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Brian Oaks

There's trouble in Shangri-La

About Me

I live in Nashville, TN and have an amazing wife of 15 years with two great kids; Tyler and Abigail. I get to play guitar for some great people. I am gear head but there is not much better than an old guitar into some great old amp.
Originally from Seattle where good coffee abounds and you can by a nice bottle of wine at the local grocery...I moved here to play guitar, write and produce.
I have played with some great people: James Otto, Mandisa, Beth Cayhall, Megan Munroe, Scott Krippayne, Roby Duke, Jason Harvey, Daniel Kirkley, Brian Moss, Jill Phillips, Katy Bowser, Rich Mullins, Laurie Killian-Starr and many others. The best part of playing guitar is playing with people you dig.
Currently I am out for some dates in June with EMI Artist (& American Idol finalist) Mandisa.
I have been busy recording & producing demo's of the songs that is I write with people here in town. That is a bunch of fun.
"Hallelujah Holds Me Together" is a demo I wrote with Kim Walling and Shawn Tubbs. This is a NEW VERSION with the lovely Kim Keyes (Amy Grant, Peter Cetera, Billy Joel) singing. Me on electric again and Tubbs on acoustic and fake pedal steel (yes that is actually guitar).
"Lonely Tonight" is a demo I wrote with Megan Munroe. There will be more up from her and I soon!
"Everything You Do" is a demo (less vocal) I did. I played electric guitars.
"Moonshine" is another song I wrote with Megan Munroe. I played guitars and that is Megan singing.
Also check out my demo clips for Duesenberg Guitars (coolest on the planet). http://www.duesenbergusa.com/index2.html. Go to hollow bodies then to the Outlaw TV.
Check out Duesenberg Guitars, G7th capos, and Tonefreak Effects for good musical vibe.
Peace.
Doing a Myspace revamp, so new tunes should be up soon.
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Member Since: 11/25/2005
Band Website: brianoaks.com
Band Members: Me
Influences: Lot of people I dig, but here is a shot: Megan Munroe, Jonatha Brooke, Jerry McPherson, Dann Huff, Keith Urban, Nathan Fawley, Dave Cleveland, Jeff King, Andy Most, Brad Paisley, Petty, Roby Duke (RIP), Duke Levine, Brian Moss, Jill Phillips, Mike Landau, Alison Krauss, Edge, Gerry Leonard, Michael Lockwood, Duncan Sheik, Greg V,Chuck Cannon, Nichole Nordeman, Nik Kershaw, Will Owsley, LeAnn Rimes, Shawn Tubbs, Bob Kauflin, Tom Bukovac, and anyone else that has vibe and would do this for a living if they could.
Sounds Like: ...
Record Label: Indie
Type of Label: None

My Blog

A Simple Thought...

"Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world's greatest need." ~ Frederick BuechnerOne note at a time.....
Posted by Brian Oaks on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:48:00 PST

Sunday...

So I get off the bus from a gig and it is Fathers Day. I was a little scared because we were on vacation over mothers day and I did little for my wife...I kind of hit me the night we left as we were ...
Posted by Brian Oaks on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:37:00 PST

Robert Plant

Was at a rehearsal place today rehearsing for a gig and as I was walking out... walks in Robert Plant. I do not get star struck very easy here in Nashville, but walking into the guy who’s band ...
Posted by Brian Oaks on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:07:00 PST

Megan Munroe’s Blog

Please go here...http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.vie w&friendID=22335390&blogID=371607020She says it best.....B
Posted by Brian Oaks on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:10:00 PST

Duesenberg Guitars Demo

Everyone,Here is the link for a demo I did for Duesenberg guitars (coolest guitars on the planet).http://www.duesenbergusa.com/index2.htmlGo to Hollowbody Guitars and then go to the Outlaw TV (yes is ...
Posted by Brian Oaks on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:13:00 PST

Roby Duke....

Roby died last night. He was a huge mentor of mine and if any of you were silly enough to buy my record, Roby did all the cool loopy stuff. He was a pure artist that believed in a God very full of g...
Posted by Brian Oaks on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:23:00 PST

New Song

Everyone,The song Hallelujah Holds Me Together is a demo I wrote with Kim Walling and Shawn Tubbs. We are very proud of this tune and are hoping we can get this cut and out for people to hear.Hope yo...
Posted by Brian Oaks on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:18:00 PST

Bluebird Cafe...

I was fortunate enough to play the Bluebird this last week here in town. I played for a great writer named Keith Dudley. It was to benefit The American Legion Scholarship fund and was hosted by Mich...
Posted by Brian Oaks on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:26:00 PST

I Still Believe...

I STILL BELIEVEI've been in a caveFor forty daysOnly a sparkTo light my wayI want to give outI want to give inThis is our crimeThis is our sinBut I still believeI still believeThrough the painAnd thro...
Posted by Brian Oaks on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:03:00 PST

Demo?

Hey all...IF you are in the need to get some demos of your songs, get a hold of me. I have a pretty smoking group of guys that I work with here in town. We can do great work for a really fair price....
Posted by Brian Oaks on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:20:00 PST