Music
The best kept secret in music
Press
This band has no press
Discography
3 LPs
Sunday Morning Catastrophe
From the Hip
Phoenix Rising
Phoenix Rising Cd got a lot of college airplay through Tinderbox music.
We are on Myspace and have streaming music
Photos
Feeling a bit camera shy
Bio
On stage we are truly a band - not 4 musicians. We are a rock band that can pull off Smooth jazz and 50's blues.
Amy tried out for Phoenix Rising in 1994 - when it was Brian and drummer - hired a bassist and started gigging in 1995 - started travelling a lot in TX - but got tired of Lubbock and Brian and Amy moved to Nashville without bassist and drummer.
Amy Brown
is the front "man"- in the form of a 5'8" blonde woman. "Crazy", "full of energy", and "that chick can wail" are the most common comments. Favorite songs to perform are all the originals along with "Think" by Aretha Franklin and "Piece of My Heart" by Janis Joplin. Believe it or not, Amy has found time to complete her undergraduate degree in Psychology, Master in Sociology, hold down a full-time job, gig as much as humanly possible, and marry the man of her dreams.
Brian Brown
(aka the man of Amy's dreams) is the guitarist and main songwriter of Phoenix Rising. He is native to Texas, where he and Amy first formed the band. He draws musical inspiration from such artists as Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, Hank Williams, and Elton John. No matter what style of music Brian plays, he likes to incorporate a bluesy sensibility.
Mark "Mac" McMasters
(aka “Da Big Boy,” “Big Mark” or “Hey You”)
hails from Akron, OH and has lived in L.A., Chicago, and Houston playing with various acts. His early influences were lots of da Funk i.e. Sly and the Family Stone, Tower of Power, and Stax recording artists. Heavy 2 and 4 or what they used to call Fat Back are Mac’s strongest attributes.
Brady Young
Brady was born in Indiana to parents caught between bohemia and the straight life. At twelve he was abducted by physicists and forced to live and travel with the grateful dead. Upon return to his family and after much counseling he moved to west virginia where he first discovered funk music and was later to be photographed in jr. high school dressed as George Clinton. Early in adult life he worked in the peace corps teaching the 3rd world poor the basics of standup comedy, while later he would be found living in San Francisco disrupting the social structures of several communes. Today Brady calls Nashville home and is happy to be the low-end bass shaman for Phoenix Rising.
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