My Family... My band (www.SisterHazel.com) and the community that surrounds the band (The Hazelnuts). My Merchandise company (www.soundwavemerch.com) that is here to help bands maximize their merchandise potential. Moving things with my mind. Writing songs and creating music. Being awesome. Great conversation and good dialog. My friends. Current events. Caramel. Anything that makes me laugh or think. Oddities. Brainstorming new ideas. The Beach, the ocean and surfing (although I rarely get to go these days). Traveling and wandering around new places. Reading. Florida Gator football and basketball. The World Wide Web and Google. People watching. Good practical jokes...... And Coffee.
Music
MY NEW VIDEO FOR "I DON'T MIND" OFF MY NEW SOLO CD "DRIFT"
Movies
Vanilla Sky, Kung Fu Hustle, Old School, Fight Club, Jaws (just the first one), Forrest Gump, Big Fish, Night Shift, Clay Pigeons, Silence of the lambs, Pulp Fiction, Boogie Nights, Dogma, Starsky and Hutch, Good Will Hunting, Clay Pigeons...
Television
Curb your enthusiasm, Scrubs, Huff, CNN AND CNN Headline news, Sons and Daughters, Boston Legal, SNL, Grey's Anatomy, The Family Guy, Reba (Who knew this show was funny?!), Six feet under (I know it's gone, I'm just not ready to say goodbye), ANY Funny Home Video show (I challenege anyone to watch a whole episode and not laugh out loud), The Weather Channel, Conan O'Brian and The Daily Show with John Stewart.
Books
Running with Scissors, Dry, Possible Side Effects, Magical thinking - (All by Augustin Burroughs), Anything by David Sedaris, A Million little pieces and My Friend Leonard (Whatever, they were great books regardless of the contraversy), Traveling Mercies (Anne Lamotte), I Am Just Not Myself These Days (Josh Kilmer-Purcell), Most anything by Harry Crews...
About me: I guess the most notable things about me are that I'm the lead singer for the band Sister Hazel and that I have a wonderful family. We have 3 kids - Chance 8, Marley 5 and Alaina 3 - who I am in COMPLETE awe of. I truly believe that they hung the moon. I play guitar and I write a bunch of songs.
I'm also partners in the greatest merchandise company in the country - Period.... Sound Wave Merchandise/Campus Customs. If you're an artist/ band (big or small), promoter or ANYONE who needs merchandise or a web store - let me know and I will plug you into a phenomenal merchandise program. Drop me an e-mail right here or click the link and shoot an email there.
There is A LOT that goes down on the Hazel side of things:
Touring, writing, recording, rehearsing, hosting/promoting our music festivals and events (www.therockboat.com and www.theRockslope.com), running our cancer charity foundation (www.LyricsForLife.org) and enjoying the community that supports us. It's the most remarkable community of music fans anywhere.
- Wit, wisdom and humor. Good.
- Naysayers and whiners. Lame.
- My best friends make me laugh and think.
- I love Truck stops. I have to spend at least $3 every time we stop at one.
- I love to surf, but these days I can't seem to find the ocean very regularly.
- I love to tour. It's good laughs, good people and good music... But I miss my family.
- I am fascinated with people in general. And most of the time I like them.
- Odd is interesting. Normal is comfortable. Kind is cool. Mean is beat.
- I think that cancer sucks. It ripped my younger brother Jeffery from me when he was only 18 years old. I miss him every single day.
- I get VERY excited about great ideas and creative concepts.
- I seek out great dialog and good conversation. They both give me hope for the world.
- I like dreamers and I believe that everybody dreams... It's just that SOME people dream only for themselves while others dream for us all...
- I have trouble with selfish people. They're like a rock in my shoe.
- I think America is an incredible idea. We should keep working on it.
- Sometimes I act like a moron to cover up the fact that I'm a jackass.
Who I'd like to meet: Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain. Also, I'd love to hang out with my parents and grandparents when they were kids/teenagers. For that matter it might be interesting to hang out with myself as a kid. That would be weird but insightful.
Haven't stopped by in a long time. Robbie has written some new music. Check it out or not.
You will have missed out if you don't though... ;-) Hope all is fabulous with you!
www.myspace.com/highyellowfeverband.com
Holly
Thank you. Just... thank you so much for all you bring. Your music, your voice. Whenever I hear your voice, music and lyrics, i melt and it jus makes me feel so much better on a good or bad day! See you in December when you come to chicago with sister hazel! -Lynsey
Ken, Thanks so much for signing my pic of us @ The Music Mill. You were on the bus in Lou. done with signing things, but one of ur guys took the pic on the bus and you signed it. YOU ROCK!! THANX
Hey ken!!!
You are my idol/hero haha
And I'm serious! I love you and all your music and what you do.
Well I thought I would come by to say that!
I hope all is well!
And you were great at operation swandive/lyrics4life!! It was my first time there and I loved it!
Thanks for everything!
:)Sam Bright
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