Tom Guerra, a solo artist, songwriter/guitarist whose credits are extraordinary. He has worked with a lot of well-known musicians throughout his career and has been in bands including Mambo Sons, The Dirty Bones Band, and The Delrays. Since 2014, he has released four solo albums, including his brand new release, Sudden Signs of Grace. The video for Sudden Signs of Grace features cameo appearances by many of his musician friends, such as, Dan Baird, GE Smith, Christine Ohlman, Jon Butcher, and Morgan Fisher, to name a few.
Writer for Vintage Guitar Magazine and more
Besides being a skilled songwriter/guitarist, he’s also known for his features in Vintage Guitar and ToneQuest Report magazines. One of his most treasured articles is his story on Andy Fraser, the bassist for the band, Free. Andy saw the article he did about Paul Kossoff, and asked Tom if he would write his story.
Tony Black is a bassist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer. Tony is from California and graduated from the Los Angeles Music Academy. Some of his first bands were with Buckethead and Dr Know. When Tony moved to Asheville, NC, he hooked up with a band that also happened to be Artimus Pyle’s (of Lynyrd Skynyrd) band. After being with Artimus for a while, he was then asked to join The Marshall Tucker Band, playing with them through 2019. He is currently working on two albums – his first country folk album, as well as a modern jazz album with the band, Black Arts Ensemble. Check out Tony’s web site at http://tonyblackbass.com.
Video interview with Tony Black
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Laurie Es started Lynette Shebyrd (formerly Lynette Skynyrd) in 2010. Laurie, being a committed Skynyrd fan, wanted to establish the band because, as Laurie said, “You don’t hear too many all-female fronted Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute bands out there.” The band has gone through a few lead singers, but Laurie is back to handling the vocals (she was playing bass). They have a huge fan base and over 11,000 followers on Facebook. The band also does some covers of ZZ Top, Almman Brothers and Molly Hatchet. Lynyrd Skynyrd liked them enough to ask them to play at the opening of one of their restaurants in Las Vegas in 2011. During their performance, Dale Krantz Rossington even got up to help sing Sweet Home Alabama with the band. Lynette Shebyrd also played at the 40th anniversary of the plane crash site in Jacksonville, Florida
The band has released an album and has quite a few videos on YouTube. Check out the video interview below, and also another video of the band doing an unreleased Lynyrd Skynyrd song called, Cottonmouth Country.
Video interview with Laurie Es
“Cottonmouth Country“
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Bob is from Erie, Pennsylvania, who transplanted himself to the New Jersey music scene in the 1980’s. His biggest influences are: The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, and Tom Petty, all to whom he does occasional tribute concerts. Bob has played with many well-known musicians from New Jersey and is part of the Max Weinberg band, “Jukebox.” Bob released his first solo album in 2003, titled Cymbals at Dawn and is working on his fourth.
Who are The Weeklings asks MUSICXPLORER?
The Weeklings are a band whose music is inspired by The Beatles.The band came together as a result of Glen Burtnik and the Beatles tribute shows he was doing. Since the launch of their first album in 2015, the band has received great reviews. The band’s latest release “3” (their third album) is doing extremely well. Check out their song and video below of their latest single, “In the Moment.”
Scott McDonald – Guitarist for the Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band- TUSK
Scott is a founding member of the highly successful band. He discusses the band, Lindsey Buckingham, and his upcoming solo album.
MUSICXPLORER asks what is the history on Tusk?
The band has been together for almost 12 years. Scott and Tom Nelson have known each other ever since they were toddlers. They were both mutual friends with Kathy, Kim, and Randy since the early 1990’s. A mutual friend of the band suggested to them that they form a Fleetwood Mac tribute band, and the rest is history. The band has been playing to sold-out theaters across the country, and will be going to Hawaii for the first time this April. Their Youtube video of The Chain has reached over two million views!
We did our interview with Scott at the Count Basie Theater in Redbank, NJ. The band played to an almost sold-out crowd of 1,400. In the video interview, you can see Bruce Springsteen’s guitars in a case as the backdrop.
The band recently had one of the rarest opportunities for any band, to be able to play with an orchestra.
Scott- “We did the show with a 65 piece orchestra. We met Jim Ross, a viola player with The Desert Symphony, who had played with The Eagles recently, and they were top-notch pros. It was a fantastic experience. We performed a 75 minute set to an audience of approximately 900 plus people.
Tusk with the Desert SymphonyFleetwood Mac Tribute Band -TUSK
New solo album to be released this year.
Scott is working on his latest solo album, and it is being produced by Brian Anthony, set to be released later in 2020. Tom from Tusk is on most of the album, while the other members of Tusk are on some songs. The album is going to be more hard rock than Fleetwood Mac songs, but will still have pop elements. MusicXplorer will follow up with Scott after his album is released,
