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Give the gift of groove - and save 15% (now through 10/31/13)

Posted by Trudi Brown on October 16, 2013. 0 Comments

The holidays are just around the corner, why not download a song (or two...) for your party playlist, send a friend or family member a copy of your favorite Bushmaster CD (they make great stocking stuffers), or go to the hayride, dance, or get together in style sporting your new Bushmaster T-Shirt!   We'll help out if you order now (through the end of October) with a 15% discount on anything and everything Bushmaster - what's not to love - share this with your friends who are looking for gifts too, and get your shopping done early so you can kick back and enjoy the holidays!
Thanks, and hope to see you at a show sometime soon too...  Gary

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Had a blast at Acorns A Go-Go Groovy Vegan Fest

Posted by Trudi Brown on October 13, 2013. 0 Comments

Thank you to everyone who came out and partied with us at Acorns A Go-Go Groovy Vegan Fest!  We had a BLAST performing for you and enjoying the festivities!!!  

Honey La Bronx was a great MC and one heck of a performer - wonderful to meet you Honey!  (notice the green belt worn in honor of Greenbelt - great touch)  Check out her vegan cooking show, podcast, and hilarious vegan themed parody songs online at VeganDragQueen.com and BigFatVeganRadio.com

Thank you also to Cam McQueen, her team of festival organizers, the wonderful vendors, the Bad Weather Boys, Chris Colvin, Saleem Waters, and the other musicians and performers, and the city of Greenbelt for such a wonderful day - so glad that the rain cleared off just long enough for us all to enjoy this fun, groovy event!

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Saturday, Oct. 12 - Acorns A Go-Go Groovy Vegan Fest

Posted by Trudi Brown on October 10, 2013. 0 Comments

This Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, Bushmaster Blues featuring Gary Brown will be performing at Acorns A Go-Go Groovy Vegan Fest" from 3pm till 5pm in Greenbelt, MD, at Roosevelt Center (same shopping center as the New Deal Cafe) - Festivities start at 11am and include food and craft vendors, music, magic, hula hoop lessons and contest, and Mistress of Ceremonies Honey La Bronx among other fabulous and fun activities - Bring your kids, your friends, your neighbors, and your momma... You do not want to miss all the groovy goings on!!! (check here for more info about the band Bushmaster http://BushmasterBlues.com/ ) (check here for more info about the event Acorns a Go-Go Groovy Vegan Festhttps://www.facebook.com/events/530706410351598/?ref=22&source=1) ... SEE YOU THERE!!!
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Nothing could be finer than playing blues in Carolina

Posted by Trudi Brown on August 28, 2013. 0 Comments

Prime Smokehouse in Rocky Mount, NC, is the bomb - had a blast this weekend - great rooms, great food, great company, great crowd - man, Ed Wiley III and his peeps really know how to throw a party!!!!! Oh, btw, how cool is it that on the 12th anniversary of your wedding your best man (Tim Jones) comes out and plays his ass off on YOUR guitar ...

Here's some pictures from Friday night (courtesy of Cathy Smith):  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151821750818415.1073741827.178772253414&type=1&l=639d1637cb

Here's a video clip of Gary & Tim passing the guitar back and forth on Saturday night:  

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Bushmaster added to WMUC's Psychedelic Sunset

Posted by Trudi Brown on July 07, 2013. 0 Comments

 Thanks to friend, DJ extraordinaire, and all around groovy dude Dominick Del Erba for including both "Sidewalk Strut" and "Trudi" in his Electric Candle radio show on Saturday, 7/6/2013 - here's the playlist and a link to the archived show for you to enjoy...  (check out his show both on the station's site and his facebook page and add him to your list of favorite music spots)

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On the air now at WMUC with today's Psychedelic Sunset.
Tune in here: http://wmuc.umd.edu/wmuc-high.m3u
Playlist is here: http://wmuc.umd.edu/station/playlists/display/17874 — atWMUC 88.1 FM.

Playlists

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Black Walnut Winery's Third Annual Blues Fest

Posted by Trudi Brown on May 28, 2013. 0 Comments

Bushmaster featuring Gary Brown are proud/pleased to have been a part of Black Walnut Winery's Third Annual Blues Fest. Held at their Sadsburyville, PA, location on 5/26/13 (Memorial Day weekend), we were blessed to have beautiful postcard weather, an enthusiastic crowd, and fun, engaging, gracious hosts. Thank you to Val & Lance and the staff at Black Walnut Winery (Sadsburyville, PA) for hosting such a great event! Thanks also to Dave Parmiter for taking these awesome pictures of our performance at the event :-) We had a blast!!!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151630470183415.1073741826.178772253414&type=1&l=dd32babfc5

          

Lance (owner and wine maker) chats with Gary      

          

          

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The Impaler Speaks - new review

Posted by Trudi Brown on May 28, 2013. 0 Comments

 Thanks go out to The Impaler for this insightful, musically savvy review of Revolution Rhapsody - check it out and let me know your thoughts  :-)

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(Reprinted from The Impaler Speaks:  http://theimpalerspeaks.com/post/51555108679/bushmaster-blues-revolution )

Bushmaster – Revolution Rhapsody aka Uprising Music (bushmasterblues.com)

Bushmaster is a dynamic, eclectic band that seamlessly melds old-school blues with a tasty array of influences culled from every subgenre that has followed since the blues begat rock ‘n’ roll in the form of Chuck Berry and his compatriots in the 1950s. The band hails from the capital of the United States of America – Washington, D.C. – and is led by tour de force guitarist Gary D. Brown, who also wrote all the music and lyrics, and provides lead vocals for most of the 16 tracks here. Co-conspirators in Bushmaster include vocalists Rob Thorworth [Gravy, The Rob Thorworth Trio], Kelly Bell [Kelly...

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Recent "Revolution" Radio

Posted by Trudi Brown on April 10, 2013. 0 Comments

 Revolution Rhapsody has been getting some attention from various radio stations this week.  Thanks go out to Dominick, Bill, G-Man, Lupita & Frank, and Dr Wart for adding selected Bushmaster songs to their playlists.  I am very happy/humbled to be listed among such great artists!

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Dominick "Electric Candle" Delerba, WMUC, University of MD College Park, MD - April 6, 2013

Here's the link to the playlist online:  http://wmuc.umd.edu/station/playlists/display/17532

Here's the link to the show archive for you to listen to online:  http://wmuc.umd.edu/wmuc-high.m3u

Playlists
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# Artist Track Album / Comment
1 Electric Candle Psychedelic Sunset "Turn on, tune in and let us groove."
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Some more playlists we found online

Posted by Trudi Brown on April 10, 2013. 0 Comments

 During a recent online search we found some more playlists from Radio Stations who have played songs off of "Revolution Rhapsody" - Thanks to everyone who played our music, sorry we just found these now - here's what we found:

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4/10/13 Zookeeper playlist for The Songsmith Show, Fri, 22 Jun 2012
zookeeper.stanford.edu/newzk/export.php?session=&playlist=23721&format=html 1/2
The Songsmith Show DJ: MC Dizzy Jackson Fri, 22 Jun 2012 / 1200-1500
Artist Track Album/Label
Landreth, Sonny Heavy Heart Rising Elemental Journey
Landfall Records
C leary, Jon Everything I Do Gonh Be
Funky
Occapella!
Fhq Records
Tweed Funk Dancemaker Love Is
Tweed Tone Records
Funkees, The Life Dancing Time, The Best Of Eastern Nigeria's
Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77
Soundway Records
Brownout Jpt Oozy
National Geographic Music
Black Seeds, The Frostbite Dust And Dirt
Easy Star Records
Bushmaster Trudi Revolution Rhapsody
Unoyaga Records
Osborne, Anders Louisiana Gold Black Eye Galaxy
Alligator
Haynes, Warren Band Hattiesburg Hustle...
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# Artist Track Album / Comment
1 Electric Candle Funk Rock & Roll "Turn on, tune in and let us groove."
2 Mountain To My Friend Climbing
3 James Gang Funk #48 Funk #49
4 Eddie Hazel Juicy Fingers Rest In P