driving around, deeply understands the values held by country audiences. He may encourage the fans to party like a rock star on Feels Good Don’t It, but he gets a jones for Jones, a hankering for Hank on I Pulled a Hank Last Night.

Each new recording brings Kevin close to his heroes, and it was hard to equal a previous duet with Willie Nelson, but singing with George Jones on Me and the Boys did the trick. We sent George the lyrics and in a week we were in Nashville cutting it, he recalls with the grin of a little boy who’s just gotten the Christmas present he wanted.

For Kevin Fowler, the country rebel with a heart of rock, Bring It On is as good as it gets. This CD is where we’ve been, where we’re going and where we are right now, a snapshot of us frozen in time.

JOHNNY COOPER BIO– www.JohnnyCooper.com

At age 21, Texas singer, songwriter and guitarist JOHNNY COOPER is already a well-traveled musician, having released two albums–with 2007’s IGNITION selling over 25,000 copies–and performed over 800 shows, averaging 200 a year.

His new album FOLLOW (Tenacity Records) is an evocative blend of soul, blues, rock and pop that’s exemplified by the first single “Bring Me Down.” Over the song’s deep groove and buzzing guitars, COOPER lays down the law:

“You say my music’s got too much edge Well hell yeah, that’s how I was taught Screaming guitars and people up on the bars That’s the way we like to rock For some reason you’ll always look at me Just like I’m a kid Why you creeping around out back Watching every little thing I did”

The disc expands on the style for which COOPER became known–“red dirt,” a Texas and Oklahoma southern rock, country and blues hybrid–and was produced by Glenn Rosenstein and Dexter Green. Rosenstein has either produced or co- produced such artists as Ziggy Marley, Jill Sobule and Michelle Shocked and engineered songs by James Brown, Talking Heads and Sting. Green’s credits include co-writing and producing the Collective Soul 2004 hit “Better Now.”

“Well, it still is ‘red dirt,’ it still is rock, it still is funk, pop, Texas country, R&B, it is still more than anything, me,” explains COOPER about FOLLOW.

Gifted with a rich emotive voice that illuminates his lyrics, COOPER says the disc “is another chapter of my life, every song is a short snippet of all the things I have encountered in the past few years, good times…bad times…and everything in between. I believe the music has evolved because I have evolved…the older you get the less and less you are scared to try new things, branch out and test your limits. Most importantly this record was a team effort. The producers and musicians had a huge role, something just clicked when we all were together. The talent of everyone who played on the record naturally made the music come alive.”

The blues-influenced pop-rock blend on “Bring Me Down,” the album’s first single, was written by COOPER “about some folks who forgot the reason why you play music,” he says. “It’s a musical sucker-punch to people who don’t do things for the right reason.” Other album stand-outs include “Crazy,” “Take Your Number” and the soul-powered opening track, “Don’t Feel Like That Anymore.”

In his five years as a professional musician, COOPER has garnered a large following in his home state of Texas and neighboring Oklahoma. His first album, LIVE AT THE PUB, was voted “Best Live CD in 2006” and Texas Entertainer of the Year (2006 & 2007) in the Payne County Line Oklahoma Music Awards; 2007’s IGNITION sold over 25,000 copies and resulted in four songs (“Texas To You,” “Let It Ago,” “Devil Woman” and “Nothing At All”) climbing the Texas Music Charts. His MySpace page has over two million plays and a million views.

COOPER is proud of the new record and sound. “I believe what people hear on the album they also want to hear live. The cool part about our live show is it is always evolving. We played the majority of these songs live for a couple of months before we recorded them and that’s when you really work out all the kinks and develop the song to what you hear now on the album…the building process is the most fun.”

COOPER has practically grown up on-stage and that’s where he will remain throughout the rest of the year because that’s what he truly loves.

“Our goal is to make you forget about everything else and just cut loose for a couple hours.”

Discography: “FOLLOW” Release Date August 11, 2009 “Bring Me Down” Climbed to #7 on the Texas Music Chart (17 weeks) “Crazy” Climbed tp #6 on the Texas Music Chart – (18 weeks sill on charts) “IGNITION” released 2006

“Texas To You” Climbed to #5 on the Texas Music Chart (15 weeks) “Let It All Go” Climbed to #4 the Texas Music Chart (17 weeks) “Devil Woman” Climbed to #6 the Texas Music Chart (18 weeks) “Nothing At All” Climbed to #10 on the Texas Music Chart (12 weeks) “LIVE at the Pub” released 2005 And voted “Best Live CD of 2006” Payne County Line Awards: “Texas Entertainer of the Year 2006 and 2007” Payne County Line

BART CROW BAND INFO:www.bartcrowband.com

“I bared it all on this record. I opened my heart, exposed my family’s tragedies, and when it was done, I had nothing else to give.” HEARTWORN TRAGEDY is Bart Crow’s latest chapter in a story that bodes the finest quality of the human spirit; resilience. Slated for release on October 27, 2009 on Smith Entertainment Records, HEARTWORN TRAGEDY is a portrait of Bart Crow as he is now, after coming out the other side of a year that intended to knock him out in the first round. In the liner notes this record is dedicated to our soldiers and their families, an undaunted band of warriors with who Crow shares the fraternal blood. Yet, the inspiration that pervades this entire collection stems from his mother who bravely rushed the battle lines of her own personal war and ended up the last one standing after the smoke finally cleared. These 10 superlative tracks plod a course through a landscape of heartbreak, fear, anger, faith, forgiveness, love, and the miracle of surrender. It is a testimony to the enduring soldier in us all and the innate wisdom that beckons us through another storm because we know the sun will shine again on another beautiful day.

HEARTWORN TRAGEDY was produced by Dexter Green who has become a most promising producer/composer/writer in the industry having worked with a slew of major label artists and one of the top commercial music houses in Nashville. His most recent writing and production credits can be found on Youth, the latest album from Atlanta’s Collective Soul. Green co-wrote and produced the album’s biggest single, “Better Now,” which broke the Top 10 on the Billboard chart. Crow’s election of Green as producer proved yet another breakthrough to his evolving sound that is instantly recognizable on this third studio release. The strong friendship that became of their meeting earlier this year developed into the ideal artist/producer relationship, and Green’s lack of familiarity with the Texas sound provided an unbiased infrastructure enabling the songs to come into their full individual identities. The title track breaks the seal coming in with a meaty bass line and stinging guitars. It’s the perfect intro into the quintessential Bart Crow flavor wearing ass-kickin’ boots and a grin. It continues on with the record’s first single “Saying Goodbye,” a song Crow describes as a “bobbing your head diddy that doesn’t play on your emotions.” And there are several other breaks in the storm with songs like “Traded It All For Love” and “Shadow Dancer,” a boy-meets-girl twist of fate jounced along in a jazzy wagon.” There are plenty of tunes on this record that wear emotional armor in an attempt to cordon off the sounds of heartache you know is sure to come, but in order to fully understand the brilliance of this record you have to “Surrender.” This song is a direct result of the Crow family struggle and stands as the final word that represents the sentiment of this record. After laying down his angst in “Broken,” a song that comes up like the start of an emotional eruption running towards the light of day, and sending out a prayer to his family in “Run With The Devil,” it is the poignant words “surrender, give up…just don’t let go” that Crow leaves us with; a courageous truth that makes HEARTWORN TRAGEDY a journey well worth taking.

CRAWFISH BIO: www.thecrawfishband.com

If you’re new to The Crawfish Band, don’t let the name mislead you. Long-time fans have known for years that The Crawfish Band, despite the name, is not a Cajun or Zydeco band. The Crawfish Band is a fun band that plays classic rock, Motown, classic country, blues, jazz, and just about everything else!

Organized nearly 20 years ago, The Crawfish Band was created from a select group of seasoned studio musicians from the Dallas/Fort Worth area. This Grammy-nominated group has shared stages with an unbelievably long list of stars and have played during two Presidential Inaugurals, as well as national conventions, festivals and concerts, weddings, corporate functions, and parties throughout the Metroplex.

The Crawfish Band has recorded seven of their own CDs and regularly plays on recording sessions at Yorktown Digital Studios with multiple Grammy Award winner and recording wiz Phil York and at Eagle Audio in Fort Worth. The members of The Crawfish Band were Grammy Award contenders in 11 categories in 2003 for their CD “Radiola” and received a Grammy nomination for their work with Englebert Humperdinck on his gospel album “Always Hear The Harmony.”

The Crawfish Band has shared stages with The Coasters, The Platters, The Drifters, The Marvelettes, The Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight, The Beach Boys, Creedance Clearwater, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Chubby Checker, B.J. Thomas, The Monkees, Davy Jones, The Foundations, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs, Delbert McClinton, Wet Willie, Little River Band, Willie Nelson, Mark Chesnutt, Pat Green, Ray Price, Janie Fricke, and many others!