I was lucky enough to play a show last Saturday with the one and only Jeff Zentner, and was even luckier to have captured some of his finer moments on a video camera.  Here is “The Serpent King” which really shows off his slide skills.  Sorry about the poor audio.

Interview with multi-talented composer, singer, performer, pianist, American Idol finalist, philanthropist, and Live for Music creator, Shaun “Hammer Hands” Barrowes! Shaun talks about his dance competition, his passion for music in schools, songwriting, his faith, and his sweet ride.

For more information about Shaun’s high school band tour, and his international dance competition with So You Think You Can Dance choreographer Mandy Moore, check out the websites at www.liveformusictour.com and www.liveformusicdance.com. The dance competition will be accepting submissions until August 1st, 2010.

If This Is To Be Goodbye – Jeff Zentner
Empty Beds – Good Morning Passenger
Live or Die – Shaun “Hammer Hands” Barrowes
Interview with Shaun “Hammer Hands” Barrowes
You Came Along – Shaun “Hammer Hands” Barrowes
This Time – The Sweater Friends

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Your Siren Song – Jeff Zentner
All Things – Last Response
In My Stony Lonesome – Sunshine Brady and the Moonlight Lady
See Through Rocks – Cary Judd
Waiting For A Call – Miles Haeberle
Over Ya Baby – Definit and Young Sim
Empty Beds – Good Morning Passenger
Perfect Eight – Fossil Fools
I Lost My Horses to the Moon – Douglas Stambler

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Right next to the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, the music of Jeff Zentner is a visceral reminder of the spiritual roots of the South. Jeff is a soulful, bluesy Southern Gothic musician and member of Alt-Country band Creech Holler, and is, incidentally, related to successful LDS artist Michael R. Hicks. After a time playing in Nashville, Tennessee (where many a musical dream is born and dies), he has since moved to Asheville, but continues to create and record solo music. Earlier this year he released a solo album, The Dying Days of Summer. His music is a testament to the music that echoed in the deepest, darkest hollers of Appalachia in the early 1900s.

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HALLOWEEN EPISODE! Special episode featuring an interview with Kristen Lawrence (and her music).

Mostly Ghostly – Kristen Lawrence
Your Siren Song – Jeff Zentner
Twilight – Keith Driskill
Cats in the Catacombs – Kristen Lawrence
Souling Song (All Hallows version) – Kristen Lawrence
Souling Song (Samhain version) – Kristen Lawrence
Vampire Empire – Kristen Lawrence

For more information about Kristen Lawrence and her music, please visit:
http://halloweencarols.com AND/OR
http://kristenlawrence.com AND/OR
http://halloweenorgan.com

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