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Wink Keziah & Delux Motel
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The New CD "HARD TIMES" Is Out Now!



Austin, Texas
United States

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Member Since5/13/2006
Band Websitewww.winkkeziah.com
Band MembersWink Keziah - Guitar & Vocals.... Arda Bagcioglu - Lead Guitar & Vocals.... Dennis Davis - Lead Guitar & Vocals.... George Covetski - Bass Guitar.... Jason Donaldson - Drums
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Record LabelGREAT SOUTH RECORDS
Type of LabelIndie


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Nov 19 2009 8:00P
The Back Room Flat Rock, North Carolina
Nov 27 2009 9:30P
IOTA / w/ Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons Arlington, Virginia
Nov 28 2009 9:30P
The Rodeo Bar w/ Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons New York, New York
Nov 29 2009 9:30P
The Saint w/ Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons Asbury Park, New Jersey
Nov 30 2009 9:00P
Abilene Rochester, New York
Dec 1 2009 9:00P
Mohawk Place w/ Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons Buffalo, New York
Dec 2 2009 9:00P
The Town Fryer w/ Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons Cleveland, Ohio
Dec 3 2009 9:30P
Canal Street Tavern w/ Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons Dayton, Ohio
Dec 4 2009 9:30P
4620 Reinvented w/ Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons Knoxville, Tennessee
Dec 5 2009 9:00P
The Watershed w/ Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons Black Mountain, North Carolina
Dec 6 2009 9:00P
The Charleston Pour House w/ Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons Charleston, South Carolina
Dec 9 2009 9:00P
The Double Door Inn w/ Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons Charlotte, North Carolina
Dec 10 2009 9:00P
The Berkeley Cafe / w/ Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons Raleigh, North Carolina
Dec 11 2009 9:00P
Shenanigan’s w/ Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons Richmond, Virginia
Dec 12 2009 9:00P
The Tin Angel w/ Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 31 2009 9:30P
The Town Pump Tavern Black Mountain, North Carolina
Jan 10 2010 6:00P
Buddy’s Place Austin, Texas

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   About Wink Keziah & Delux Motel
Wink Keziah The Biography “Sometimes in life you just need a new beginning,” says singer-songwriter Wink Keziah describing exactly where he is in both his life and his career right now. For Keziah, who can’t do anything halfway, that new beginning involves a brand new album, Hard Times, set for release in late summer on the independent Great South Records, a move halfway across the country and some different directions in his music. “Hard times bring new beginnings,” Keziah notes. After a life entirely spent based in his hometown of Charlotte, N.C., Keziah has packed up his wife, his life, and his hound dog, Jesse, and moved to the thriving music center of Austin, Texas, a move he wanted to make for a long time, but that had been hindered by the responsibilities of family and personal obligations. Hard Times marks a new direction for Keziah musically as well. It’s his first solo record without longtime band, Delux Motel, the first project recorded in Los Angeles and perhaps more significantly, Keziah’s exploration of wider avenues in his songwriting, with a conscious shift from a honky-tonk heavy vibe to one that is more balanced between the raucous and the spiritual. “Even though I’m rough and tumble around the edges, I have a very firm foundation in my faith and what I believe,” he says. Keziah penned all 11 songs on Hard Times that range from the spirituality of “Sweet Jesus” and “The Hands of God” to the autobiographical “Chain Link Fence” to the rollicking ode to redneck romance “Honky-Tonk Rendezvous.” The album’s mid-tempo opener “Sometimes You Win” is a testament to Keziah’s relentlessly positive outlook. It is a gentle reminder that while “things are tough sometimes, you’re gonna win sometimes, too.” While the songs on Hard Times were all written before the move, the strong Texas influence is apparent through the entire album, particularly on the track “San Antonio” with other Lone Star references interspersed throughout. The album also has strong California influences. Keziah’s decision to record it in Los Angeles proved to be professionally and creatively fulfilling with the contributions of a stellar list of musicians who have toured and recorded with Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams, Waylon Jennings, and the Rolling Stones. Mark Stuart of the Austin-based band, Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, produced the CD and lends his vocals to the rough-edged, confessional duet “Sweet Jesus.” Keziah has found a musical soul mate in Stuart, calling his friend and producer “a visionary with an incredible set of ears. He has an uncanny way of hearing the bigger picture.” The new album’s title, Hard Times, refers partly to the economy and partly to the state of the music industry. But for Keziah, it’s an apt description of his life. He’s been permanently shaped by a turbulent, hardscrabble childhood. When he sings, “I met my Daddy through a chain link fence” on the song of the same name, he means it quite literally. In fact, the singer’s first memories of his father, “a bootlegger and a hustler,” are of visits to prison where the senior Keziah was doing time for shooting Wink’s maternal grandfather. As a child Keziah found solace in music and picked up his first guitar at age five. He played in bands throughout his school years and earned a partial art scholarship for college. Unable to fund the rest of his education costs, Keziah enrolled in cosmetology school, hoping to eventually earn enough money in that field to attend art school. But his life soon took a different turn. He opened his own salon and became hugely successful in the cosmetology field. One salon became three, and Keziah found himself overseeing 49 employees, while still continuing to tour and make music. After a second divorce and a decision to turn down a major-label record deal, he took five years off from playing music to try to live a “normal” life. But like the songs in his head, music just wouldn’t leave him alone. It was his current wife who pushed him to reconnect with his passion for music. “Hard times make changes. The good thing is they give you the strength or the momentum to get on with a new adventure in your life,” Keziah says. “I know it’s going to be tough for the next couple of years. It’s going to take a lot of hard work.” But hard work has never concerned Keziah who has toured extensively for years. In 2008, he was on the road a total of 200 days and he will continue to tour behind Hard Times. “People are probably going to identify with the honky-tonkers, because that’s what they’ve been most used to hearing from me,” Keziah says of the project. “But with this record, they’re going to get a taste of a different side of Wink. Hopefully it’ll be a side that they’ll embrace.”

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Nov 25 2009 4:56 PM

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Nov 23 2009 8:11 PM

Hey Wink, Roger Morris and I got to check out the new CD at his new mountain place...it was killer as hell.
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Nov 21 2009 8:38 AM

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Nov 2 2009 1:20 PM

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Oct 28 2009 11:16 PM

Thanks for the Add and the Friendship.

Regards

Trevor (guitar, keys and songwriter with Sunfighter)
Josh Cambell

Josh Cambell



Oct 23 2009 3:14 PM

Hi Wink..
Thanks for taking the time to listen!
I love your music, you've got some great songs!!
My favorite songs are "You're talkin'bout me"
and "A hot woman a cold beer",
I like the blues feeling in the songs!!
I hope you have a great weekend!!
Have fun,
Josh
BRETHREN

BRETHREN



Oct 17 2009 10:22 AM

Hey Wink And Greta,
Thinking about you both and hope you're doing well.
Call me sometime when you're close in. Love ya, Snowflake
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Oct 16 2009 8:43 AM

Welcome to Checkerboard!
WILLIAM BAILEY

WILLIAM BAILEY



Sep 28 2009 9:23 PM

Hey! Thanks For The Add!


Have a good one!
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Pascal

Pascal



Sep 28 2009 11:53 AM

Bonjour
Thanks for the friendly add
What a good sound in your music
really like it
Best wishes from France
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Pascal
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Sep 13 2009 7:19 PM

Thanks so much. We are honored and blessed!

{{{BIG HUGS}}}

Dee

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Dead Elvis & His One Man Grave

Dead Elvis & His One Man Grave



Sep 4 2009 1:36 PM

Thanks for rockin' them bones to these dead and primitive tones.
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Kristie Lewis



Sep 4 2009 12:47 AM

Hello Wink tell your lovely wife the fine folks of Our Place say hello.
Charlie Rich

Charlie Rich



Aug 30 2009 4:01 AM

ALL THE BEST..
LISA BIANCO (Next show in NJ 11/28)

LISA BIANCO (Next show in NJ 11/28)



Aug 22 2009 4:56 PM

How you been? Thanks for checking out my music. If you are in Philly August 28th , I'm playing at the Blinkin Lincoln with my band. Take care.
The Honest Life

The Honest Life



Aug 17 2009 5:26 PM

heeeey whats going on?? i hope you had a sweet weekend. did you do anything cool??




muchlove
D
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Aug 10 2009 3:45 PM

Thanks to all the Vern Gosdin fans for their votes. Let's get The Voice into the Country Music Hall of Fame a.s.a.p.
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Kristie Lewis



Aug 4 2009 10:14 PM

GOOD LUCK TONIGHT! CAN'T WAIT TIL YOU GUYS ARE BACK IN THE QUEEN CITY!! Show NY what honky tonk FEELS like.
In Memory of Dan Fogelberg

In Memory of Dan Fogelberg



Aug 3 2009 7:05 PM

Thank you for being a part of the Dan Fogelberg tribute.
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Jul 28 2009 8:50 PM

Hope to see you at the...
Hoffe, wir sehen uns auf dem...

2. High Noon Festival in Borgholzhausen / Germany
15. + 16. August 2009
www.High-Noon-Festival.de

Yours / Euer
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Velvet Truckstop



Jul 21 2009 8:44 PM

Thanks for everything last saturday...had a great time as always! JD
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