" Mixing
Tom Petty's hooks, John Mellencamp's kick and Jimmy Buffett's audience
participation,
Bladen's sound is gritty swaggering American party rock" --
Americana
Rock Online
“Rusty is familiar to anyone
who has spent time in
the live music establishments of
Indianapolis. It's
for good reason he's one of
the most popular live acts. ...Audiences
love him.” -- NUVO Newsweekly
Rusty
Bladen takes the crowd on a ride with
his music, party
songs, and American rock and roll. ::
BOOKING INFO :: River Road Records - 812.265.3075
booking
agent: Dan Cole - 812.599.4423
WHO
IS RUSTY BLADEN? A
crowd favorite of the Indiana music scene, Bladen
powers his shows with an atmosphere
of party songs, sing-alongs and a whole lot of fun. Rusty
has cultivated his longtime and extremely loyal
Midwestern fan base with memorable
band and his solo
performances.
WHAT'S
A SHOW LIKE?
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.
WHAT
DO THEY SAY?
“Rusty
Bladen is an indispensable part
of the Muscatatuck River Music
Festival. His fans ahve
an expectation that he will put
on an exciting,
high energy show, and he never
fails to deliver. He wins
over fans who have primarily
come to see others." Hugh
Partridge,
Promoter
Muscatatuck River Music Festival
QUOTES: " My
bar was rockin' like it has rarely rocked before! Rusty Bladen has so much energy we had to put in
a new breaker system just for him. He's fun, talented,
and
really
works the room. Call the paramedics because
he knocks the crowd dead. I partied so hard I'm still taking aspirin.
I can't wait to see him again."
Jimmy "Mad Dog" Matis
Q95 Radio and owner of
Longacre Bar & Grill
CONTACTS:
Rusty Bladen Booking River Road Records
Madison, IN - office / email
812.265.3075
booking agent: Dan Cole - 812.599.4423
Rusty's
shows have been proudly sponsored by Budweiser since 1997
MORE ABOUT RUSTY BLADEN
→ Rusty has sold 15,000 albums to his Midwest audience, making Bladen one
of the best selling independent artists in Indiana. Rusty's mailing list and
rustybladen.com builds and maintain his growing fan base.
→ In
2009, Rusty headlined the Jasper Strassenfest, Swiss Wine Festival,
the Mount Adams Music Fest in Cincinnati, Ohio. Also headlined
events at Salem Speedway, WJAA Radio Bustock in Seymour, Muscatatuck
Blues Festival, and Bedford Fall Festival and has played at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Verizon Wireless Music Center.
→ Plays
from a song list of over 400 popular cover songs and original
music, performing solo or full band.
COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY
Feels Like Christmas
2007
charity complilation album
2005
Are You Happy Now
2004
Ride That River
2003
Rockin'
Your
Houseparty (LIVE)
2001
Everything
for Everybody
1999
NEWSPAPER
EXCERPT: "Rusty
Bladen is coming off a home-turf gig with
his band at the Madison Regatta before a
wild
riverfront
crowd of 3,000. Bladen
emerges from behind a large black, logo-emblazoned
backdrop,
grinning
and pounding a foot on the stage..."
- read
full Evansville Courier article
•Appeared on FOX 41 TV (Cincinnati) and several Midwest radio stations
play Rusty’s music.
•Bladen opened for Todd Snider, James McMurtry and Kansas and has played
live at more than 20 radio stations.
•
Rusty has performed
at Verizon Music Center, opening on the side stage for
mainstream artists like Train, Hootie & the Blowfish,
Don Henley, Tim
McGraw, & Kenny Chesney
.
• An acoustic version of "Molly's Song", a song about missing
person Molly Datillo (from Rusty''s hometown of Madison, Indiana) was released
as a web-only MP3 offering at Rusty Bladen.com and on Rusty's myspace page, and
has been downloaded more than 8,000 times.
•He released his most recent CD, "Feels Like Christmas",
featuring Dane Clark (Mellencamp's drummer), who played on it and and was the
producer. The album was mixed by the legendary Ray Kennedy (Steve Earle, Lucinda
Williams).
QUOTES: 
Rusty's
shows have been proudly sponsored by Budweiser since 1997 
