The Yard Dogs are one of Florida’s hottest bands, performing uplifting and entertaining music which blends Zvdeco, blues, Cajun, folk and rock which they call “Florida Swamp Music” The Yard Dogs unique sound is due to the mixture of 3 eclectic musical instruments and musicians.
Charlie Kuchler on accordion and keyboards is a lifelong musician. He has shared the stage with C.J.Chenier, Buckwheat Zydeco, Jimmy Buffet, U-2, and Cheap Trick.
Kip Lawrence plays a guit-jo, which is a 6 string banjo with incredible percussive qualities. He was part of the Key West Songwriters Fest before founding the SW Florida Songwriters Fest and the SW Florida Folk and Blues Fest.
Brian Travis is a graduate of West Point who ended up playing a home made bass instrument called a Jamaican Rumba Box. Brian also wails on the harmonica.
The Yard Dogs have played many top venues including The Florida Cajun-Zydeco Fest, Rhythm & Blues Fest, Wisconsin State Fair, Skippers Smoke House in Tampa, The Green Parrot and Schooner Wharf Bar in Key West.
They have recorded 6 CD’s in 6 years.
The Yard Dogs live show is upbeat, entertaining and fun. Check out their web site at www.theyarddogs.com or listen to their recordings. It’s always Mardi Gras with The Yard Dogs…they even bring the beads!
I’ve been a music journalist for more than 10 years. Over the years, many artists and managers have asked me what the best way to break into the European music market is.
Here are some things you can do:
Publish artist press releases, news, and tour dates to the CountryHome Forum on MySpace, http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazine , CountryHome Forum is part of CountryHome, http://www.CountryHome.de , Germany's Premier Country Music Online Magazine. Everything you publish to the CountryHome Forum will be published in my weekly Newsletter which has over 80,000 readers.
Send me CDs and DVDs for review and set up an artist interview with me. All reviews and interviews will be submitted to the magazines I'm writing for. More information for which magazines I'm writing can be found at http://www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
Upload artist videos to http://www.MyVideo.de and http://www.ClipFish.de . Both websites are like http://www.YouTube.com and uploading videos is free. The websites are completely in German. If you don’t speak German and need assistance, I will help you open an account and upload a video for 25 Euro. Each additional video upload for the same artist name and at the same video website is 10 Euro.
If you have more questions about the European music market or about any of the information I send to you today, please contact me at Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de too.
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany
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Founder of HelpCharity Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Phone: ++49 (0) 6101 544613 Mobil: ++49 (0) 171 6903352 E-Mail: Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de Internet: www.MySpace.com/HelpCharity Internet: www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
Hi Guys,Back in England now but wish i could still see you in Bert..s bar again.Sent the photo,you were great that night.think it was wed 30th sept.Keep up the good work.Linda xxx
Today I like to inform you, that you can read and watch interviews with your favorit country stars in Enlgish, German and French at http://www.CountryHome.de/Interviews .
Warm regards
Christian
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Phone: ++49 6101 544613 Mobil: ++49 171 6903352 Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de Info@CountryMusic-Magazin.de www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
Today I like to inform you, that you can read and watch interviews with your favorit country stars in Enlgish, German and French at http://www.CountryHome.de/Interviews .
Warm regards
Christian
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Phone: ++49 6101 544613 Mobil: ++49 171 6903352 Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de Info@CountryMusic-Magazin.de www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
CountryHome Forum have more than 5,000 members. Each news you submit to CountryHome Forum will released to my weekly Newsletter with more than 50,000 readers.
Please submit your artist news and events to CountryHome Forum to help your artists to get well known better in Europe. If you do not have the time to submit your artist news and events by yourself, please send it me to: Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de and I will submit them by myself to CountryHome Forum.
I know that many artists from North America don't have their music videos uploaded to German video websites. The most popular websites are MyVideo.de and ClipFish.de. That means your European audience does not have the chance to find them.
I understand that most of you don't speak German and are not able to upload videos because of the language barrier. If you would like me to upload your videos to the German video websites, please let me know.
Thanks
Christian
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Phone: ++49 6101 544613 Mobil: ++49 171 6903352 Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de Info@CountryMusic-Magazin.de
Hey, is that Grampa from "Christmas With Grampa" the same Grampa from "Grampa's Moonshine"? Because if it is, maybe he should stop tasting his own product. Then he wouldn't be so hungover! :)
Uncle Charlie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( I'm gonna miss you too! Well, we're up in New Jersey right now. The bakery's open tomorrow for the weekend. Ugh...work! hehe. It was an o.k. drive up, we never like it, but everyone's alive and no one got hurt! :) I guess I'll talk to you later! I'm gonna miss this Monday!
keep rocking
