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By Anita Stewart, Rock At Night Pittsburgh Suzy hails from Mississippi and now lives in Houston. She goes by one name, “Suzy” and is a 62 year old heavy metal/rock artist who has just released her second EP; this self-titled, five-song EP is produced by Billboard #1 artist/producer Norman Matthew (As Strange As Angels, Murder FM who has worked with many notable rock musicians. Featured musicians on Suzy’s EP, just released last month include Joe Vitale (The Eagles, Joe Walsh) and Matt Starr (Ace Frehley). Her first EP that was released in 2015 is titled “The Best Revenge” and dedicated to the haters and those who scoffed at the possibility of Suzy doing music full time. Through attending the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, Suzy learned even more about songwriting and the music biz. She has shared the stage with members of Cheap Trick as well as Paul Stanley (KISS), Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Nancy Wilson (Heart), Simon Kirke (Bad Company, Free), Joe Vitale (Joe Walsh, The Eagles), Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath) and Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne). She has performed live at venues including the world-famous Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood and House of Blues in Las Vegas. See more videos from her website HERE. Her message is simple: “You’re never too old to do what you love. Life is a song, so sing it.” Click the arrow on the audio file and check out the whole interview! Rock At Night’s Podcast Channel—Listen to the iTunes Interview Here   or   Podbay Here   Rock At Night’s theme song is “Get On Down If You Feel Up To It” by Billy “Bass” Alford

By Erik De’Viking, Rock At Night London Click on the link above to hear the audio interview Rock At Night caught up with blues artist Laurence Jones, who will soon be embarking on his UK November/December tour from Norwich on November 22nd.  Jones just released his self-titled album Laurence Jones Band on September 27th to rave reviews, including a review by Rock At Night, which described it as “one of those “feel good” albums.” In this interview, Jones discusses his early years as a teen blues guitar prodigy; his growth as an artist the last five years; the evolution of the Laurence Jones Band; and the making of the new self-titled Laurence Jones Band album. You can listen to the audio interview in iTunes HERE. ABOUT LAURENCE JONES Introduced into the “Hall of fame” in the “British Blues Awards” for winning “Young Artist Of The Year 2014,2015 & 2016”. Voted “Best European Guitarist” in the “European Music Awards” Laurence is often labelled as “the future of the blues.”He’s won several major awards and accolades andhas sold over50,000 albums across four albums. He’s supported the likes of Status Quo, Gary Clark Jr, Glenn Hughes,Kenny Wayne Shepherd, James Bay, Van Morrison, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Joe Bonamassa,Jools Holland, Eric Burdon,and many more The Laurence Jones Band is comprised of Laurence Jones(vocals and guitar), Phil Wilson(drums), Bennett Holland(keyboard) and Greg Smith (bass). DISCOGRAPHY: Laurence Jones Band (2019), The Truth (2018),Take Me High (2016), What’s It Gonna Be (2015),Temptation(2014), Blues Caravan (2014), Thunder In The Sky (2012) LAURENCE JONES BAND ONLINE Official Website | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Instagram

By Chyrisse Tabone, Rock At Night Tampa INTERVIEW WITH Ms. JOSIE COTTON Josie Cotton-Everything is Oh Yeah Some of you may remember 80s icon Josie Cotton (“Johnny Are You Queer?”, “Jimmy Loves Maryanne”, and “He Could Be the One?).  What you may not know is she has been releasing albums since then—and one very special album Everything Is Oh Yeah will be released on October 4th via Kitten Robot/Cleopatra Records. The back-story is the album was created 30 years ago and was never released—and later lost! The tapes were miraculously discovered and the recordings were in near perfect condition. Imagine, this is like a time capsule discovered in 2019!  Back to the future!  With such an interest in the 80s in recent years (think Stranger Things, The Goldbergs, The Americans, and of course, Freaks and Geeks), the timing seemed perfect for the album’s release. Rock At Night has heard the album Everything Is Oh Yeah and absolutely loves it! The songs are timeless, capturing the essence of New Wave, 60s girls band, Motown, and rockabilly.  There is even a fantastic cover of The Beatles’ “The Night Before”, recorded with the one-and-only Brian Setzer! Really, cool stuff! Rock At Night’s Podcast Channel—Listen to the iTunes Interview Here   or   Podbay Here Prior to release of the Everything Is Oh Yeah, Cotton released a recently penned single “Ukrainian Cowboy”, which is a mixture of nostalgia, rockabilly, and a bit of Russian influences.  Check out the video below: Rock At Night caught up with Josie Cotton for an interview, which can be heard in its entirety via audio—or read excerpts [edited for clarity] of the interview below: “Ukrainian Cowboy” and the new album release Rock At Night asked, “Was the single “Ukrainian Cowboy” recently written or was that from the archives?” Cotton replied, “No, no, I wrote that this year.” Rock At Night wondered, “When you wrote that this year, was it in mind with the new album being released?’ “Everything seems to be happening simultaneously right now. I couldn’t control the series of events. We were en route and I didn’t want to stop anything midstream. There was a single that came out in Spain. I was really excited about the single “Ukrainian Cowboy” and “Cold War Spy.” It was important for me to get that out right now, something new, before dredging up stuff from the past. I was trying to beat the release of that record Everything is Oh Yeah.” In reference to her soon-to-be-released album, Rock At Night inquired, “Are you going to have any videos from Everything is Oh Yeah?” “There is a lyric video for the title song.”  Cotton continued, “We’re going to make a real video later on. It’s really funny with toy stick figures. It’s kind of Japanese…everything Japanese is alright with me! We’re trying to figure how to do a video for this record because it was recorded 30 years ago and we can’t really do a performance of it because there’s no original players. We are trying to come up with a clever way for it to make sense.” Rock At Night asked, “You are having a release party on Oct 5th.    It says in the press release that you are going to be performing the songs. Do you even remember the songs?” “Well, when Paul, my partner in the recording studio, found these two-inch 24 tracks (they were unmarked). We had no idea what they were. Then I realized it was from a record I really thought was lost. We had to re-mix everything and [I] became intimate with every nuance of my vocals and instruments. I relearned the songs as we were mixing them.” “The whole thing is so intriguing to me that 30 years later an album is being released—It’s almost like a time capsule,” laughed Rock At Night. “It is! I almost called it Lost In Space. I really thought it was gone in one of the natural disasters in California or lost in one of the studios or garages. “One thing that was amazing was the tapes were intact and in perfect condition. We baked the tapes for two days at a very low temperature. You

Click on the arrow above to listen to the entire interview By Chyrisse Tabone, Rock At Night Tampa Rock At Night has always had a penchant for classic rock bands—and Millennial bands that have that dirty, sexy, rock sound. You’ll find us following bands large and small between the UK, EU, and US such as Blackberry Smoke, Magpie Salute, Greta Van Fleet, rumHoney, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, and many more that have the “it” sound. Now, our new favorite band is Dirty Honey, a Los Angeles band which released a must-hear self-titled EP which will give you faith that classic-sounding rock music is here to stay! Dirty Honey came to fruition a couple of years ago but has managed to tour with Slash, open for The Who and Guns N Roses, not to mention playing at a slew of summer festivals such as Welcome to Rockville, Rocklahoma, and Sonic Temple. Rock At Night’s Podcast Channel—Listen Here A two year whirlwind Dirty Honey EP Rock At Night interviewed John Notto, guitarist with Dirty Honey, asking to recap the band’s last couple whirlwind years. He said, “We did seven shows with Slash this year and three last year, and those three were really our first shows, in terms of real shows. When we got management, that was the first thing that was kind of booked us.” I responded, “You mean you guys formed two years ago and, bam! You’re touring with Slash?” Notto explained, “The singer and I have known each other the longest, pretty much six years, the whole time we’ve been in L.A.. or longer.  Then I met the bass player, Justin.  The singer, Marc, I’ve known for a long time. I played in his bar band. He had some originals but for the most part they were bar band gigs. For a long time it was my way of keeping rock ‘n’ roll in my life in this L.A. landscape. I brought in Justin because the bass  player was going to leave.  Justin and I met through our circle of musicians in L.A. and he is just “rock ‘n’ roll” in my opinion. “So we started plodding along, trying to make it an original project and getting away from the cover band thing. It was really hard for us to find a drum chair so Justin brought in Cory for one of our cover band gigs and he said, ‘Yo! I really want to do this! I want to be in the band!’  And he was kind of the first person that was awesome and also said that! There’s no shortage of people wanting to be in a band but admittedly we wanted somebody really good! “So the two year mark was when Cory joined us on drums. That’s when we named it “Dirty Honey” and that’s when we started to become serious.  That’s when the songs were written.” Management is key L-R: bassist Justin Smolian, vocalist Marc LaBelle, drummer Corey Coverstone Notto discussed how the band became serious, started song writing, and acquired management from a long-time friends he describes as “like having our uncle manage us…we’ve known him so long it kind of felt like family.” He said, “After we made a music video, we got the attention of our current manager, who had been a longtime friend.  We had known about our manager for many years. He had seen us play in our cover band gigs and never took us seriously because we weren’t doing anything serious. When he heard ‘When I’m Gone’, our current single, he was like, ‘No questions asked! I can put this on the radio!’ “He said,  ‘Hey! I got some gigs for you guys! You guys want to open for Slash?’ “We were all like, Ahh…yeah!’ “Good! Because I already said ‘yes’!” So I asked about the name of the mysterious manager, and Notto laughed, saying, “Sorry! His name is Mark DiDia.  He has a history of running record labels. He was with Columbia and Capitol—I think President of A & R? Then I think about 10 years ago when everything wasn’t as lucrative, especially for A&R People, he switched over to managing. He also manages the Counting Crows, Three Doors Down.  I guess back in the 80s, he was doing promotions for Geffen Records. And so that was awesome for us! Now, he doesn’t really boast about that s

CLICK ABOVE TO LISTEN TO THE AUDIO By Andrea Ramirez-Maciolek, Rock At Night Philadelphia   Mostly known for its breathtaking geography and the birthplace of Johnny Cash, The Natural State of Arkansas is also home to industrial, “shock-n-roll” band WHITE COLLAR SIDESHOW. Let’s be honest here and say that I was completely skeptical. I had fallen victim to the pitfalls of geographical stereotype when it comes to music and I should have known better based on my own personal experiences. I am grateful to have been proven wrong by the dynamic sound of husband and wife duo that solely make up WHITE COLLAR SIDESHOW. Drummer and singer TD along with wife VERONICA on the bass are a force to be reckoned with even if there are only two of them creating the same thunderous sound of a 5 piece rock band. Original in their own right, WHITE COLLAR SIDESHOW can be compared to White Zombie with a millennial edge. Transitioning and gathering inspiration through the rock generation of the 80’s, 90’s, and the millennium, their love of zombies, and film have allowed WHITE COLLAR SIDESHOW to produce their own unique brand of music and visuals. I recently had the honor of chatting with drummer TD about a lot of great things ahead for them. The band, which was mostly DIY, has recently signed with CURTAIN CALL RECORDS. Their latest album, I DIDN’T COME HERE TO DIE, will be released in October backed by a long list of tour dates. Veronica, White Collar Sideshow As music fans we often forget that our favorite bands are not objects programmed to create music just for our listening pleasure . In the interview, TD brings the real music experience back down to a human level detailing the trials, hard work, and rewards of the life of a band on the road. You begin to gain a greater respect for the life of a musician as you listen to the interview. An impressive story teller with southern hospitality at its best, TD outlines the adventures of a dedicated husband and wife team living on the road to bring music to their family of listeners in the US and abroad. Check out our incredibly insightful and inspirational interview below. Make sure to support WHITE COLLAR SIDESHOW by checking out their live shows and donating to their musical cause so that they may continue to bring awesome music to the masses. Click on the arrow below to listen: OR DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW ON iTUNES HERE TD Benton, White Collar Sideshow TOUR DATES For More Info On White Collar Sideshow WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER