| BIO // RUSTY BLADEN
 "Rusty
Bladen is a familiar one to anyone who has spent any
amount of time in the live music establishments of
Indianapolis. It's
for good reason that he's one of the most popular live acts: Audiences
love him." -- NUVO
Rusty's solo show is
a high energy, freewheeling tour-de-force of Bladen originals, songs from the
radio, and some excellent hippie country-rock tunes. The band show is an exhibition
of what five guys holding onto the same roots rock and roll rope can pull an
audience into. The band shows are fun, rockin' and loud. The solo shows are fun,
rockin' and almost as loud.
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A
veteran of the Indiana music scene, Bladen has played many of the clubs,
theatres, bars and festivals in Indiana to build his career. Bladen
powers the crowd at his shows with an atmosphere of party songs, sing-alongs
and a whole lot of audience participation.
The band show is an exhibition
of what five guys holding onto the same roots rock and roll rope can
pull an audience into. The band shows are fun, rockin' and loud. The
solo shows are fun, rockin' and almost as loud.
Selling more than 20,000
copies of his original CD's, Bladen ranks as one of the best
selling independent artists in the state.
His most recent album, Homegrown
Treasures,
was released in April, 2010 and features 11 new, original songs.
"The songs reflect
and embellish on what it is like to live someplace for a long time, and
develop deep connections. Not just "Molly's Song",
which is a 12-string masterwork of capturing a heartbreaking situation,
but also the summertime romp that is "Cumberland Lake".
Rusty
tells
the story of a boat trip where a bunch of friends end up drinking extra-strong
margarita's, Woody throws on a red bikini top, and a girl ends the night
by jumping naked into the water. You can feel their connection - these
are people who have become close through years of growing up as neighbors
and friends"
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Recent highlights:
• Headlined
the Jasper Strassenfest, Swiss Wine Festival, and at the Mount Adams
Music Fest in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Headlined events at
Salem Speedway, WJAA Radio Bustock in Seymour, Muscatatuck Blues Festival,
Mellencamp Festival.
• An acoustic
live version of "Molly's Song",
a song about missing person Molly Datillo (from Rusty''s hometown of
Madison, Indiana)
was been released as a web-only MP3 offering at rustybladen.comm and
has been downloaded more than 5,000 times in 2009. A new version is on
"Homegrown Treasures" His
original CD's include Feels Like Christmas,
Ride That River, Everything for Everybody, Rockin Your Houseparty,
Are You
Happy
Now?
and Live Acoustic at the Hoosier Theater.
contact us / booking:
River Road Records / 812.265.3075 / email
Discography
Homegrown Treasures
2009
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Feels Like Christmas
2006
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Are You Happy Now?
2004/1994
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Ride That River
2003
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Rockin' Your Houseparty
2001
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Everything for Everybody
1999 |
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