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       THE ALL NEW JAZZED AND BLUE PRESENTS:
THE RAW, FUNKY SOUND OF TWEED FUNK AND THEiR NEW RELEASE 'LOVE iS'  JUNE
5, 2012 - Formed in the fall of 2010, TWEED FUNK has quickly gained
recognition nationally with the release of their debut CD, ‘BRINGIN
IT’. The band brings an edge to the music of their forefathers by
wrapping together blues, soul, funk, and elements of hip-hop in show
band style. Fronted by SMOKEY's sweet, soulful vocals, audiences can
quickly hear how SMOKEY was a pick to hit the Billboard Soul Top 20
back in the 70’s on CURTIS MAYFiELDS’s CURTOM RECORDS with the band
LOVE’s CHILDREN. JD OPTEKARr’s tasteful guitar lines and roots-rock
vocals lend versatility to the band. ERIC's passion for Memphis-style
soul in the tradition of DONALD "DUCK" DUNN can be heard in his bass
playing. MARCUS “MG” GIBBONS rounds-out the line-up on the drums as one
of the area's hottest session drummers who has worked and toured
extensively with national acts. This 4 piece band generates a sound
much fuller than you would expect all while leaving the space in the
music that defines top-shelf blues bands. On April 26th, 2012 TWEED
FUNK released their sophomore CD, Love Is. The CD consists of 7
original tracks and 3 covers. World-renown guitarist GREG KOCH was
brought on-board to co-produce the CD and the addition of a horn
section, B3 organ, and backing female singers on the CD has garnered
some excellent early reviewsADVERTiSEMENTS
RELATED LiNKS: WWW.TWEEDPUNK.COM ABOUT THE HOST:  BRIAN
LUSH holds a BA in Creative Writing from the UNIVERSITY OF
NEW MEXICO. He established ROCKWIRED on New Years of 2004 and hasn't
looked back
since. He is currently the host of all of ROCKWIRED.COM's programming
which includes such shows as ROCKWIRED RADIO PROFILES and ROCKWIRED
FREE FORM RADIO. As
program producer for ROCKWiRED.COM, LUSH is hands-on when it
comes to
interviewing and building a lasting rapport with the artists that come
ROCKWiRED's
way. As a youngster, BRIAN LUSH had no idea what kind of seed was being
planted
by reading magazines such as HIT PARADE, HIGH TIMES, SPIN, REQUEST
(remember
that one?) and even ROLLING STONE. "Those were the days before the
internet and being a rock journalist
looked
like the coolest job imaginable." says LUSH "But reading these
magazines had me
imagining that one day I'd be the artist giving all of the clever
answers to
some poor guy with a tape recorder. Well, life has a way of surprising
you.
Now, I'm the poor guy with the tape recorder and asking all of the
questions."CONTACT
BRiAN LUSH
AT: djlush@rockwired.com
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