Artist: Mike Styer & Broken Arrow
Title: Brothers of the Six String
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Mike Styer and Broken Arrow
Genre: Roots Rock, Country, Americana
Quality: Mp3/320 kbps
Total Time: 45:14
Total Size: 113 Mb
Tracklist:
1. Brothers of the Six String
2. She'll Come Around
3. Midnight Annie
4. When the Music Mattered
5. Patty's Song
6. Ghost Town
7. Car Wash Blues
8. Waitin' for the Train
9. Starry Eyes
10. Fifty Years of Livin
Mike styer and Broken Arrow is a band with influences from great Americana, folk rock, and rock and roll artists. The group is from the Ohio Valley and is a rootsy combination of styles. MIke Styer is the primary songwriter and lead vocalist which he shares with fellow lead guitarist Ray Morgan. Mark Koslik plays a definitive bass guitar in tight with drummer George Vein. Merv Eddy is the band's extraordinary pedal steel guitarist. Close friend Karen Shell appears on the album with great keyboards and backing vocals. She was also a guest performer on the band's second CD, Melancholy Highway. Shelby Styer, Mike's daughter, sings harmony on the album with Karen, Ray and producer/engineer Rick Witkoski. Rick was instrumental in bringing the elements of the band together. He recorded the group at Studio L in Weirton, West Virginia. Rick is the lead guitarist with the legendary Crack the Sky and is a member of elite Pittsburgh rockers. Rick also plays with B. E. Taylor and together they recorded their chart breaking album that included the hit Vitamin L.
The group, which performs in the Pittsburg/Wheeling area, has many influences to draw on. Gram Parsons, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan and have done several concertsperforming exclusively the music of Neil Young are just a few of the artists that reflect the style the band has chosen to follow. With their new release the band has recorded a total of three albums. All songs are original compositions written by Styer with some help by long time friends Rob Craven, Ray Morgan and Rick Call.
Take trip and get to know Broken Arrow. The songs all have something to say including the title track anthem Brothers of the Six String. Find the groove with the songs She'll Come Around, Midnight Annie, When the Music Mattered, Patty's Song, Ghost Town, Car Wash Blues, Waitin' for the Train, Starry Eyes and Fifty Years of Livin'.
