You never know when you might hear the music of 500 Miles to Memphis. Maybe in a honky tonk in Tennessee. Maybe at a Rock show in North Carolina. Maybe at a Punk festival in their hometown of Cincinnati. Maybe in an acoustic format at the corner bar or coffeeshop. Or maybe on MTV’s Nitro Circus, soundtracking some extreme sport stunts.
The band is comfortable in almost any setting, largely because their music — a mix of scrappy Country and scorching Rock & Roll — has a magnetic, wide appeal. The Hot Topic kids get juiced on the band’s adrenalized live shows, while fans of Classic Country can appreciate 500 Miles’ true, heartfelt take on vintage C&W.
With Sunshine in a Shotglass, the group’s debut full-length, 500 Miles to Memphis introduced itself as a world-class Rock band with songs that are alternately shit-kicking and heartbreaking. From the fiddle-driven, broken-glass-inducing “All My Friends are Crazy” to the closing trilogy of “Let It Rain”/”Sunshine in a Shotglass”/”The Regret,” singer/songwriter Ryan Malott and his tight, rousing band concocted a true, complete album, full of plenty of soul and depth, but also lots of instantly memorable Pop hooks.
Don’t believe me? Then just listen to Sunshine once or, better yet, get out to a show. 500 Miles to Memphis is one of the most promising young bands in North America right now.
- Mike Breen, City Beat
"Incredibly dark, sinister and unbelievably brilliant..." - Dayton City
Paper
"An exercise in American Eclectic: gritty, dirty and damn good." -
Independent Weekly
"Harnessing the bucking bronco of country punk and holding on for dear
life." - Knoxville Metro Pulse
"Bridging the spirit of sweaty punk and old-school country, 500 Miles
To Memphis is irresistible." - CiN Weekly
Eastside Vibe, our latest article - http://www.eastsidevibe.com/500MilesSeptember.html
Winner of the 2005 Cincinnati Entertainment Award for best Roost/Americana/Folk
Nominated for the 2006 CEA for best Rock
Winner of the 2007 CEA for best Live Act
Winner of the 2007 CEA for best Rock
Nominated for the 2007 CEA for Album of The Year
Nominated for the 2007 CEA for Artist of the Year
Winner of the 2008 CEA for best Rock
BOOKING CONTACT
!Double Wide Booking!
Matthew Madison
doublewidebooking@yahoo.com
PR CONTACT
Respectable Artist Management
Geoff Eaton or J. Coughlin
geoffeaton1959@gmail.com
We are currently working on releasing 3 (women, men, local bands) 2010 Springfield Entertainment Group calendars. If you think you have what it takes to make 1 of the months for our calendars or have a band that could use the extra exposure by being displayed in a calendar, then contact us for consideration. Men and women (6 out of the 12) chosen for a month, will also have to be available periodically for paid bookings throughout the year (don't fret, it is only part-time for various weekends, possibly 2-3 days a month). We will book the SEG guys & gals at events and bars throughout the region.
We are also looking for an experienced individual to coordinate and supervise the events we book for the SEG guys and gals.
Guys & Gals!! Anyone is eligible (no experience required). Shots are up to the photographer and will most likely fit the month it is being shot for. Please send in a photo (doesn't have to be professional photos, any will do but prefer professional) and a brief bio of yourself and what you would like us to know.
The band calendar is to help promote local established bands. Each month will display a different band and their info. To be considered, please send a band photo, and bio by snail mail or email to:
Springfield Entertainment Group PO BOX 2367 spfld, oh 45501 (937)323-4160 ceharris0109@aol.com
We have a panel of 5 members (myself, local radio station rep, news-sun rep, photographer, local bar owner) that will choose which bands will be featured in the calendar.
***Still accepting bids from photographers
If you're a bar owner, entertainment venue, band, comedian, entertainer, or anyone that has upcoming events in 2010 and would like to have them printed in our calendars or place an ad in the calendars, please get in touch asap. Deadline to go the printer is just about here.
If you are partying in downtown Baltimore for Halloween, we are playing with Fools and Horses at The Quarter. Costume party and the whole 9. Best part about Halloween is its the only time of year Guys are allowed to stare at chicks outside of a strip club! Lucky us!
Hey, just droppin by to say hey and to invite you out to open mic night to night at the cottage In southgate ky we start about 9 o'clock we have the singer song writer contest starting wednesday night also hope to see you there dan smith
Hey, I just wanted to stop by to show you two of our new songs, "Almost Famous" and "She's Got It." If you get a chance, we'd love to hear what you think about the music.
I've been listening to your CD non stop since I got it last Saturday. If you don't stop in Detroit again soon I might just chase you down in Ohio. Absolutly Awesome songs!!!!!!!!!
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