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Hello,
Congratulations – you have been chosen as one of TAXI’s Top 10 Artists for the month of July! Each month, the A&R staff handpicks some of our favorite artists to be featured on the site, to both provide a little more exposure for you – as well as help us to feature our best and strongest talent!
In addition, we are requesting that you please send us 5 hard copy CD’s and email over a hi-res photo, so that we can give you a little extra push if we see an opportunity that would fit your material. As with anything – there are no guarantees in this crazy industry, but we hope to help as much as we can.
Please mail CD’s and any ancillary goodies to:
Craig Streaman
TAXI
5010 N. Parkway Calabasas
Suite 200
Calabasas, CA 91302
Please feel free to call or email me with any additional questions / thoughts that you may have. Thanks, and have a great 4th of July Weekend!
Craig Streaman
Manager A&R
Craig@TAXI.com
818-222-2464
- TAXI (A&R Mgr Craig Streaman)
"Nashville pickers, slick production, good songwriting, and excellent performances make this arguably Isbell's best work to date. The poignant 'Home' is a great example of Isbell's songwriting, as he takes a timeless yet current topic and provides a new slant. From acoustic country-field tunes to rock-laden cuts, this is a gem of a disc. There's even a down home gospel tune, 'This River Is My Friend.' Excellent imagery and quality performance, this is a great project!" - My Texas Music by Lucky Boyd
Discography
Bill Isbell - The Good Woman Waltz
The CD just got picked up for airplay by the Undiscovered Country Radio Network on top 40 country stations across the USA. Title cut #1 country song in Texas Top 40 summer 2006 and has over 20,000 downloads. Song "Home" is being promoted by Gold Star Siblings, a support organization for families who have lost relatives in the Iraq/Afghan war.
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NEW: PLEASE DIRECT ALL INQUIRIES ABOUT BILL ISBELL TO: roxybeast@hotmail.com
OR TO THESE MYSPACE PAGES - www.myspace.com/billisbellfolkband
www.myspace.com/bethisbellfolk
OR TO BETH ISBELL'S SONICBIDS PAGE:
www.sonicbids.com/bethisbell
Texas traditional country & folk with Nashville pickers. Pure Americana. Great songwriting, killer performances & superb Nashville production. You'll LOVE this band's songs & CD! Excellent Reviews!
FINALIST IN 2 CATEGORIES OF 2008 USA SONGWRITING CONTEST!!!
SELECTED BY TAXI AS ONE OF THEIR TOP 10 ARTIST/SONGWRITERS for July 2008!!! And TAXI chose "The Good Woman Waltz" as one of their Top 10 favorite songs (July 2008). The same song hit #1 country in the Texas Top 40 chart in Summer 2006 w/ over 20,000+ listens/downloads.
The songs Watch Over Me & Home selected by Moozikoo Radio (Nashville) as being among "The Best of Today's Independent Music" in August 2008.
Home endorsed by Gold Star Siblings (supports families of fallen soldiers)
The Bill Isbell band’s sound has been described as “traditional Texas folk and country music with a Nashville sophistication.” It is classic Americana roots music. Bill released the classic CD “The Good Woman Waltz” in 2005 to some very nice reviews. The CD features 10 original Americana songs ranging from traditional country and Texas folk, cutting-edge folk, and even a Southern down-home gospel track. Bill fronts the band, playing acoustic guitar and performing the lead vocals on all of the tracks, and also wrote all of the songs appearing on the album. Bill’s band features some of Nashville’s finest musicians, including members that have recorded and/or toured with Faith Hill, Rascal Flats, and other major country stars. Jerry Kimbrough (lead guitar), Russ Pahl (steel guitar), and Jenee Keener (fiddle), lay down some very nice performances, including a smokin’ Charlie Daniels style fiddle v. guitar battle on the third track “Train Song.” You can hear the influences of Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie in Bill’s songs. Bill’s songwriting is also heavily influenced by Texas legend Townes Van Zandt, who Bill saw perform several times before his untimely death a few years ago, as well as Texas outlaw country stars like Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, David Allen Coe and Ray Wylie Hubbard. The album was produced by Matt Wilder, who also plays keyboards guitar, and even provides some of the background vocals on the CD. Wilder’s production on this CD truly excels and sets this CD apart from the pack of typical releases. Lucky Boyd of My Texas Music says “From acoustic country-field tunes to rock-laden cuts, this is a gem of a disc. … Excellent imagery and quality performance, this is a great project!” The title cut and single “The Good Woman Waltz” went #1 country in the Texas Top 40 and was also chosen by TAXI as a Top 10 favorite. It’s a hilarious classic country cut about cheating that truly deserves to be on every country dive bar jukebox (and radio station) in the USA and Europe.
Bill Isbell was born in Columbus, Georgia, and as his father was in the military, was raised all over the world, including in Europe (Germany). Bill graduated from college and law school in Oklahoma, before eventually landing in Dallas, Texas, where in the late 90s he first began to play the guitar. The song The Good Woman Waltz was literally the very first country song that Bill ever wrote and the first time it was publicly performed, reportedly several drunk women started dancing on the club’s bar. Bill has performed at folk festivals and nightclubs throughout Texas, Oklahoma, and the Southwest USA.
Electronic Press Kit (EPK): http://www.sonicbids.com/billisbell
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/billisbellfolkband
CD Sales: http://www.mytexasmusic.com/billisbell and http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/billisbell
Influences: Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, David Allen Coe, Brad Paisley, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and Hank Williams.
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