Rhett Frazier Inc.
East Los Angeles, California, United States
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RHETT FRAZIER INC.
Presents Escape From Dee-Troyt: This amazingly funky group ripped the stage of 5th STREET HOUSEQUAKE a month ago and we are proud to have them at STEREOLOVE. This group bears a combination of Funkadelic, Rare Earth, Flaming Ember, Frank Zappa and Al Green rolled into one along with that raw, gritty Detroit sound that would make the late great Norman Whitfield proud. - Temple Bar Concepts
You should definitely check out the new full-length release by Rhett Frazier Inc, which takes STAX-era guitar licks, blues attitude and 70s R&B crossover appeal and blends it into a tasty milkshake of auditory heaven.
- LA Examiner:
There's no escaping the Detroit in the grooves here -- as the album's got a classic sound that stretches back to the city's crossover days at the end of the 60s -- that magical time when soul, rock, and funk acts were playing to the same crowds all over town -- and breaking down a lot of musical barriers in the process! This album's definitely got a funky undercurrent, but there's also a lot of fuzz on the guitars -- and tunes shift from being soulful to being rockers -- all produced with a nicely gritty edge that reminds us of some of our favorite blue-eyed funky rock from way back -- if that makes any sense! Titles include "Am I Grooving U", "Is That OK", "If I Said", "U Can't Stop", "Mirrors", "Faultline", "Heaven", "Nuthin", and "Be Long". - Dusty Groove America, Inc.
Discography
LP: Escape from Dee-Troyt
Streaming on Pandora.com (Internet radio)
myspace.com/rhettfrazierinc
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Rhett Frazier Inc. is the L.A. based (by way of Detroit and Austin) production and performance duo known on the Left Coast as the creators of the RockSoulTronic sound.
...of their debut album Escape From Dee-Troyt, Dusty Groove says "There's no escaping the Detroit in the grooves here -- as the album's got a classic sound that stretches back to the city's crossover days at the end of the 60s -- that magical time when soul, rock, and funk acts were playing to the same crowds all over town -- and breaking down a lot of musical barriers in the process! "
Rhett Frazier is a pure soul singer (guitar player, songwriter) from Oklahoma/Texas. Funk, soul, R&B acts his whole career- a bit of a secret weapon in L.A. circles because they don't make those kind of singers anymore. Nasty, raw, mean, eccentric.
Inc (a.k.a Donny Gruendler) - the other half of the duo- is a renowned session drummer, from Dee-Troyt (youngest-ever graduate of Berklee), jazz dude, rock chops, touring go-to guy. Producer, engineer. The ears. The pedigree. Arrogant, greedy, street-wise.
The Escape - born of the 70's, -great debt to the soul forefathers, but trying to blaze out musically and start anew (in the Ciudad of Angels)- all against the backdrop of a retro sci-fi apocalypse. Yes we are writers.
Some Fun Facts about Rhett Frazier Inc:
When Justin Timberlake plugs in his night light when he goes to bed, he prays Rhett Frazier Inc. isn't hiding in his closet.
Behind Rhett Frazier Inc.'s drum kit is another fist
Rhett Frazier Inc. told Prince that purple made him look masculine.
Rhett Frazier Inc. once got in a battle of the bands with Chuck Berry. The loser had to do the Duck Walk.
Rhett Frazier Inc. drinks lava with a touch of vermouth and a slice of onion.
Miles Davis took karate lessons from Rhett Frazier Inc.
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