CANCER SUCKS Benefit

Founding members Matt Briggs, James Tommey, and Zack Walther released their debut EP in May 2013 and are currently touring Texas and the Southwest. With James on bass, Zack on lead vocals and guitar, and Matt on drums, the trio fills bars and dance halls with sounds ranging from harmonica, whistling, and three-part harmonies to gritty, chest-pounding rock.


Aaron Stephens wants to make music for your soul. Not a religious type of soul, but the type of soul that makes you wanna clap your hands, and dance like you do at your grandmama's church.

"There's just something about soul," Aaron said. "People like Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, their music hits me right in the gut, the same way I bet it did my grandparents."

He started writing his own songs and playing guitar at the age of thirteen. Within a few years he began playing shows regularly around the Rio Grande Valley. He now performs all throughout Texas and soon to a city near you. Influenced by artists such as Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan and John Mayer, Aaron Stephens has his own sound that deserves a listen.
- See more at: http://www.aaronstephensmusic.com/a_brief_history/#sthash.Lyj7SyWk.dpuf


Texas singer/songwriter Shad Blair was born and raised on a cattle ranch southeast of Post, Texas, learning to play guitar and sing from his dad and older brothers. He wore out his parents' old country vinyl, spending the long Texas summers soaking up the music of Merle Haggard, Gene Watson, Johnny Cash, Bobby Helms, and Hank Williams. At age 14, Shad's father taught him to play "Fraulein" and soon after he began playing gigs, later working in the oilfields to put himself through college. Over the years, Shad has created a sound hardened by life experience and steeped in his influences including Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt, and Steve Earle, to name a few.
Shad's latest album, Sunday Blues, was released in Fall 2008 and was produced by Mark Sarisky, a professor of Recording Technology at the University of Texas at Austin. Brannen Temple (drums), Mitch Watkins (guitar), Red Young (B3 organ), John Fremgen (bass), Carter Arrington (guitar), and Danny Levin (fiddle) helped create a textured and soulful sound in twelve songs that tell stories of betrayal, heartache, and revenge.