Johnny Rushmore
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Emerging Artist Wants Your Ears
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Boogie Man is guitarist/vocalist Johnny Rushmore's seven song CD-R, featuring music designed to recapture the passionate blues/hard rock guitar of a bygone era. Vocally reminiscent of bluesman Stevie Ray Vaughan, the brisk shuffles and grooving, in-the-pocket blues-rock are immediately appealing. "My Baby" kicks off the CD-R and offers plucky Albert King-style licks, while the closer, "Hell To Pay", serves up frenetic blues-box fills and leads. In between you'll be treated to all manner of slow, grinding blues, snaky slide boogies, and a fine assortment of aggressively performed blues-based riffs. Rushmore's guitar technique and songwriting encompasses a variety of styles from Frank Marino/Jimi Hendrix rock to Chicago and Delta blues, but his energy and passion put his original tracks a cut above the rest. Try to catch Rushmore's live act if you can.
A suburban Maryland native, Johnny decided at a very early age that he wanted to play rock 'n' roll. Playing guitar since he was 12, influenced by his mentors Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Winter, his brothers' and sisters' record collection was his early inspiration. A dedicated musician since his early teens, Rushmore - or Johnny Tsak, as he is sometimes known, in addition to Johnny Tsakanikas - has developed a pretty solid reputation as a local guitar-slinger on the rise. Discovered by concert promoter Michael Lang while playing at Jimmy's Tavern 'Open Mic Night' in Herndon, Virginia, in December of '98, Johnny was late invited to close out opening day on the main Emerging Artist stage at Woodstock 99'. Since returning from Woodstock, local record label AROM Entertainment has offered to pick up Johnny's latest release.
In addition to work on a new electric blues CD, Rushmore has an acoustic project in the works. He is also looking for new musicians to work with and would like to resume touring.
Contact Information
Johnny Rushmore
15221 Soveriegn Place
Chantilly, VA 20151
United States
E-mail:
Johnny Rushmore
Web site:
www.johnnyrushmore.com
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Aleksandar Rakich
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Taking Neo-Classical To A Higher Level
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Rolling influences such as Bach, Vivaldi, Paganini, Chopin with contemporary artists such as Michael Hedges, Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin and Yngwie Malmsteen, Serbian guitarist Aleksandar Rakich has recorded Lucida Intervalla, an instrumental CD-R of neo-classical tracks which display his colossal technique to great advantage. While tracks such as "Allegro Veloce", "Finale Brilliante" and several variations on themes by Vivaldi and Rimsky-Korsakov offer all of the classically inspired lines, intricate orchestrations and technically-demanding playing you might associate with neo-classical music, Rakich has also thoughtfully included songs such as "Yumbo", "Cool Fusion", "Space Driver" which are more a fusion of rock, jazz and subtle classical influences. Hopefully a fully realized, professionally released CD is the works for Rakich, so a much wider audience will be able to appreciate his talents.
Born to a musician's family in the former Yugoslavia in 1977, Aleksandar began playing classical guitar in 1982. From 1988 to 1991 he achieved remarkable results in various guitar competitions all over Yugoslavia. At age 13, he became interested in the fusion of acoustic and electric guitar, and started his first band, Jetliner. Aleksandar recorded two albums with Jetliner, then formed a new band, Odiskona, which specialized in ethnic music of the Balkans. A later band Combo recorded an album entitled "CoolFusion" and toured Yugoslavia. After the war in 1999, Aleksandar opened his own recording studio and recorded his latest project.
Rakich shows a strong interest in neo-classical music, and is determined to take the style to a higher level, using his family tradition, experience and guitar technique.
Contact Information
Aleksandar Rakich
Dragise Misovica 143
32000 Cacak
Serbia and Montenegro
E-mail:
Aleksandar Rakich
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