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Spar Customs Productions has been creating unique events since 1991 in Southern California and around the world. Our social media is where you can find our latest Car Show and Music events in San Diego.
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See you at our events!
![Tiki
Island
Hawaiian
Slack key](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e7d7b_4e74fee24c204f0aa20eaf2cff919c70~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_227,h_226,fp_0.8_0.53,q_75/9e7d7b_4e74fee24c204f0aa20eaf2cff919c70~mv2.jpg)
Spar Customs w Slack Key Ohana/Tavana & Ken Garcia at the Belly Up July 2nd
Spar Customs Productions is excited to tie in with the Belly Up July 2nd for an Island Style night of great artists including friends Slack Key Ohana, also Tavana from Hawaii and Ken Garcia.
This will be a great event with traditional and contemporary island styles so you know the vibes will be right for a locals night along the coast.
Tickets at bellyup.com
Doors 7PM, tickets only $12 presale
Look forward to seeing some usual faces and some good times on a Tuesday evening.
Dabbles
This will be a great event with traditional and contemporary island styles so you know the vibes will be right for a locals night along the coast.
Tickets at bellyup.com
Doors 7PM, tickets only $12 presale
Look forward to seeing some usual faces and some good times on a Tuesday evening.
Dabbles
![Hot Rods
Car Show
Live Music
Carlsbad
Oceanside
North County
San Diego
2 Stroke Scooters
Motorcycles
Parts Swap
Food Hall
All Ages
Dog Friendly
Rat Rods
Rockabilly
Americana
Ameripolitan
Blues
Rock and Roll](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e7d7b_126fa2b791a340c69ca1642824e95efc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_227,h_226,q_75/9e7d7b_126fa2b791a340c69ca1642824e95efc~mv2.jpg)
Spar Customs Monthly 3rd Sunday Car/2 Wheel/Music Fest in Carlsbad at the Windmill Food Hall.
Spar Customs Monthly 3rd Sunday Car/2 Wheel/Music Fest in Carlsbad at the Windmill Food Hall.
Located off the 5 freeway at Palomar Rd, the event is noon to 4pm with parking for unique vintage vehicles anytime after 11am. Music starts noonish.
12 food vendors
Vintage marketplace
50/50 raffle- $5ea
Giveaway raffle
All ages
Dog friendly
Come down for a FREE Community Scene with great live music and enjoy the beach life with us.
*May 19th: Reckless Ones
*June 16th: Bonneville 7
*July 21st - Outlaw Daddies
*Aug 18th- Crown City Bombers
To save a parking spot for your vehicle email:
Dabbles@sparcustoms.com
See you there!
Located off the 5 freeway at Palomar Rd, the event is noon to 4pm with parking for unique vintage vehicles anytime after 11am. Music starts noonish.
12 food vendors
Vintage marketplace
50/50 raffle- $5ea
Giveaway raffle
All ages
Dog friendly
Come down for a FREE Community Scene with great live music and enjoy the beach life with us.
*May 19th: Reckless Ones
*June 16th: Bonneville 7
*July 21st - Outlaw Daddies
*Aug 18th- Crown City Bombers
To save a parking spot for your vehicle email:
Dabbles@sparcustoms.com
See you there!
![Tiki
Surf Guitar
Rockabilly
Hot Rod
Live Music
Food
Cocktails
Dancing](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e7d7b_1b9542ed5fe44a54a34dc76ec426eb25~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_226,h_226,fp_0.42_0.52,q_75/9e7d7b_1b9542ed5fe44a54a34dc76ec426eb25~mv2.jpg)
Spar Customs bringing more Surf-a-Billy w JP McDermott & the Mag-Neatos to Pourhouse
Spar Customs Productions bringing another of our Surf-a-Billy style nights to the Thursday Scene at Pourhouse July 11th.
Coming from LA & OC JP brings a mix of Vintage Honky Tonk and Red Hot Rockabilly. The Mag-Neatos are a Hot Rod Guitar Surf band so dawn your favorite Tiki threads and cruise down for a surf rocking Thursday with us. $8 donation, great food and Ublendit cocktails.
Music starts 7PM, all ages until 9PM.
See you there
Sparcustoms.com
Coming from LA & OC JP brings a mix of Vintage Honky Tonk and Red Hot Rockabilly. The Mag-Neatos are a Hot Rod Guitar Surf band so dawn your favorite Tiki threads and cruise down for a surf rocking Thursday with us. $8 donation, great food and Ublendit cocktails.
Music starts 7PM, all ages until 9PM.
See you there
Sparcustoms.com
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Spar Customs Productions welcomes Johnny Ramos and Reagan Guitar Williams
Spar Customs Productions welcomes Johnny Ramos and Reagan Guitar Williams to the Pourhouse for a Thursday Scene.
Both of these young rockers have played with some of the best around in Blues, Rock, Rockabilly, Country and more.
Come for a great night of guitar slinging and dancing 6 pm to 10pm with music starting at 7pm.
Grab dinner and some ublendit cocktails, enjoy a Thursday built for locals.
See you there.
Both of these young rockers have played with some of the best around in Blues, Rock, Rockabilly, Country and more.
Come for a great night of guitar slinging and dancing 6 pm to 10pm with music starting at 7pm.
Grab dinner and some ublendit cocktails, enjoy a Thursday built for locals.
See you there.
![Hot Rods
Classic Cars
Food hall
Cocktails
All Ages
Dog friendly
Carlsbad
San Diego
Rockabilly
Live Music](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e7d7b_0ee348ba091c46f688614b519a67b378~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_227,h_226,fp_0.56_0.27,q_75/9e7d7b_0ee348ba091c46f688614b519a67b378~mv2.jpg)
Spar Customs Productions July 21st FREE Car/Music/Bike show and Vintage Scooter ride at Windmill Food Hall.
Spar Customs Productions July 21st FREE Car/Music/Bike show and Vintage Scooter ride at Windmill Food Hall.
This go around we have the Outlaw Daddies from LA coming down to rev up our scene playing noon to 4pm. They have a great blend of rockabilly, country and hot rod styles for you.
Please rsvp your vehicle so we know how many spots to save at dabbles@sparcustoms.com
(Also make sure you are only communicating with Dabbles and not any scammers trying to infiltrate our scene w fake event sign ups for money)
Parking starts anytime after 11am, music kicks off approx noon.
All ages, dog friendly, Ublendit cocktails, dozen food vendors, Vintage marketplace and more.
All unique vintage vehicles allowed. Have sections available for car clubs but must contact in advance to hold an area. Each section holds approx 20 to 25 cars.
Community event, bring the family down, check out some great rides and hear some killer music.
See you there.
Dabbles
Sparcustoms.com
This go around we have the Outlaw Daddies from LA coming down to rev up our scene playing noon to 4pm. They have a great blend of rockabilly, country and hot rod styles for you.
Please rsvp your vehicle so we know how many spots to save at dabbles@sparcustoms.com
(Also make sure you are only communicating with Dabbles and not any scammers trying to infiltrate our scene w fake event sign ups for money)
Parking starts anytime after 11am, music kicks off approx noon.
All ages, dog friendly, Ublendit cocktails, dozen food vendors, Vintage marketplace and more.
All unique vintage vehicles allowed. Have sections available for car clubs but must contact in advance to hold an area. Each section holds approx 20 to 25 cars.
Community event, bring the family down, check out some great rides and hear some killer music.
See you there.
Dabbles
Sparcustoms.com
![Rockabilly
Oceanside
San Diego
All Stars
Live Music](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e7d7b_4cc342f041f94ca2bea555563001ef8b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_226,h_226,fp_0.55_0.48,q_75/9e7d7b_4cc342f041f94ca2bea555563001ef8b~mv2.jpg)
Spar Customs Productions with our buds the Rockabilly All Stars at pour House
Spar Customs Productions event with our buds the Rockabilly All Stars went off so we had to bring them back for round two.
They came in and blew the socks off everyone with this amazing line up of Jerry Prefontaine (Rockin Rebels), Scotty Seatbelt, John Bazz of the Blasters and Neil Morrow (Johnny Cash Nationwide Shows).
Make sure you catch this one for a trip down memory lane of hit after hit in rockabilly, rock and roll with some real country tunes also.
Event is 6 to 10pm, music starts at 7pm. Come down for dinner at the Pour House and some Ublendit.com cocktails, see an amazing live show and still be home in time for work Friday.
Dabbles
Sparcustoms.com
#Sparcustomsproductions #thursdayscene #livemusic #oceanside #rockabilly #rockandroll #realcountry #san
They came in and blew the socks off everyone with this amazing line up of Jerry Prefontaine (Rockin Rebels), Scotty Seatbelt, John Bazz of the Blasters and Neil Morrow (Johnny Cash Nationwide Shows).
Make sure you catch this one for a trip down memory lane of hit after hit in rockabilly, rock and roll with some real country tunes also.
Event is 6 to 10pm, music starts at 7pm. Come down for dinner at the Pour House and some Ublendit.com cocktails, see an amazing live show and still be home in time for work Friday.
Dabbles
Sparcustoms.com
#Sparcustomsproductions #thursdayscene #livemusic #oceanside #rockabilly #rockandroll #realcountry #san
![Honky Tonk
San Diego
Dancing
Live Music
Oceanside
Texas
Nashville
Outlaw
Western
Ameripolitan
Americana](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e7d7b_5983e6167d79465ba5eb0a5885c12d6c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_227,h_226,fp_0.38_0.25,q_75/9e7d7b_5983e6167d79465ba5eb0a5885c12d6c~mv2.jpg)
Spar Customs brings the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash w Stacy Antonel to our Thursday Scene at Pourhouse.
Spar Customs brings the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash w Stacy Antonel to our Thursday Scene at Pourhouse.
Both with San Diego ties but now hailing from Texas and Nashville.
Will be a honky tonkin good time!
Music starts at 7PM, bring your dancing shoes, dance floor will be full.
$10 donation, come early for the great Pourhouse food and some Ublendit Cocktails.
See you there
Sparcustoms.com
Both with San Diego ties but now hailing from Texas and Nashville.
Will be a honky tonkin good time!
Music starts at 7PM, bring your dancing shoes, dance floor will be full.
$10 donation, come early for the great Pourhouse food and some Ublendit Cocktails.
See you there
Sparcustoms.com
![Mod
Garage
Soul
Vintage Scooters
two stroke](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e7d7b_f9faa24637564af3b9260d7bd61e7709~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_227,h_226,fp_0.64_0.48,q_75/9e7d7b_f9faa24637564af3b9260d7bd61e7709~mv2.jpg)
Spar Customs Thursday Scene w the luxuries & the Apemen from Germany at Pourhouse
Spar Customs Productions has the Luxuries from Long Beach along with special guests the Apemen from Germany for our Thursday Scene at pourhouse Oceanside.
The Luxuries are an action packed garage/hard soul band tied with our scooter scene and bring an amazing energy show every time.
Apemen have been bringing their Street Mod Sound since 1992 and keeping a legit scene for decades.
The N County Scooter Clan will be meeting 4PM at Pourhouse, kicks up 4:30 for a coastal ride and back before 7PM for the show.
Bring your Vintage Scooter down and get a special sampler.
Cheers
Dabbles
The Luxuries are an action packed garage/hard soul band tied with our scooter scene and bring an amazing energy show every time.
Apemen have been bringing their Street Mod Sound since 1992 and keeping a legit scene for decades.
The N County Scooter Clan will be meeting 4PM at Pourhouse, kicks up 4:30 for a coastal ride and back before 7PM for the show.
Bring your Vintage Scooter down and get a special sampler.
Cheers
Dabbles
![Tiki
Surf guitar
Garage
Power pop
Live Music
San Diego
Oceanside
North County](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e7d7b_436b80be29a64cd29df3a2e5a336972a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_226,h_226,fp_0.48_0.61,q_75/9e7d7b_436b80be29a64cd29df3a2e5a336972a~mv2.jpg)
Spar Customs Surf-a-Creep Thursday Scene w The Ugly Things & Ventures -A -GoGo at Pourhouse
Spar Customs Productions
Surf-a-Creep Thursday Scene w The Ugly Things & Ventures -A -GoGo at Pourhouse
Our friend and legend Tony Marisco from the Martini Kings/Cruzados(music on Tarantino movies)/Plugz and more has a new side project from LA doing their Creepy surf/tiki/garage sound.
Also have the new Ventures-A-GoGo project featuring Rip Carson and Rocket doing all your favorite Ventures tunes. Don't want to miss this kick off show, been hearing the licks and they are on fire.
Gonna be a Surf-A-Creep night for sure so grab your favorite island tiki shirt and lets make it a colorful Thursday.
Head down for dinner, drinks and music 6 to 10pm, bands start 7pm sharp.
See you there
Dabbles
sparcustoms.com
#oceanside #sandiego #tiki #surfguitar #creepy #garage #livemusic #northcounty #cocktails #ventures
#northcountycrewsers
Surf-a-Creep Thursday Scene w The Ugly Things & Ventures -A -GoGo at Pourhouse
Our friend and legend Tony Marisco from the Martini Kings/Cruzados(music on Tarantino movies)/Plugz and more has a new side project from LA doing their Creepy surf/tiki/garage sound.
Also have the new Ventures-A-GoGo project featuring Rip Carson and Rocket doing all your favorite Ventures tunes. Don't want to miss this kick off show, been hearing the licks and they are on fire.
Gonna be a Surf-A-Creep night for sure so grab your favorite island tiki shirt and lets make it a colorful Thursday.
Head down for dinner, drinks and music 6 to 10pm, bands start 7pm sharp.
See you there
Dabbles
sparcustoms.com
#oceanside #sandiego #tiki #surfguitar #creepy #garage #livemusic #northcounty #cocktails #ventures
#northcountycrewsers
![Ska
Rockabilly
The Specials
Oceanside
Spar Customs
Pour House
San Diego
Scooter Rally
2 Stroke](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e7d7b_c89e84616f1248dd922f7ba3da124523~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_227,h_226,fp_0.26_0.47,q_75/9e7d7b_c89e84616f1248dd922f7ba3da124523~mv2.jpg)
Spar Customs Productions presents Roddy Radiation of the Specials with his Ska Billy Rebels show at Pour House Oceanside
Final details with event schedule, opening bands, cost and scooter ride will be coming shortly but guarantee this will be one hell of a Sunday in N County. Stay Tuned!
This Spar Ska-Billy Scooter Sunday will feature the one and only Roddy Radiation of the Specials with his band doing a mix of originals from the Specials and Rockabilly. If you haven't seen the Ska Billy Rebels before then you don't want to miss this one! One of our favorites everytime.
There is a VERY Special opening band that is working to be on the bill that will blow your mind as well. It would be their debut show w an All Star lineup along with album release.
This show will be a daytime Sunday event with a N County Scooter Clan ride through our killer back roads in the morning making a few stops along the route. As of now the music is looking like a 2 or 3pm start and finished about 8 or 9pm, but will be finalized shortly with ticket links and there will be Rally merch available.
Hotel deal will be worked on and possibly a long Haul Sat ride for the die hard scoot crews wanting to make a weekend of it and see some great back roads we frequent.
There will be multiple opening bands and the Pour House will be jumpin for sure all day.
Great food, Ublendit.com cocktail specials all day, top rankin artists and vintage 2 stroke scooters.
Mark your calendar, comin in hot!!!!!
Dabbles
@sparcustoms .com
#ncountyscooterclan
@sparcustomsproductions
#2tone #2stroke #ska #rockabilly #legends #thespecials #roddyradiation #pourhouse #oceanside #sandiego #scooterride #livemusic
This Spar Ska-Billy Scooter Sunday will feature the one and only Roddy Radiation of the Specials with his band doing a mix of originals from the Specials and Rockabilly. If you haven't seen the Ska Billy Rebels before then you don't want to miss this one! One of our favorites everytime.
There is a VERY Special opening band that is working to be on the bill that will blow your mind as well. It would be their debut show w an All Star lineup along with album release.
This show will be a daytime Sunday event with a N County Scooter Clan ride through our killer back roads in the morning making a few stops along the route. As of now the music is looking like a 2 or 3pm start and finished about 8 or 9pm, but will be finalized shortly with ticket links and there will be Rally merch available.
Hotel deal will be worked on and possibly a long Haul Sat ride for the die hard scoot crews wanting to make a weekend of it and see some great back roads we frequent.
There will be multiple opening bands and the Pour House will be jumpin for sure all day.
Great food, Ublendit.com cocktail specials all day, top rankin artists and vintage 2 stroke scooters.
Mark your calendar, comin in hot!!!!!
Dabbles
@sparcustoms .com
#ncountyscooterclan
@sparcustomsproductions
#2tone #2stroke #ska #rockabilly #legends #thespecials #roddyradiation #pourhouse #oceanside #sandiego #scooterride #livemusic
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Spar presents Dale Watson Aug 29th 2023 at Cordova Bar
Buy tickets here:
https://buytickets.at/sparcustoms/909487
https://buytickets.at/sparcustoms/909487
![Spar Customs presents Cashdout: A Johnny Cash Christmas Show at Cordova Bar dec 20th w All Alone & Rockin 5 to 9pm.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e7d7b_db56f5b0804845e9806b3bcbec751092~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_227,h_226,fp_0.7_0.24,q_75/9e7d7b_db56f5b0804845e9806b3bcbec751092~mv2.jpg)
Spar Customs presents Cashdout: A Johnny Cash Christmas Show at Cordova Bar dec 20th w All Alone & Rockin 5 to 9pm.
Spar Customs presents Cashdout: A Johnny Cash Christmas Show at Cordova Bar dec 20th w All Alone & Rockin 5 to 9pm.
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Spar presents Rosie Flores at the Cordova Bar July 16th 2023 5 to 9pm
Spar presents Rosie Flores at the Cordova Bar July 16th 5 to 9pm.
Buy Tickets here:
https://buytickets.at/sparcustoms/894500
21 and Over
Buy Tickets here:
https://buytickets.at/sparcustoms/894500
21 and Over
![Live Music
San Diego
Hank Williams
Country Music
Western
Fiddle
Outlaw
Hank 3](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e7d7b_cbeb833025664fcbbf46a454e7addd58~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_226,h_226,fp_0.77_0.38,q_75/9e7d7b_cbeb833025664fcbbf46a454e7addd58~mv2.jpg)
Spar Customs Productions brings IV and the Strange Band with Possessed by Paul James to San Diego for a Paddys Day to remember Mar 17th 2024 at Cordova Bar
Spar Customs Productions brings IV and the Strange Band with Possessed by Paul James to San Diego for a Paddys Day to remember Mar 17th, 2024 at Cordova Bar.
IV (Four) and The Strange Band, fronted by Coleman Williams of the Hank Williams family legacy. Coleman is the great grandson of Hank Williams, grandson to Hank Williams Jr. and son of Hank III
Grab your pre sale tickets for just $20 while they last, this one is going to be on fire.
IV new album was produced by Shooter Jennings.
There are family traditions, and then there is the Williams Family Tradition. Beginning with the legendary Hank Williams, then his son, Hank Jr. and grandson, Hank 3, now the fourth generation of Williams (Coleman Williams or IV) is ready to take his place in the music world with his band, IV and the Strange Band.
IV was raised in Nashville in the early 90s before the explosion of what the city is now. The only son of Hank Williams III, IV was raised by his mother until his formative high school years which were spent with his father at Hank3’s “haunted ranch” going to punk and house shows and being driven by the heavy tones and sounds of progressive vocal driven music but still retaining a love for the southern country and blues legends. After high school, IV travelled the country which led to meeting more bands and expanding his musical tastes from country bands in Louisiana to doom metal bands in New Jersey.
Although being the first born son of the fourth generation of Williams is his legacy, but fulfilling a musical legacy is never what drove him as a person. After traveling the country, IV returned to Nashville to attend college and study English and literature with dreams of being a writer. After college, IV began teaching but over time he realized he didn’t enjoy the education route and got into working in the liquor business instead to make ends meet.
About this time, he became friends with Jason Dietz, a local producer, who became a personal friend and musical ally. Even though IV had been writing songs his entire life and grew up singing, he had never really had a project to express his true voice. Additionally, he had reservations about ever being like the rest of his family wanting to forge his own path. He had even kept his family history as a need to know among friends. He just wanted to be in the backdrop of the music scene to take it all in the right way.
Jason would help to change that as would musician Joe Buck with whom IV has developed his style of guitar playing. This all led to IV meeting the group of musicians he needed for what is now dubbed the “Strange Band”. His now lead guitar player David Talley with Jason Dietz on bass would become the core of IV and the Strange Band. Next came Laura Beth Jewell on Fiddle and Tylor Powell on drums to complete the band. Starting from IV’s acoustic songs, the band and IV collaborated to create the sound now that has come to define the project: 100 watt amps blended with fiddle, drums, and powerful vocal driven country hooks combining many diverse influences and different musical histories.
Being 29 and starting his music career seems an interesting time, but that exact age is when his great grandfather Hank Sr.’s life ended. IV had a vision and dream that couldn’t be obtained in the right way without this journey. Being handed a legacy is one thing to try, but IV is determined to earn it.
The first single, “Son of Sin”, is scheduled to be released on 4/20 via bandcamp and other streaming outlets.
Possessed by Paul
After 20 plus years working within the realms of special education & advocacy work, Konrad Wert known as the band Possessed by Paul James, continues the balance with yet another upcoming album while in the classroom. Continuing to raise a family in Texas & working a 50 hr work week within public education, Wert has still been able to release 5 full length albums, two of which topped Bluegrass Billboard charts in 2013 & 2020. Possessed by Paul James’s upcoming 6th album, titled Fighting For Our Own Survival, set to release \"sooner than later\" highlights life’s passage with such tracks as See You On Sunday; recorded live here with WAF in Laramie, Wyoming & accompanied by Joe Macheret on fiddle.
IV (Four) and The Strange Band, fronted by Coleman Williams of the Hank Williams family legacy. Coleman is the great grandson of Hank Williams, grandson to Hank Williams Jr. and son of Hank III
Grab your pre sale tickets for just $20 while they last, this one is going to be on fire.
IV new album was produced by Shooter Jennings.
There are family traditions, and then there is the Williams Family Tradition. Beginning with the legendary Hank Williams, then his son, Hank Jr. and grandson, Hank 3, now the fourth generation of Williams (Coleman Williams or IV) is ready to take his place in the music world with his band, IV and the Strange Band.
IV was raised in Nashville in the early 90s before the explosion of what the city is now. The only son of Hank Williams III, IV was raised by his mother until his formative high school years which were spent with his father at Hank3’s “haunted ranch” going to punk and house shows and being driven by the heavy tones and sounds of progressive vocal driven music but still retaining a love for the southern country and blues legends. After high school, IV travelled the country which led to meeting more bands and expanding his musical tastes from country bands in Louisiana to doom metal bands in New Jersey.
Although being the first born son of the fourth generation of Williams is his legacy, but fulfilling a musical legacy is never what drove him as a person. After traveling the country, IV returned to Nashville to attend college and study English and literature with dreams of being a writer. After college, IV began teaching but over time he realized he didn’t enjoy the education route and got into working in the liquor business instead to make ends meet.
About this time, he became friends with Jason Dietz, a local producer, who became a personal friend and musical ally. Even though IV had been writing songs his entire life and grew up singing, he had never really had a project to express his true voice. Additionally, he had reservations about ever being like the rest of his family wanting to forge his own path. He had even kept his family history as a need to know among friends. He just wanted to be in the backdrop of the music scene to take it all in the right way.
Jason would help to change that as would musician Joe Buck with whom IV has developed his style of guitar playing. This all led to IV meeting the group of musicians he needed for what is now dubbed the “Strange Band”. His now lead guitar player David Talley with Jason Dietz on bass would become the core of IV and the Strange Band. Next came Laura Beth Jewell on Fiddle and Tylor Powell on drums to complete the band. Starting from IV’s acoustic songs, the band and IV collaborated to create the sound now that has come to define the project: 100 watt amps blended with fiddle, drums, and powerful vocal driven country hooks combining many diverse influences and different musical histories.
Being 29 and starting his music career seems an interesting time, but that exact age is when his great grandfather Hank Sr.’s life ended. IV had a vision and dream that couldn’t be obtained in the right way without this journey. Being handed a legacy is one thing to try, but IV is determined to earn it.
The first single, “Son of Sin”, is scheduled to be released on 4/20 via bandcamp and other streaming outlets.
Possessed by Paul
After 20 plus years working within the realms of special education & advocacy work, Konrad Wert known as the band Possessed by Paul James, continues the balance with yet another upcoming album while in the classroom. Continuing to raise a family in Texas & working a 50 hr work week within public education, Wert has still been able to release 5 full length albums, two of which topped Bluegrass Billboard charts in 2013 & 2020. Possessed by Paul James’s upcoming 6th album, titled Fighting For Our Own Survival, set to release \"sooner than later\" highlights life’s passage with such tracks as See You On Sunday; recorded live here with WAF in Laramie, Wyoming & accompanied by Joe Macheret on fiddle.
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