The Shawn Fussell Band

ROCK MADE FOR TEXAS

THE SHAWN FUSSELL BAND
The Shawn Fussell (pronounced Fuh-sell) Band is much more than your average power trio, although Rob Devine of Maximus Talent Agency (Gin Blossoms, David Lee Roth, Great White) has called them “The Twenty-First Century ZZ Top”.
Step inside the room when the Shawn Fussell Band is playing and you will be guaranteed a good time. When you witness this band, you hit the musical tri-fecta - great tunes, meaningful lyrics, and a stupendous stage presence. I dare you not to shake your ass and groove.
THE MEMBERS
The band features Shawn Fussell on lead vocals and guitar with Keith Hernandez (drums) and Scott Sofer (bass). Vocally, Fussell exudes a confidence befitting a crooner of the highest magnitude. His velvety smooth delivery transcends genre. He can deliver with a Ray Wylie Hubbard-meets Ian Moore vibe (“Tulia, TX”) just as well as a doo-wop inspired love song (“Sometimes”) or a lover’s lament (“Don’t Look Back”) with ease.
As an instrumentalist, Fussell could easily step out and be a “guitar slinger” but he has smartly dedicated as much on his lyrical content as his guitar playing. “Having a great soundtrack is one thing, but if it’s filled with cheesy lyrics that no one can relate too its like having a Corvette with a 4-cylinder in it,” Fussell said. “Balance is the key.”
Bassist Scott Sofer pounds the four-string in the band. Before coming back to his home state of Texas, Scott spent two years in Los Angeles working in the music industry.
Keith Hernandez rounds out the trio on the skins. Hernandez joined the band just months after moving to Austin from Virginia and is proving him self to be a powerful influence to the sound of this Texas proud three piece.
THE SHAWN FUSSELL BAND
Since Fussell moved from Sherman, TX to Austin, TX in 2004, the band has been honing their sound and moving forward. They released an EP in 2004 (Back To Zero) that Dallas Music Guide’s David Utorka called “tasteful and compelling,” then a pair of live offerings (1994s Live & Acoustic(CD - 2004), and Live at The Texas Music Café (CD/DVD - 2005).
In early 2007 the band released their debut full-length Made in Texas. The ten-track manifesto is a genre jumping joyride. Although the name of the CD evokes a “Blues/Americana” type thought, anyone who knows Fussell will know the title is a state of fact, not musical mindset. In fact, if the band had to be compared to other Texas musicians, it’d be more Bob Schneider or Guy Forsyth for the ability to jump from rock to country to ballad to pop and everything in between and the energy of the live shows.
HEAR, SEE, SPEAK
In the last year, the band has been road dogs, playing featured on Local Licks Live with Loris Lowe on 93.7 KLBJ (Austin), featured on Playin’ The Dirt on 94.9 The Outlaw (Wichita Falls) and had their 2004 Live at the Texas Music Café live show featured on ME Television. The band will also be featured on Direct TV’s The 101 starting this fall. Their music can be heard on KLBJ FM in Austin, TX, KMAD FM 102.5 in Denison, TX, 102.3 Lonestar FM in Wichita Falls, TX, and on Radio Free Texas (www.radiofreetexas.org).
BAND MEMBERS:
Shawn Fussell - Guitars/Lead Vox
Scott Sofer - Bass/Vox
Keith Hernandez - Drums/Vox
DISCOGRAPHY:
2004 - Back To Zero EP
2004 - Shawn Fussell Live & Acoustic DVD
2005 - Shawn Fussell Live at The Texas Music Café CD/DVD
2007 – Made in Texas
WEBSITES:
http://www.shawnfussell.com/
http://www.myspace.com/shawnfussell
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