Backstage Pass Radio

Date: May 10, 2023
Name of podcast: Backstage Pass Radio
Episode title and number:  S4: E15 - Season Ammons  - Steel Hearts in Gruene Texas

Artist Bio -

With a voice as distinguishable and versatile as her name, Season Ammons is an award-winning songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, blending soulful blues with Texas roots and Americana.  Ammons' most recent project, 'Steel Hearts,' is her fourth and most personal album to date.  For this recording, Texas-based Ammons took a special trip across the pond and recorded in the legendary Studio 2 at London’s fabled Abbey Road Studios.  Sought-after producer David Percefull (Green Day, Gary Clark Jr., Meat Puppets) mixed ‘Steel Hearts’ at Abbey Road in Studio 3, and Sean Magee (Beatles, Rolling Stones, Rush, Iron Maiden) mastered the album there. Drawing predominantly from her experiences of heartbreak, forgiveness, self-acceptance, and new love ‘Steel Hearts’ showcases Ammons’ unique, searing intensity and confirms that this singular artist has a lot more to say and infinite ways to say it.  

Ammons’ remarkable live show has taken her all over the country and beyond. Highlights include multiple standing-room-only showcases at Americanafest in Nashville, TN; a featured showcase at the FMQB Triple A Conference (Boulder, CO); performances at 30A Songwriters Festival (Destin, FL), Little 5 Points Festival (Atlanta, GA), Waltstock & Barrel Festival (Fredericksburg, TX); packed house at The Bedford (London, England) and a special Future Faces showcase at the Texas Regional Radio Music Awards. 

Over the years, Ammons has earned steady press coverage from national and regional media.  Her musical diversity is evident with consistent appearances on various national radio charts including Billboard Triple A,  Americana Albums Chart, Roots Music Report's Top R&B Album Chart (#10), and regular Top 40 chart action on the Texas Regional Radio Report (TRRR) chart.

*Awards: Texas Country Music Association Award of Distinction (2012);  Emerald Coast BMA Awards for Best Country Artist (2015), Best Female Vocalist (2017) and Best Singer/Songwriter (2017); Texas Music Awards nominee for Best Female Vocalist (2020)

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Website - www.seasonammons.com
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Date: April 26, 2023
Name of podcast: Backstage Pass Radio
Episode title and number:  S4: E14 - Savannah Rae  - A Voice So Rare With Tejano Flare

Artist Bio -
Savannah Rae is an all-American country singer-songwriter who proudly hails from San Antonio, Texas. Born into a music and arts-loving family, Savannah’s own journey to becoming a fast-rising entertainer and songwriter was inspired by a trip to an Evanescence concert in 2009.

Not long after that, at age 11, she was enrolled into vocal and guitar lessons at GRAMMY award-winning Michael Morales’ Rockstar Academy. Since then, Savannah has given hundreds of performances in intimate venues around the US, all the way to the Texas State Fair & Wisconsin Country Fest where she opened for Jason Aldean and Way Out West Fest opening for Jon Pardi. She’s also made appearances on the American Music Awards and on NBC’s The Voice, along with being a brand ambassador for Boot Barn, Country Outfitter, C Force Water by Chuck Norris, Miranda Lambert’s clothing line, Idyllwind, Elixir Strings, Gator Cases, and the Picklejar App.

Throughout 2023, Savannah will release a series of country-rock-Spanglish songs further propelling her into the spotlight.

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Website - www.thesavannahrae.com.com
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Date: April 26, 2023
Name of podcast: Backstage Pass Radio
Episode title and number:  S4: E14 - Savannah Rae  - A Voice So Rare With Tejano Flare

Artist Bio -
Savannah Rae is an all-American country singer-songwriter who proudly hails from San Antonio, Texas. Born into a music and arts-loving family, Savannah’s own journey to becoming a fast-rising entertainer and songwriter was inspired by a trip to an Evanescence concert in 2009.

Not long after that, at age 11, she was enrolled into vocal and guitar lessons at GRAMMY award-winning Michael Morales’ Rockstar Academy. Since then, Savannah has given hundreds of performances in intimate venues around the US, all the way to the Texas State Fair & Wisconsin Country Fest where she opened for Jason Aldean and Way Out West Fest opening for Jon Pardi. She’s also made appearances on the American Music Awards and on NBC’s The Voice, along with being a brand ambassador for Boot Barn, Country Outfitter, C Force Water by Chuck Norris, Miranda Lambert’s clothing line, Idyllwind, Elixir Strings, Gator Cases, and the Picklejar App.

Throughout 2023, Savannah will release a series of country-rock-Spanglish songs further propelling her into the spotlight.

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Website - www.thesavannahrae.com.com
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Date: April 14, 2023
Name of podcast: Backstage Pass Radio
Episode title and number:  S4: E13 - Perry Richardson (Stryper / Firehouse) - In God We Trust

Artist Bio -
Perry Richardson is an American bass guitarist who played in FireHouse until 2000 and is currently the bassist of Stryper.

Perry Richardson graduatedConway High School in Conway, South Carolina and went on to graduate from the University of South Carolina/Coastal Carolina in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management.

Richardson met C. J. Snare in North Carolina and started a band called Maxx Warrior. Eventually, they met with Bill Leverty and Michael Foster (who were playing with a band called White Heat). The four got together in Charlotte and started FireHouse in 1989. While with the band, they sold over 7 million albums worldwide and won an American Music Award in 1991 for "Favorite New Artist Heavy Metal/Hard Rock". He was inducted into the South Carolina Entertainment Hall of Fame in 1995.

After leaving FireHouse in 2000, Richardson played bass for country music performers Craig Morgan and Trace Adkins.

On October 30, 2017 Christian metal band Stryper announced that Richardson would be their new bass player to replace Tim Gaines

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Website - www.stryper.com
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Date: April 14, 2023
Name of podcast: Backstage Pass Radio
Episode title and number:  S4: E13 - Perry Richardson (Stryper / Firehouse) - In God We Trust

Artist Bio -
Perry Richardson is an American bass guitarist who played in FireHouse until 2000 and is currently the bassist of Stryper.

Perry Richardson graduatedConway High School in Conway, South Carolina and went on to graduate from the University of South Carolina/Coastal Carolina in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management.

Richardson met C. J. Snare in North Carolina and started a band called Maxx Warrior. Eventually, they met with Bill Leverty and Michael Foster (who were playing with a band called White Heat). The four got together in Charlotte and started FireHouse in 1989. While with the band, they sold over 7 million albums worldwide and won an American Music Award in 1991 for "Favorite New Artist Heavy Metal/Hard Rock". He was inducted into the South Carolina Entertainment Hall of Fame in 1995.

After leaving FireHouse in 2000, Richardson played bass for country music performers Craig Morgan and Trace Adkins.

On October 30, 2017 Christian metal band Stryper announced that Richardson would be their new bass player to replace Tim Gaines

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Website - www.stryper.com
Instagram  - https://www.instagram.com/perryrichardson777/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ThePerryRichardson

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Date: April 12, 2023
Name of podcast: Backstage Pass Radio
Episode title and number:  S4: E12 - Matt Sebastian (Matt Sebastian Band) - The Names Have All Changed

Artist Bio -
After taking a 12-year hiatus from playing bass guitar in regional bands, Matt Sebastian made his solo debut in 2021. He spent his time away raising a family and focusing on his career but always dreamed of one day getting back on stage and performing.

In just a short time, he has quickly become a regular act at some of the premier live music venues in the Houston and Southeast Texas area. Playing a fun mix of Rock/Country/Pop and his own original music, he has hit the ground running playing over 300 shows in less than two years and has had the opportunity to share the stage with acts such as Shane Smith and the Saints, Cory Morrow, Muscadine Bloodline, and Bag Of Donuts.

His original music can be heard on his EP “For You” on all streaming platforms.

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Website - www.mattsebastianband.com
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Date: April 12, 2023
Name of podcast: Backstage Pass Radio
Episode title and number:  S4: E12 - Matt Sebastian (Matt Sebastian Band) - The Names Have All Changed

Artist Bio -
After taking a 12-year hiatus from playing bass guitar in regional bands, Matt Sebastian made his solo debut in 2021. He spent his time away raising a family and focusing on his career but always dreamed of one day getting back on stage and performing.

In just a short time, he has quickly become a regular act at some of the premier live music venues in the Houston and Southeast Texas area. Playing a fun mix of Rock/Country/Pop and his own original music, he has hit the ground running playing over 300 shows in less than two years and has had the opportunity to share the stage with acts such as Shane Smith and the Saints, Cory Morrow, Muscadine Bloodline, and Bag Of Donuts.

His original music can be heard on his EP “For You” on all streaming platforms.

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Website - www.mattsebastianband.com
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Date: March 29, 2023
Name of podcast: Backstage Pass Radio
Episode title and number:  S4: E10 - Eliot Lewis (Hall & Oates / Average White Band) - Just A Bump In The Road

Artist Bio -
Chad Hedrick (born April 17, 1977) is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas.

Hedrick revolutionized the inline speed skating world with his unique technique, called the double push, or DP. During his career, he won 93 national championships and 50 world championships, as well as having a brand of inline skating wheels named after him.

Speed skating

After winning his 50th World Championship, in Ostend, Belgium, in 2002, he switched to ice speed skating after watching, on a television in a Las Vegas casino in 2002, fellow inline skater Derek Parra win a medal at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. In February 2004, a year and a half after he made his switch, Hedrick won the 2004 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, knocking more than a point off the world record points, reducing it to 150.478. On March 12, 2004, Hedrick won the gold medal in the 5,000 meters during the 2004 World Single Distance Championships, which were held Seoul, South Korea. In 2005 he successfully defended his 5,000 m world title in Inzell, Germany. At the 2005 World Allround Speed Skating Championships he lost his title to Shani Davis. Hedrick has set six world records in speed skating, but these have later been broken by others.[1] As of 2021, he was 4th in the unofficial world ranking, the Adelskalender after having led the rankings from November 2005-7.

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Artist Media Handles:
Website - www.goldtosold.com
Instagram  - https://www.instagram.com/goldtosoldchad/
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Date: April 5, 2023
Name of podcast: Backstage Pass Radio
Episode title and number:  S4: E11 - Chad Hedrick (5 Time Olypic Medalist in Speed Skating / Real Estate Entrepreneur) - From Gold To Sold

Artist Bio -
Chad Hedrick (born April 17, 1977) is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas.

Hedrick revolutionized the inline speed skating world with his unique technique, called the double push, or DP. During his career, he won 93 national championships and 50 world championships, as well as having a brand of inline skating wheels named after him.

Speed skating

After winning his 50th World Championship, in Ostend, Belgium, in 2002, he switched to ice speed skating after watching, on a television in a Las Vegas casino in 2002, fellow inline skater Derek Parra win a medal at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. In February 2004, a year and a half after he made his switch, Hedrick won the 2004 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, knocking more than a point off the world record points, reducing it to 150.478. On March 12, 2004, Hedrick won the gold medal in the 5,000 meters during the 2004 World Single Distance Championships, which were held Seoul, South Korea. In 2005 he successfully defended his 5,000 m world title in Inzell, Germany. At the 2005 World Allround Speed Skating Championships he lost his title to Shani Davis. Hedrick has set six world records in speed skating, but these have later been broken by others.[1] As of 2021, he was 4th in the unofficial world ranking, the Adelskalender after having led the rankings from November 2005-7.

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Website - www.goldtosold.com
Instagram  - https://www.instagram.com/goldtosoldchad/
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Date: March 29, 2023
Name of podcast: Backstage Pass Radio
Episode title and number:  S4: E10 - Eliot Lewis (Hall & Oates / Average White Band) - Just A Bump In The Road

Artist Bio -
A singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Eliot Lewis has toured the world over as a member of the Daryl Hall & John Oates band, as well as a former member of The Average White Band. Eliot has also been the only musician to appear on every episode of Daryl Hall’s popular, "Live From Daryl's House” show all while keeping his own solo career going at a seemingly impossible pace. 

Over the course of his career, he has worked with the music business elite including, Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Joe Walsh, Sammy Hagar, Todd Rundgren, Train, Cheap Trick, Grace Potter,  Squeeze, Rob Thomas,  Jason Mraz, Darius Rucker, Gavin DeGraw, and many, many others. 

Having mastered four instruments over the course of his career; guitar, keyboard, bass, and drums, Eliot’s shows will find him moving from one instrument to another.                                                                                                                                             

Equally, at home in front of 100 or 15,000, Eliot has performed on the world's most legendary stages, including Madison Square Garden, Japan’s Budokan, Red Rocks, The Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall as well as Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Conan O’Brien, The Today Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live and many others. 

Eliot has carved out his own distinctive musical brand and sonic landscape and has written, performed and produced ten solo releases.

There are many who shaped Eliot’s music and writing. As a guitar player, definitely Jeff Beck who I've been listening to all my life, as well as Billy Gibbons who I had the great fortune of working with recently, and Peter Frampton who I actually jammed with when I was 14 yrs old. I had the amazing experience of meeting and seeing many influential artists when I was a kid mainly at Madison Square Garden in New York City. 

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Website - www.eliotlewis.com
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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EliotLewisOfficial

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