"Everyday I Do", "Ain't That Lonely Yet" and "Wake Up and Smell the Whiskey" Produced by Dean Miller, recorded at County Q, Nashville, USA. Musicians: Vocals/808/Additional Keyboards - Richard Delamar, Drums- Paul Scholton, Bass- Alison Prestwood, Acoustic Guitar- Michael Spriggs, Electric Guitar - J.T. Corenflos, Steel Guitar - Smith Curry, Fiddle - Rob Hajacos, Piano/Keyboard - Tim Lauer, Backing vocals - Britt Savage. Engineered by PT Houston, Edited and Mixed by Rob Matson, Mastered by Jimmy Dulin @ County Q ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Ain't Enough Days", "The Cannonball" and "Smack a Hippie" produced by Richard "Strong Like Bull" Delamar, recorded at Bull Pen, Toronto, Canada. Vocals/Keyboards/Lap Steel/Engineering/Mix - Richard Delamar, Pedal Steel on "Ain't Enough Days" and "Bad Boy Good" - Stew Crookes, Fiddle on "Smack a Hippie" and "Bad Boy Good" - Ashley MacIsaac, Acoustic Guitar on "Bad Boy Good" - Steve Keil. Mastered by Chuck Carvalho @ Joao Carvalho Mastering.
Influences
About as wide as it gets: The Carter Family, Deee-lite, Jimmie Rodgers, Orb, Robert Johnson, Champion, The Skillet Lickers, The KLF, Roger Miller, Nellee Hooper, Willie Nelson, Portishead, Hank Williams, Hank III, The B-52's, The Flying Burrito Bros, Inner City, Dwight Yoakam, Nickelback, Roy Acuff, Future Sound of London, Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, Fatboy Slim....
Sounds Like
Pure country and western with an electronic twist.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Some positive feedback on MySpace:-------------------------------- "Love the slap a hippie upside the head. lol. Funny stuff."-Guy Ritchie. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "...We LOVE Strong Like Bull..." - Daisy Spurs. ------------------------------------------------------------"Bee-u-tea-full!" - DJ Spaghetti.----------------------- "Yeeehaaa" - WestBam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "...Makes me want to build a HonkyTech night club...!" -Zac Lawson. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Richard Delamar started out like many others aspiring to work in the music industry. At age ten he began tinkering with his dual cassette deck, making loops and overdubs of current dance and rap tracks. At 18 he began to DJ at raves and clubs in his native Alberta and bought his first keyboard. The electronic tracks that Richard produced lead him to DJ at gigs in Canada’s biggest cities. He came to Toronto in 2003 and began a series of collaborations and remixes with a number of local independent musicians.
By 2006, after years of trying to make heartfelt dance music, Richard realized he was in the wrong genre. “Being away from home made me miss country music, so I started producing my own music the only way I knew how, with keyboards and samplers.” Richard posted his independently-produced electronic country music on his myspace page which quickly caught the attention of songwriter/producer Dean Miller, son of country legend Roger Miller.
Delamar worked tirelessly for six months to enable him to fly to Nashville and record with Miller, who enlisted the talents of some of country music’s most notable session players. Among the musicians were Smith Curry (who has worked with Randy Travis, Kid Rock and even Erasure); Rob Hajacos (Shania Twain, Trisha Yearwood, Fleetwood Mac), and JT Corenflos (Dwight Yoakam, Bob Seger, Terri Clark, Gretchen Wilson).
In addition to the Nashville recordings, Delamar’s forthcoming album will feature some self-produced tracks. Among them is “Smack A Hippie,” a hilarious collaboration with award-winning fiddler Ashley MacIsaac. Richard has also co-written and produced songs for country crooner Mark Jacob, a current staple on Canadian radio. Bringing a new twist to country music, he’s working on what he calls “honky-house” remixes for Toronto’s alt-country heroes $100 and New York performance art troupe Daisy Spurs.
Delamar’s own productions, released under the Strong Like Bull pseudonym, present an alternative/electronic spin on the traditional country sound, all the while maintaining a marketable pop sensibility. It’s not unusual considering he grew up with parents who listened to country and rock, and that among his own influences he cites Dwight Yoakam, Deee-lite, Hank Williams, Fatboy Slim, the Carter Family and the KLF.
Richard Delamar’s sound is uniquely his, something borne of a deep love and appreciation for music.
-----Robert Thomson
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Promotional Photos: Mark Turuk, Jim Dawson. Thanks for live pics: Dennis, Peter and Bryan.
Hi Richard Delamar / Strong Like Bull, thanks for accepting my friend request. I appreciate the opportunity to introduce You to the music of ALIEN SKIN.
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Hey Richard, glad yr back on my page. still waiting for an australian tour! Thanks for the friendship & the wonderfull music Peace & Love to You & Yours Allways bruce .,;..~':+_..~!
I've been making play lists of the music I like most. Your is the most recent addition. It was a refreshing change to hear your music while I worked at my latest HD fractal animation. I wonder when you will have music for your electronica up. That should be cool too. I also liked the song "Smack a hippie" as two out of three of my older brothers are hippie wanna-be types.
Hey! Thanks for adding me.. I wanted to let you know that I just wrote and recorded two new songs called "Austin" & "Picture Un-Perfect"--they're up on my page now!! Check them out if ya get bored.
Talk to you soon!!
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