Saturday, January 23, 2021

Music Minute: Jeff Coffey and Ken Wilber

 The new impassioned and poignant single “Someday” written and composed by former lead vocalist of Chicago, Jeff Coffey, touches on the stirring and dramatic events over the past year.  Lyrics began to flow out fairly quickly for Jeff as he began to ponder the heartbreaking, powerful and harrowing moments of this past year. The moving and heart-rending video is available today on his YouTube Channel. The single, "Someday," is available for streaming and download here.



About Jeff Coffey:
Jeff Coffey is a musician, singer, songwriter who has released three solo albums which were well-received by radio and music fans. His songs are very relatable and bridge the gap between Pop, Rock and Country. Two singles from this CD "Through Your Eyes" and "Long Way Home" made it to the Top 20 on the FMQB AC/40 chart.
 
Much of Jeff's music has been featured on numerous TV shows on several major television networks such as NBC, MTV, CMTV, FOX, E! Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, A&E, Bravo and the CBS Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.  “Through Your Eyes” was prominently featured on the prime-time TV show “Men In Trees” starring Anne Heche.

 
Jeff’s latest album, ORIGINS was released in December 2019 with Coffey’s vocal abilities shining through on this album. ORIGINS is a tribute album to all the great tenor singers and the songs that inspired Jeff to become a professional musician and includes songs by some greats, like Sir. Paul McCartney, Sting, Queen, Journey, Foreigner and more. 
 
Jeff continues to write and record new music, collaborating with many artists and songwriters.  He also currently tours as bassist for Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame member Don Felder (formerly of The Eagles). 




New York native and Country Music artist, Ken Wilber, has announced the release of "Freedom Song" to radio via CDX distribution services whose service reaches not only all key radio programming decision makers, but also the major streaming platforms, labels, publishing companies, and more in the Country Music business community. “Freedom Song” was penned by Sonny LeMaire, Clay Mills, Jimmy Ritchey and recorded by Ryan Younts at Oceanway Nashville, engineered and mixed by Tony Cottrill at The DAWg Houze in Hendersonville, TN and mastered by Benny Quinn

“Freedom Song” is available on digital music platforms Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music and more for streaming and download
 here.

Ken Wilber recollects that "Freedom Song was originally recorded by Blackberry Smoke, I really liked the Southern Rock flavor to it, as I grew up listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers. I was also heavily influenced by The Charlie Daniels Band, so this was a nice way to showcase that influence. This particular song has a great groove to it, it's one of those songs that makes you want to roll the windows down in your car and hit the gas."

“Ken is a pleasure to work with, and I’m always excited when he travels here to Nashville. It’s an honor to have the opportunity to record and mix his projects. He’s an amazing talent, incredible versatility in his singing, songwriting and his honest enthusiasm is infectious. Ken just keeps getting better and better as an artist and entertainer which will become obvious to the listener in these new releases,” exclaimed Tony Cottrill, Lonely Dog Productions and The DAWg Houze.

All of Ken’s music is available for streaming on
 SpotifyApple Music and download on Google PlayAmazon Music and iTunes.

Stay current with Ken Wilber on his website www.kenwilbercountry.com on social media platforms FacebookTwitter and Instagram.

About Ken Wilber:
Ken Wilber was born in Oneonta, NY on October 29th, 1980. His earliest musical influences were Conway Twitty, Merle Haggard, George Jones and Johnny Cash. His family remembers him at a young age staring at the records as they played, trying to understand the music he heard. Ken learned to sing by trying to emulate the people he heard on the recordings and would keep at it, until he could copy every little inflection of the vocal performance. In high school Ken discovered his second love, theater. He made his theatrical debut at the age of 14 in a high school production of “Fame.”  The band Fly By Nite was formed with Ken as lead singer where they played locally every weekend at a local watering hole called “Babcocks.”  Fly by Nite played together for a little over ten years, before dissolving in 2012. Ken Also sang with the southern rock Group J.D. Mistress.  Ken was brought in by guitar player Rich Rogers.  He played with them for about six months, where they played several dates locally and had the opportunity to open for Molly Hatchet and Blackfoot in Albany, NY. After Fly By Nite dissolved, Ken and Kerry Fallot set out to begin writing and arranging music for Ken’s first album “Rollin’ My Own,” and the album was completed in 2017. Ken had the opportunity to play country music Legend Hank Williams in a local theatrical production of “Hank Williams: Lost Highway.”  Tony Cottrill mastered the first project and shortly after the mastering was completed, Tony contacted Ken to come to Nashville to record a demo session for Sonny LeMaire of Exile fame. As a result of the demo sessions, Ken decided to record his second album in Nashville in October 2018. New music to be released soon, recorded in Nashville, TN at Ocean Way studio and produced by Tony Cottrill and Sonny LeMaire. 


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