Spotlight: The C.R. Ecker Band

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Webpage: http://bushwackedalbum.blogspot.com

Location: Playa del Rey, CA, United States

Description: The C.R. Ecker Band has something to offer all country music fans in this sampler, from the fun and happy "I Just Wanna' Meet Girls" to the emotional and insightful "Bushwacked (Bewildered, Beat-up Bad and Broke).

Biography: The "Bushwacked (Bewildered, Beat-up Bad and Broke" album features a title song that reflects an anthem of American angst, given the economic challenges of the modern day. But this apolitical ballad was written twenty years ago, in an era that also was driven by a bad economy, a time when a candidate, campaigning on the platform "It's the Economy, Stupid," went on to become a two-term President. During its initial summer 2011 release by The C.R. Ecker Band, some refused to even listen to the song thinking it was a knock on George W. Bush. The publishing company was forced to do a PR campaign in mid-August noting the song was written and recorded well before the former President took office. Once people heard the song, says C.R. Ecker, they got it and its acceptance is rising at a rapid pace, both in the U.S. and Canada as well as abroad. Ecker has sought to explore a wide variety of country styles. In addition to the down-home, matter-of-fact delivery of "Bushwacked (Bewildered, Beat-up Bad and Broke)", the album features what the band leader calls "a tribute to teenage testosterone -- "I Just Wanna' Meet Girls, about as traditional country as you can get short of Roy Acuff. He notes that as we head into the fall, 'Girls' is receiving heavy airplay on Internet Radio with an extremely high listenership outside of North America in the Philippines, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Also featured in this compilation is what the composer describes as a head-bangin' and just plain fun roadhouse rocker, "Green Eyes," inspired by his beautiful wife, and "My White Collar (Makes My Red Neck Itch), a song for those in high rise buildings wanting to return to a simpler life. The full C.R. Ecker Band compilation, available through all major digital music download servces worldwide, includes an ode to a long, lost pet who was the composer's pride and joy titled "I'm Thinking' of an Old Friend Today," and straight-up affirmations of love and hope with "Up on My Luck," and "Get on My Back." Then there are pleas to return to a love lost in “When I Walked with You" and "One More Night with You." For good measure, an instrumental version of the upbeat "Up on My Luck" concludes the compilation and is now on YouTube as a karaoke video, complimenting videos already there for "Bushwacked... and "Girls...".

Press Release: Los Angeles) September 9, 2011 -- An important posting on musicSubmit is just the latest key step in the rollout of the "Bushwacked (Bewildered, Beat-up Bad and Broke) album. Ever since its official launch with a Times Square electronic billboard lighting ceremony August 1, The C.R. Ecker Band country music compilation has landed on all major American digital music download platforms. What had been planned as a second single, "I Just Wanna' Meet Girls," caught up in popularity to the BBBuB&B single in three short weeks here and abroad. Both songs, joined by "Green Eyes" and "Up on My Luck", are being heard by thousands of Internet radio listeners beyond the borders of the U.S. -- from Australia to Sweden, Germany to India and Great Britain to the Philippines. Expanding to the visual medium, the BBBuB&B and "I Just Wanna' Meet Girls" music "cartoon" videos are now on YouTube and can be accessed by typing in the full album title. A karaoke version of "Up on My Luck" was just added to the YouTube collection. For additional information, go to http://bushwackedalbum.blogspot.com/