“If you are talking about blues, radio is super important. Some of those DJs have been doing shows for twenty to forty years and they’ve a devoted listenership.”
Author: Brant Buckley
Brant Buckley
Brant Buckley is a Berklee College of Music graduate, songwriter, and guitar teacher with a passion for both creating and sharing music. He is also a published writer and a professional tennis instructor, blending artistry and discipline in all he does.
You can hear the Delta in the most clean and precise kind of way from a guitarist who is always in control when he plays
“I wrote or co-wrote every song on the album, which is somewhat of a chapter in my life story.”
“Radio is theatre of the mind. As an on-air person, you have to create the pictures that people are going to see in their mind as they are listening on the radio… The blues is as important as any artform.”
“Mixing is all a balance of combining the technical and creative.”
“The recording process is new to me and something that I just experienced. I want to keep recording going forward and I would love to release a full length album by the end of 2021.”
“The main reason I started recording was to record myself. I wasn’t trying to become a recording engineer or a producer at the time. Once we started to do it, it became my job and career.” – Scott Herzog
“One of my claims to fame at The John Henry Blues Festival in West Virginia is that I was kicked off stage by Big Joe Williams. Big Joe was one of those guys who played what he felt like and I was one of those guys who learned 12 Bar Blues and Big Joe was not a regular 12 Bar Blues guy.” – John Colgan-Davis
Brian Lupo’s guitar playing which is heavily influenced by Albert Collins, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, and Albert King can be heard on Nora Jean Wallace’s first two recordings
“I was the first to play Springsteen’s ‘Asbury Park’ album. It was a team effort. WMMR was an artist breaker and considered the breakout station in the country.” – Michael Tearson