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Graham Colton
Graham Colton (born November 6, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His most recent album, ''Inside Out'', was released on August 14, 2020. Colton's songs have been featured on numerous TV shows including ''American Idol'', ''Pretty Little Liars'', '' Kyle XY'', '' Oprah's Big Give'', '' Newport Harbor'', ''Castle'', ''Wildfire'', '' October Road'' Fall promo, HBO Winter promo, Sundance promo, and many others. He is an operating partner of The Jones Assembly, an acclaimed restaurant and 1700 capacity music venue located in downtown Oklahoma City. The Jones has hosted artists including Willie Nelson, Spoon, LANY, Ben Rector, Dwight Yoakam, Jenny Lewis and many more. He owns and operates Lunar Manor recording studio and collaborates regularly with Chad Copelin of Blackwatch Studios for various music projects. Early life Colton graduated from Heritage Hall School, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. While there, he was the quarterback of the football te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Stages
City Stages was a three-day arts and music festival in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, that took place in and around Linn Park from 1989 to 2009. After losses in 2009 amounted to nearly half a million dollars, the organization running City Stages announced on June 25, 2009 that the event would not return the next year. City Stages' organizers announced in November 2007 that they hired AC Entertainment, one of the co-producers for the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, to help produce the Birmingham festival and advise them for the next three years. The final City Stages was held on June 13–15, 2009, on Father's Day Weekend. Ticket sales were hampered by inclement weather, a struggling economy, and a perceived low-quality artist lineup. After the event, organizers announced that the total debt had surpassed $1 million, and that no further City Stages events would be produced. As of 2021, no plans have been made to revive the festival, though the nostalgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston Texans
The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston. The Texans compete in the National Football League as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC South, South division. The team plays its home games at NRG Stadium. The Texans were founded in 1999, replacing the city's previous NFL franchise, the History of the Houston Oilers, Houston Oilers, who played from 1960 to 1996 before moving to Nashville and eventually becoming the Tennessee Titans. The Texans began play as an expansion team in , making them the youngest franchise currently competing in the NFL. While the Texans suffered from growing pains in the 2000s, their fortunes would take a turn for the better in the 2010s when they won their first division championship in 2011 Houston Texans season, 2011, clinching their first playoff berth. The Texans have gone on to win seven more AFC South division championships in 2012 Houston Texans season, 2012, 2015 Houston Texans season, 2015, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band (also known as DMB) is an American rock band from Charlottesville, Virginia. The band's lineup consists of Dave Matthews (lead vocals, guitar), Stefan Lessard (bass), Carter Beauford (drums), Tim Reynolds (lead guitar), Rashawn Ross (trumpet, percussion), Jeff Coffin (saxophones), and Buddy Strong (keyboards). Matthews, Lessard, and Beauford formed the band in 1991 with LeRoi Moore (saxophones), Peter Griesar (keyboards), and Boyd Tinsley (violin, backing vocals). After one independent live album, the band was signed by RCA Records and Griesar left the band to pursue a solo career. The band's 1994 debut studio album, '' Under the Table and Dreaming'', was certified six times platinum. , the band had sold more than 25 million concert tickets and a combined total of 38 million CDs and DVDs. Their 2018 album, '' Come Tomorrow'', debuted at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200, making DMB the first band to have seven consecutive studio albums debut at the peak. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. It consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, lead guitarist James Valentine (musician), James Valentine, drummer Matt Flynn (musician), Matt Flynn, keyboardist PJ Morton, and bassist and sampler Sam Farrar. Original members Levine, Carmichael, bassist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick first came together as Kara's Flowers in 1994, while they were in high school. After self-releasing their independent album ''We Like Digging?'', the band signed to Reprise Records and released the album ''The Fourth World (album), The Fourth World'' in 1997. The album garnered a tepid response, after which the record label dropped the band and the members focused on college. In 2001, the band re-emerged as Maroon 5, pursuing a different direction and adding guitarist Valentine. The band signed with Octone Records, an independent record label with a separat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer ( ; born October 16, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but he left for Atlanta in 1997 with fellow guitarist Clay Cook, with whom he formed the short-lived rock duo Lo-Fi Masters. After their split, Mayer continued to play at local clubs, refining his skills and gaining a minor following. He performed at the 2000 South by Southwest festival, and was subsequently signed by Aware Records, an imprint of Columbia Records through which he released his debut extended play (EP), ''Inside Wants Out'' (1999). His first two studio albums—''Room for Squares'' (2001) and ''Heavier Things'' (2003)—were both met with critical and commercial success; the former spawned the single "Your Body Is a Wonderland", which won Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards, while the latter peaked atop the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County. With a population of 520,070 (2024 estimate) living within the city limits, Atlanta is the eighth most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast and List of United States cities by population, 36th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census. Atlanta is classified as a Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Beta +, Beta + global city and is the principal city of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, the core of which includes Cobb County, Georgia, Cobb, Clayton County, Georgia, Clayton and Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett counties, in addition to Fulton and DeKalb. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan O'Brien (music Producer)
Brendan O'Brien (born June 30, 1960) is an American record producer, mixer, and engineer. He has worked with many groups and artists during his career, such as AC/DC, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Dylan, Rage Against the Machine, and Bruce Springsteen.Austin L. Ray"All Those Yesterdays: Brendan O'Brien Reminisces on the Evolution of Pearl Jam and the Making of ''Backspacer'',"''Paste'' Magazine, September 18, 2009."Grammy Winning Producer Brendan O'Brien Gives Advice To New Artists," Renman Music & Business, August 28, 2012. O'Brien was also credited on a plethora of |
Universal Records
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands, and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the "Record label#Major labels, Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its Initial public offering, IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The French Vincent Bolloré, Bolloré family still owns 28 percent of UMG (18 percent directly, and ten percent through Vive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counting Crows
Counting Crows is an American rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Formed in 1991, the band consists of rhythm guitarist David Bryson, drummer Jim Bogios, vocalist Adam Duritz, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, David Immerglück, bassist Millard Powers, and lead guitarist Dan Vickrey. Past members include the drummers Steve Bowman (1991–1994) and Ben Mize (1994–2002), and bassist Matt Malley (1991–2005). Counting Crows gained popularity following the release of their first album, '' August and Everything After'' (1993). With the breakthrough hit single " Mr. Jones" (1993), the album sold more than 7 million copies in the United States. The band received two Grammy Awards nominations in 1994, one for "Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" (for " Round Here") and one for "Best New Artist". The follow-up album, '' Recovering the Satellites'', reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 album chart and reached number one in several other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Duritz
Adam Fredric Duritz (born August 1, 1964) is an American singer, best known as the frontman for the rock band Counting Crows, for which he serves as a founding member and principal composer. Since its founding in 1991, Counting Crows has sold over 20 million records, released seven studio albums that have been certified gold or platinum, and been nominated for two Grammy Awards and an Academy Award. Duritz has recorded solo material of his own and has collaborated with other musical acts. He has also founded two record labels, ''E Pluribus Unum'' and ''Tyrannosaurus Records''. His work scoring music for film earned an award from BMI for co-writing the song " Accidentally in Love" for the movie ''Shrek 2''. Career Duritz and producer/guitarist David Bryson formed Counting Crows in San Francisco in 1991. When Gary Gersh of Geffen Records heard the band's demo tape, he was "blown away". A bidding war between nine different record labels broke out in February 1992. In April, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Better Than Ezra
Better Than Ezra is an American alternative rock band based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and signed with Round Hill Music. The band formed in 1988 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and consists of Kevin Griffin (vocals and guitar), Tom Drummond (bass guitar), Michael Jerome (drums), and James Arthur Payne Jr. (guitar, keyboards). The band has released nine studio albums, most recently 2024's '' Super Magick''. They are best known for their 1993 multi-platinum album '' Deluxe'' and the 1995 single "Good," which reached number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart. History Formation and early success Better Than Ezra was formed in 1988 by vocalist and guitarist Kevin Griffin, lead guitarist Joel Rundell, bassist Tom Drummond, and drummer Cary Bonnecaze. All four members were attending Louisiana State University at the time of Better Than Ezra's formation. Better Than Ezra's first public performance was at Murphy's in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, also in 1988. Though many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Griffin
Kevin Michael Griffin (born October 1, 1968) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Better Than Ezra, with whom he has released nine studio albums. He has also issued one solo record. His songs have been performed and recorded by artists such as Taylor Swift, Train, James Blunt, Christina Perri, Howie Day, Barenaked Ladies, Blondie, and Missy Higgins, among others. He is a co-founder and partner of the Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival in Franklin, Tennessee. Early life and education Griffin was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Monroe, Louisiana. He attended River Oaks School, where he met future bandmate Jim Payne. He received a bachelor's degree in English and a minor in political science from Louisiana State University in 1990. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He took the LSAT with the intention of attending law school and working in entertainment law. He then took a job wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
