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About Me

Ledbetter hails from Muscle Shoals, AL and the surrounding scene displaying a sound, show and presence that cannot be ignored. The music mainly derives from the pen of Michael Ledbetter himself with lyrics that recall childhood and past experiences. Ledbetter features the jazz influenced trumpet playing and ivory-tickling of Zach Gooch with the tight, powerful drumming of Jason Randolph, complemented by the chunky sound of Steve Chandler on lead guitar and the groove supplied by Zach Thomas on bass. An eclectic range of musical styles with identifiable and honest songwriting, leave audiences singing along and dancing to the songs that become part of their lives.

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Member Since: 9/20/2005
Band Website: none
Band Members: MICHAEL LEDBETTER (Mikey) - lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
ZACH THOMAS (Deuce) - bass
STEVE CHANDLER (David Bowie) - guitar
ZACH GOOCH - trumpet, keys, vocals
JASON RANDOLPH - drums
Influences: The Beatles, Dave Matthews Band, Counting Crows, Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Blind Melon, Fiddleworms, Pat McGee Band, Neil Young, Miles Davis, Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Charlie Hunter, 311, John Scofield, Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Allman Brothers, Steely Dan, Edwin McCain, Frank Zappa

Sounds Like: LEDBETTER
Record Label: Heart of Gold Records (HGR)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Changes

I guess some of you may have read Daniel's post. Yes it's true, we have parted ways for now. I am sure we will still play shows together in the future as is the nature of this band. We are no strange...
Posted by LEDBETTER on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:32:00 PST

OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCING NEW BASSIST!

Hey everyone,I assume most of you know that Bill Lowe recently left the band to take a break from playing music. So now I want to offcially announce that Zach Thomas is now our bass player! We'v...
Posted by LEDBETTER on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 02:45:00 PST

"Big Voice, Big Band" by Matt Osborne, www.myspace.com/southofstrange

"Big Voice, Big Band" Ledbetter played the Doug Smith benefit concert at Sidepockets, 7 May 2006.Let's get one thing out of the way: Michael Ledbetter is a huge voice. He writes most of the band's s...
Posted by LEDBETTER on Wed, 10 May 2006 08:35:00 PST

New line-up and new logo

Hey I just wanted to take a second to officially announce the new members of this band. Browan "B.J." Lollar is now playing guitar and adding his very creative flair to the mix and Bill Low...
Posted by LEDBETTER on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 02:10:00 PST

friday night!!!

mlb will play at lafonda's with kevin sledge on bass and bj lollar on guitar. im pretty sure you're gonna wanna hear this....
Posted by LEDBETTER on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:09:00 PST

things....

Well, upon listening to the recording of the 01/21/06 show at Louie Louie's, it may have been the best sounding show we've done. So thanks to everyone who came out and dont forget you can check us ou...
Posted by LEDBETTER on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:57:00 PST

Good News and Bad News

BN - We will no longer be playing at The Marriott every Wednesday. Swampers is not going to have live entertainment Sunday thru Wednesday effective immediately. GN - We are going to use that "fre...
Posted by LEDBETTER on Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:52:00 PST

NEW SONGS

Here's some brand new stuff from the last couple of weeks. Three tunes are from Louie Louies on 12/03/05, if you weren't there you missed a kick behind show. Hasta ~ T
Posted by LEDBETTER on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:00:00 PST

Rock on

Wow, Louie Louie's was once again unspeakable. She Lifts and Grace were simply amazing.We'll be adding some NEW tunes in the next few days.
Posted by LEDBETTER on Sun, 04 Dec 2005 01:08:00 PST