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Music
All of it!
Really!
ALL OF IT!
Movies
Sci-Fi, action, comedy, farce...
Television
www.Hippies.TV
Books
Just Read Peter Bergen's, 'The Osama Bin Ladin I Know' and Phil Lesh's 'Searching For The Sound'
Heroes
Dad, Levon, Chelsea, MArlo, Roger Tausz, John Lennon, Kinky Friedman, Killer Kawolski, Muhammed Ali, Bill Clinton, Dr. Hunter Thompson, Madonna, Jerry Garcia, King David, B.J. Wilson, Thorne Dryer, Keith Richards, John Lomax, Willie Dixon, Michael Knust, Stewkey Antoni, Buffalo, Carolyn Wonderland, Jesus (nice jewish boy - a bit of a rebel), Dean Becker, Tommy Chong, Ron Paul, Noam Chomsky, Richard Clarke, Jon Stewart, more to come....
About me: I'm the luckiest boy in the world. I still get to be a musician, bandleader and film-maker on a full-time basis. Lucky to be loved, too! I'll tell you more, but (assuming the flash player will work on your browser) let's let the music speak before we get into the words, video and touring info!
Songwriter Guy Schwartz' songs have been recorded by Gloria Edwards, Relayer, The Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra, Kinky Friedman, Hamilton Loomis, Anthony Moore, Father's Chief, Z-Rocks, Heath Spencer Philip, Opie Hendrix, Little Joe Washington & The New Jack Hippies.
Bandleader Guy Schwartz' bands have performed with Nickle Creek, David Lindley, U2, Eric Johnson, Muddy Waters, Duran Duran, Huey Lewis & The News, Todd Rundgren, Carolyn Wonderland, Van Gunn, The Thieves, ZZTop, many more... Nashville's Billy Block (Western Beat) called Guy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies "Texas' premiere blues rock hippie jam band!"
Musician Guy Schwartz has acted as musical director for 'Smokin' Joe's Roadhouse', The Wandering Poets, Gloria Edwards, 'Poetry in Reverse', and ABC Radio.
Guy has supplied voices and instrumental parts for video games, including the slide guitar intro on 'Big Mother Truckers' and as a voice actor in 'KOHAN:Kings Of War'.
Guy has performed as a former/current sideman for Lightning Hopkins, Blaze Foley, Buck Jones, Milton Hopkins, Gloria Edwards, B.W. Stephenson, Jimmy Reed, Lionel Hampton, The Monkees, Chuck Berry, Roy Head, John Lee Hooker, Sonny James, Little Joe Washington, Trudy Lynn, Fever Tree, Opie Hendrix and many more...
Producer Guy Schwartz has recently produced tracks for Don Walsh, Gloria Edwards, Kool B, Little Joe Washington, The New Jack Hippies, Buster Pennington, The Drug Truth Network, SOUTH BY DUE EAST, Sage & Woodway, Hippies.TV, MArlo Blue and Opie Hendrix.
Film Maker Guy Schwartz has directed concert documentaries on Billy Joe Shaver, Mr.Scarface, Teresa James and Carolyn Wonderland, and has produced (w.Marlo Blue) 'Hippies.TV' & 'SOUTH BY DUE EAST TELEVISION', two TV series which have included over 90 short films about music from Texas, and from Texas musicians on the road. Guy has just returned home to Houston, Texas, USA, from working in the west with Sirius Hippies Productions, editing films from SOUTH BY DUE EAST 2008 & putting together 'Guy Schwartz' Video Guide To JAMS & OPEN MICS in the Greater Metropolitan Houston Area!'. Recent feature length releases include 'Billy Joe Shaver - North Carolina','SOUTH BY DUE EAST 2006 - PERFORMANCES', the Wonderland documentary and 'BluesGuy's Rock-n-Roll House Party'.
Author Guy Schwartz' essays and columns are read by thousands of subscribers to Texas Music News and Guy's vast email newsletter list. Canadian rock-critic Jason Gross (rockcritic.com) listed Guy's Lionel Hampton Tribute as one of the top twenty music essays of 2002. A compilation of these essays in book form may be released in 2008. Guy's 1999 'how-to manual, 'Keeping The Band Together', published by Sage & Woodway Publishers, is obsolete and out of print.
MORE SPECIFIC Musicians with talents and ideas that inspire me to collaborate! Musicians who can create opportunities to play with me at shows in their states and provinces. Writers with screenplays. Patrons and friends who can offer a place to stay on the road or host a house concert.
My new record just came out this week on I-Tunes and CD Baby. I have included a video talking about the record, hope you enjoy it! Please leave us some feedback to let us know what you think! Thanks for your support.
-Ray Stephenson
PS: This album would make a great stocking stuffer ;)
US Tour w/ Between The Buried And Me, Cynic & Devin Townsend! Jan 11th @ Meridian in Houston! Be there! Pre-sale tickets are also now on sale, if you plan on coming I highly suggest getting them now! Available at ticketmaster. Links on our page!
Just stopping by to give you a heads up that we are STILL giving away Free copies of our brand new EP – Stage 1 – to whoever wants one! So if you’ve not yet gotten your hands on one, and would like a free copy, please let us know! We’d love to send one your way, you’ve just gotta ask. That’s it!
Can’t wait to hear from you, check out our BLOG for more info. Thanks!
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