Hey guys,
Fancy winning yourself a signed CD and some guestlist for the UK tour? The promo for the UK tour has began and now we need your help in getting the dates out on the net. Below is a press release which needs to be posted on forums, groups, listings etc:
*!!SCOTT McKEON UK DATES ANNOUNCED!!*
Scott McKeon's debut album, "Can't Take No More", (produced by Jesse Davey of The Hoax) is a blistering blues power release, showing just where contemporary blues recordings should be going.
Since picking up his first guitar at the age of four, Scott McKeon has devoted himself to the mastery of his craft and can now be considered to be one of the most gifted and naturally talented guitarist, singer/songwriters emerging on the UK blues rock scene. He plays with the technical expertise and passion that is the envy of musicians many years his senior.
You can hear SVR and Jimi Hendrix influences but Scott's solos are fresh and to the point leaving the song and melody to breath. "Can't Take No More" contains all original songs.
In support of the new album Scott will be touring the UK in September. You can see him at the following venues:
August 2007
Fri 31st WIMBORNE Tivoli Theatre
September 2007
Sat, 01 LONDON Northholt Greenwood
Fri 7th WALES Ebbw Vale, Beaufort Theatre
Sat 15th WORTHING Half Brick
Sun 20th KIRBY IN ASHFIELD Millers Snooker Hall
Mon 21st PETERBOROUGH Blues on the Boat
Tues 22nd SELBY Arts Centre
Wed 23rd DERBY Flower Pot
Thurs 27th SHEFFIELD The Boardwalk
Fri 28th BARROW Kings Arms RNB Club
Sat 29th BLAYDON Sports Club
Sun 30th NUNEATON Queens Hall
Modern Guitars Mag - "Scott McKeon brings something fresh to the blues table... his music is a reminder that the blues doesn't come from a place on the map, but from a place in the heart." ?
Guitar Techniques - "…McKeon has emerged as an overdue standard-bearer for a new generation of British blues-rock, fronting his power trio through barnstorming Texas shuffles but also contemporary song structures that evoke Arc Angels, Chris Duarte and Storyville". ?"McKeon is a fresh new young talent who deserves success". ?
Classic Rock Magazine - "Shot Down" track on Blues covermount CD. "After witnessing him take the audience by storm supporting Johnny Winter, Scott has been a regular visitor to Classic Rock stereo. "Shot Down" is indicative of the material on his thrilling , high-octane debut which contains 10 original tracks. Even more impressively, McKeon isn't 'just' a singer & guitarist, he also plays drums & bass".
SCOTT McKEON - "Can't Take No More" www.scottmckeon.com
Drop me a message to get the code for the banner. I have been posting it out in various bulletins so if you hit reply to any of those, you can get the code from there too. Please copy and paste the URL links for your posts into a word document as this is how we will judge who has been the most successful at posting. The closing date for the competition will be announced at a later date and I will ask you to send me the word document with the links. Ideally we would like to run this for as long as possible. To avoid doubling up on event listings, I have posted the gig dates on the following gig listings:
Gigwise.com
Gig-guide.co.uk
Blues Matters
Play Louder
London.net
Ents24
Feel free to post as much as possible in forums but the above websites have the dates on their gig listings. If you come across any other listing sites that don't have the dates, please feel free to add them! :) As gig listings have so many URLs, just add the website address link to your list, as opposed to a URL for each date.
Any questions, just shout! Thanks for the support and happy forum posting :)
Lisa x