Featured Artist - Ruthie and the Wranglers
Azalea City Recordings Artists Ruthie and the Wranglers, have remained in the Roots Rock, Country and Americana music spotlight for two decades. Over the years, lead vocalist, songwriter and rhythm guitarist Ruthie Logsdon and her band have racked up more than 25 WAMMIES including Country Vocalist, Songwriter of the Year, Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year. Ruthie and the Wranglers have toured nationally, garnered international radio airplay and been highly praised by Billboard, NoDepression, Dirty Linen, The Washington Post and other national publications and have just released their 6th album — a live recording from Goose Creek Music.
Ruthie and the Wranglers barnstormed the Franklin Park Arts Center for the final show of Goose Creek Live's second season. Ruthie, Greg Hardin and Bill Starks were all featured with their original material and along with guitarist and Wrangler Andy Rutherford and drummer Tom Fridrich, the whole ensemble brought the house down with their good humor and charm. Ruthie and the Wranglers, Live at Goose Creek will be released in June 2011.
Greg Hardin, bassist, vocalist, and key songwriter, brings his lead vocals, backing harmonies and bullseye bass guitar beat to the band’s primo show. Greg has a passion for creating timeless lyrics with true musical spirit—his song “Babe Ruth’s Piano” was named 2004 Song of the Year by WAMA and recently Greg has recorded his own long awaited debut CD Meet Mr. Knuckles.
Bill Starks, on keys and vocals, also lends his songwriting skills to the Wranglers songbook. Bill authored the fi nancial woes anthem “Repo Man” which was presented on WAMU during a special feature story on the mortgage crisis and was also released as a video by Goose Creek Entertainment.
Tom Fridrich, founding member of Annapolis’ Remnants, plays drums, percussion and electric tambourine. He can be heard on more than a dozen recordings and has played stages from Austin to Boston and Nashville to NYC. Among the many bands he has performed with he has opened for Buddy & Julie Miller, NRBQ, The Old 97’s and Southern Culture On The Skids.
“LIVE at Goose Creek” contains two special tributes with "I Got a Rocket in My Pocket" written by Ruthie's cousin and rockabilly star Jimmy Logsdon, along with Ruthie's original song about her late friend Dina Rice titled "Darlin' Dina."
Goose Creek Artist News
Ruthie and the Wranglers, Live at Goose Creek
Ruthie and the Wranglers barnstormed the Franklin Park Arts Center for the final show of Goose Creek Live's second season. Ruthie, Greg Hardin and Bill Starks were all featured with their original material and along with guitarist and Wrangler Andy Rutherford and drummer Tom Fridrich, the whole ensemble brought the house down with their good humor and charm. Ruthie and the Wranglers, Live at Goose Creek is our latest release...find it on CD Baby and iTunes!
Steel Wheels News
The Steel Wheels performed at Goose Creek Live on October 14, 2010, and treated the audience to an outstanding evening of Americana Music with tight harmonies, musical dynamics, and lock-step ensemble play. The Steel Wheels, Live at Goose Creek is available from CD Baby and iTunes.
There are also a few Steel Wheels tracks on our compilation album "Goose Creek Collections: Disk One". Check it out on iTunes and CD Baby...
Jimmy Gaudreau New CD “Pieces and Bits”
Goose Creek Music is delighted to announce the release of Jimmy Gaudreau’s new studio album “Pieces and Bits”. The recordings are co-produced by Jimmy Gaudreau and Stuart Martin, and were compiled over a period of two years at Stonebridge Studios, a full-service music recording studio near Leesburg, Virginia. The songs are primarily instrumentals, and feature an appearance by virtuoso jazz guitarist Frank Vignola, as well as support from noted bluegrass musicians Mike Auldridge, Moondi Klein, Orrin Starr, Jens Kruger, and many others. The album is available for sale on iTunes and from CD Baby.
