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UNCLE KRACKER & REHAB
UNCLE KRACKER ~ Is there anyone better to tell it like it is than one's kid? In January 2008, when Uncle Kracker began to write the songs that appear on his new album Happy Hour, it was his eight year-old daughter who suggested that he try writing something a little less downbeat than usual. "She said to me, 'I can't really dance to any of your songs,'" the father of three says with a laugh. "Not that I needed to make a dance record, but it dawned on me that I tend to write a lot of acoustic ballads and mid-tempo type tunes. And I thought, 'It's pretty bad when your own kids won't listen to your records. Your own kids!' At the end of the day, people want to have fun more than they want to cry. I realized that it was time for something a little more upbeat and positive and that's what I ended up with on Happy Hour." ~ www.unclekracker.com
REHAB ~ The musical muscle of Rehab comes from four longtime professional musicians. Lead guitarist, Mike Hartnett, is a veteran of Atlanta studio sessions with vast credits that include Pink, Outkast, Nelly, Killer Mike, and many more. He is known Danny since 1998. Once he left the old group, we reworked songs, then wrote new ones, Mike recalls. And everyone had more to say about what they wanted in the production. Danny says of his longtime friend, We kind of call him the alien you can't ever tell what's going on in his mind. He talks in word association. He'll speak back at you in some crazy trip. He's one of the best guitar players in Georgia you never get the same solo twice. Anchoring down the bottom are bassist Hano Leathers and drummer Chris Hood. Hano, to me, is the backbone of the whole operation, Danny says of the bass player, a founding member of rock bands Prozak and Belloch. He's logical, which is fitting because he's a bass player. He plays the whole groove and pulls everything together. He's also a very good businessman, and awesome human being and he plays hell of a bass. Danny is especially fond of Chris, a veteran of several Athens, GA bands over the past decade, including: The Sounds of Motown, Aftermath, and Atomic Cafe. He's a six foot five manchild, a real nice personality. He's almost innocent, and has no idea of malice. He can say things so honest sometimes, he blows people off their feet. And he's really talented as a drummer. Last, but hardly least, there's rhythm guitarist Foz, whos worked in the past with World Soul, Soybase, Ying-Yang Twins, Lil Jon, and Bonecrusher. He rates as the groups bonafide rock star, and every band should have one. Hes got that whole attitude down, Danny says. He's definitely a conqueror. ~ www.rehabmusic.com
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LocationThe Aquarius Music Hall
400 English Rd.
High Point, NC 27262
United States
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