May 2012 Artist Bryan Clark

 Nashville has plenty of songwriters, session players, singers, pickers, producers and CEOs but rarely to do you get all these in one person. Well meet Bryan Clark! 


 Bryan is the founder of Rainfeather Records. He's a singer/songwriter who's also a songwriting professor at Belmont University and in terms of musicianship, Bryan is world class. He can just about play anything. He's been heralded as a guitar virtuoso by Got Country Magazine and according to Steven Stone of Vintage Guitar Magazine “Bryan Clark’s Singing and guitar playing easily rank with the top big-name country stars like Keith Urban and Brad Paisley. (He’s) simply a monster player, songwriter, singer and a musician with prodigious talent…” With press and a resume like that what more could you want.   

 For Bryan it's all about the music and what it can do for people! Bryan is on a mission to create positive music that lifts people up! He enlists his undeniable talent to write, perform and produce his latest record "Southern Intermission" This album sets out to prove in Bryan's own words "...that southern culture isn't an oxymoron"!  If Elvis Costello and the Allman Brothers decided to make a record "Southern Intermission" just might be what it would sound like. 


The writing is painterly in its ability to convey the characters, places and emotions in each song! The musicianship is nothing short of fantastic and you don't get much better production than you do on this record. 

The lead single "Southern Amen" is a guitar assault right out of the gate with Blues, Southern Rock and Gospel all sharing in the glory! The boys squeeze every bit of juice out of the lemon! Another standout track is "Alabama Macedonia Blackwater Church of Christ" which is simple tender and heartfelt.  One of my personal favorites is "Transistor Love"! This song is a love song but from a whole other perspective! Here are the lyrics:

Transistor Love

Music & Lyrics by Bryan Clark

Here’s a courtesy beep for you
Harmonic gigahertz to relay number two
Don’t leave me in this half duplex hang-time
My rectifier is on the line

Your propagation regulation is a shame

Modulation is my primary thang

But baby your impedance is too high

But I get through your transmission screen

We’d Both be grounded and loving our frequency

I’m center loaded but in decibel hell

I’m bouncing signals off the clouds for your love

You got me bound up in gigahertz

I might spark gap in the skip zone

But honey, baby, please don’t pull the plug on me

Will my message ever reach your ears?

Transistor love is such a bitch to hear

But baby let me keep you chassis ground

I wanna hear and touch and kiss all your FM dBs

So let’s get grounded in the elements of what we could be

And start loving transistorly

Another song I want to point out is "I Heard A Voice" The record version makes you want to rejoice! Here is an acoustic performance of it by Bryan:

Recently I had the pleasure to sit down with Bryan and discuss the record and much more. Here is the video:

Overall this is a fabulous record and Bryan & the band deserve all the success in the world for their hard work and tremendous craftsmanship! Get your copy today!!


www.bryanclarkmusic.com
http://rainfeatherrecords.com/