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TORTURE

Album: OUTLAWS LAMENT

Released: May 25, 2008

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Genre: Americana / Blues / Southern Rock
Location PIKEVILLE, Kentucky, Un
Profile Views: 33170
Last Login: 6/17/2012
Member Since 5/24/2008
Website www.facebook.com/SONNYTACKETT
Record Label MOONDANCER
Type of Label Indie
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..Masthead Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!.............. Sonny Tackett is a veteran singer, songwriter,and performer. He has toured the world in numerous roles,as an engineer,as a backing musician, and as a solo performer.. Many signed artists have covered his songs, including Gary Stewart, Tommy Overstreet, Dwight Whitley, Michael Allman, and many others, with forty-seven cuts to his credit to date, and new ones being added soon, as artists around the world find out about this prolific songwriter . Upcoming releases by Michael Allman, Gary Martin, The Lawmen, Charlie Sizemore, and others bring a new era to Sonnys writing, as young and old artists from blues, rock, bluegrass, pop, country, and americana are recording his songs, illustrating the diversity of his catalog. ,Sonny himself is a blues artists who is also fluent in country, rock , and americana, born with a whiskey voice and a bad attitude,as one of his songs reveal .With the exception of a few choice gigs, Sonny is off the road for awhile, busy for most of this year producing the acts on Moondancer Records, which include "The Lawmen", "Saro and the Blues Revolution", "Jesse Vidal" , "Random Sound", "Gary Martin", and others. Sonny recently produced Gregg Allmans son Michael ,on a session in which Michael recorded Sonny's tune Laid Back, and the Bruce Marshall tune If Dreams Were Money , due out in summer, 2009, on Michaels debut album, Hard Labor Creek. {more info @ myspace.com/michaelallmanshardlaborcreek}In between these acts and songwriting, Sonny is working on a new all blues album, due out in early 2010 . His current cd has gained him much respect in the musical community for its songwriting and production. Outlaws Lament, Sonny''s self produced debut album on indie label Moondancer Records,covers the bases from honky tonk blues country to blues rock with ease,revealing a versatile artist who is at home with many styles of music.From the intro of .."Torture.." co-written with Gary Stewart, to the last refrains of the Gregg Allman inspired .."Laid Back..",Sonny takes you through a lyrical journey of gypsies, outlaws, broken hearts,painted ladies,and desperate lives.Recorded at premier Alabama studio, Bates Brothers,the whole album is infused with a soulful vibe,enhanced by a stellar cast of seasoned musicians..Moondancer Records is honored to be the new home of this truly unique artist. , MoonDancer Records .. .. .. .. ...... Layout by ..CoolChaser.. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. ..
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............ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. ...... .... Click On The Banner To Check Us Out .... .... ...... .... .. In The News.. Sonny Tackett Interview Native Digest.... ...... .... ..Native Digest.... .. .. ..On Outlaw's Lament:.... Sonny Tackett - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, b.g. Vocals... Greg Brown - Electric Guitar.. David Cooley - Electric Guitar.. Ralph King - Acoustic and Electric Piano, B3 Organs, Keyboards, Synths.. Jim Polland - Drums.. Eugene Bates - Bass.. John Whitely - Acoustic Guitar, b.g. Vocals.. Scott Levin - Acoustic Guitar, b.g. Vocals.. April Killen - b.g. Vocals.. Timmel Jackson - b.g. Vocals.. Eric Bates - b.g. Vocals.. .... .......... .... .. .. .. .. .. ........................ .. .. .. .. .. ...................... .. .. .. .. .. ....................
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VAN MORRISON, FRANKIE MILLER, JESS RODEN , T-BONE WALKER, SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, THE FACES, ALVIN LEE, GARY STEWART, DICKIE BETTS, GREGG ALLMAN, THE BAND, FREE, JOHN LEE HOOKER, PROFESSOR LONGHAIR, THE ALLMAN BROS, WARREN HAYNES, CHRIS FARLOW, IAN ANDERSON, TOM DOWD, GEORGE MARTIN, JOHNNY SANDLIN, ALLAN TOUSAINT, STEVE MARRIOT, RORY GALLAGHER, HUMBLE PIE, SMALL FACES, MCGUINNESS FLINT, AND MORE TO COME WHEN THE HEAD CLEARS----
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WE ARE PRODUCTS OF WHAT WE TAKE IN, AND I HAVE ABSORBED A LOT OF MUSIC.THESE INFLUENCES AND A LIFETIME OF SINGING CONTRIBUTE TO VOCALS IN A WAY TO MAKE THEM UNIQUE . ADD WRITING TO THAT AND WHAT YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE IS A VOCAL THAT CAN STAND ON ITS OWN IN A CROWD. I'VE WORKED HARD TOWARDS THAT TYPE OF INDIVIDUALITY, AND I THINK I'M FINALLY STANDING ON MY OWN GROUND,BUT AS GARY STEWART USED TO SAY, I JUST DO WHAT I DO. S.T.

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Sonny Tackett is a veteran singer, songwriter,and performer. He has toured the world in numerous roles,as an engineer,as a backing musician, and as a solo performer.. Many signed artists have covered his songs, including Gary Stewart, Tommy Overstreet, Dwight Whitley, Michael Allman, and many others, with forty-seven cuts to his credit to date, and new ones being added soon, as artists around the world find out about this prolific songwriter . Upcoming releases by Michael Allman, Gary Martin, The Lawmen, Charlie Sizemore, and others bring a new era to Sonnys writing, as young and old artists from blues, rock, bluegrass, pop, country, and americana are recording his songs, illustrating the diversity of his catalog. ,Sonny himself is a blues artists who is also fluent in country, rock , and americana, born with a whiskey voice and a bad attitude,as one of his songs reveal .With the exception of a few choice gigs, Sonny is off the road for awhile, busy for most of this year producing the acts on Moondancer Records, which include "The Lawmen", "Saro and the Blues Revolution", "Jesse Vidal" , "Random Sound", "Gary Martin", and others. Sonny recently produced Gregg Allmans son Michael ,on a session in which Michael recorded Sonny's tune Laid Back, and the Bruce Marshall tune If Dreams Were Money , due out in summer, 2009, on Michaels debut album, Hard Labor Creek. {more info @ myspace.com/michaelallmanshardlaborcreek}In between these acts and songwriting, Sonny is working on a new all blues album, due out in early 2010 . His current cd has gained him much respect in the musical community for its songwriting and production. Outlaws Lament, Sonny''s self produced debut album on indie label Moondancer Records,covers the bases from honky tonk blues country to blues rock with ease,revealing a versatile artist who is at home with many styles of music.From the intro of .."Torture.." co-written with Gary Stewart, to the last refrains of the Gregg Allman inspired .."Laid Back..",Sonny takes you through a lyrical journey of gypsies, outlaws, broken hearts,painted ladies,and desperate lives.Recorded at premier Alabama studio, Bates Brothers,the whole album is infused with a soulful vibe,enhanced by a stellar cast of seasoned musicians..Moondancer Records is honored to be the new home of this truly unique artist. , MoonDancer Records

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In The News
Sonny Tackett Interview Native Digest

Native Digest

..On Outlaw's Lament:..
Sonny Tackett - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, b.g. Vocals.
Greg Brown - Electric Guitar
David Cooley - Electric Guitar
Ralph King - Acoustic and Electric Piano, B3 Organs, Keyboards, Synths
Jim Polland - Drums
Eugene Bates - Bass
John Whitely - Acoustic Guitar, b.g. Vocals
Scott Levin - Acoustic Guitar, b.g. Vocals
April Killen - b.g. Vocals
Timmel Jackson - b.g. Vocals
Eric Bates - b.g. Vocals

Influences:

VAN MORRISON, FRANKIE MILLER, JESS RODEN , T-BONE WALKER, SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, THE FACES, ALVIN LEE, GARY STEWART, DICKIE BETTS, GREGG ALLMAN, THE BAND, FREE, JOHN LEE HOOKER, PROFESSOR LONGHAIR, THE ALLMAN BROS, WARREN HAYNES, CHRIS FARLOW, IAN ANDERSON, TOM DOWD, GEORGE MARTIN, JOHNNY SANDLIN, ALLAN TOUSAINT, STEVE MARRIOT, RORY GALLAGHER, HUMBLE PIE, SMALL FACES, MCGUINNESS FLINT, AND MORE TO COME WHEN THE HEAD CLEARS----

Sounds Like:

WE ARE PRODUCTS OF WHAT WE TAKE IN, AND I HAVE ABSORBED A LOT OF MUSIC.THESE INFLUENCES AND A LIFETIME OF SINGING CONTRIBUTE TO VOCALS IN A WAY TO MAKE THEM UNIQUE . ADD WRITING TO THAT AND WHAT YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE IS A VOCAL THAT CAN STAND ON ITS OWN IN A CROWD. I'VE WORKED HARD TOWARDS THAT TYPE OF INDIVIDUALITY, AND I THINK I'M FINALLY STANDING ON MY OWN GROUND,BUT AS GARY STEWART USED TO SAY, I JUST DO WHAT I DO. S.T.