I am thrilled to announce, Von, as our newest staff contributor here on AmericanaRoots.com. I ran across Von’s podcast series known as the Americana Rock Mix a few weeks ago and really enjoyed Von and the great format of the show. I asked Von to become a part of our crew of contributors and he thankfully accepted the invitation.
As the title of his show implies, Von focuses on the Americana Rock side of the fence which is the particular sound I dig quite a bit. Over the past five years, we have somehow managed to find a core group of people to contribute to this community on a weekly basis. Our group (Eric, Ray, Don, John, Von, Don Henry) all share a passion for getting the word out on this great music scene. I asked Von to summarize how and why he got involved with the Americana Music scene and his podcast show. My sincere thanks to Von for adding one more element to this community as we strive to grow our reach and expose some great new Americana music.
I’ve been in bands for the better part of 15 years, but in between bands, there’s often a down time when you have to play grown-up. And in that down time I would often miss talking about and listening to music with friends. Then I saw my loophole… podcasting. There’s nothing more fun for me than sharing music with other people who are willing to listen to it. But I didn’t want to play a typical rock show with no real agenda to it. So I looked at what my favorite bands were, and what they had in common. They were all playing some extension of “Americana” based music. And that’s where the show came from. Also, I’m always rooting for the underdog, and Americana music doesn’t get the recognition that it deserves. So, this is my small part in helping to spread the word about fantastic music.
-Von
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