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Soul of the River

Funky Rock Grooves

About Me

Making listeners slap themselves black and blue out of pure eargasmic joy since your momma was born. Soul of the River. http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Soul+of+the+RiverSoul of the River was nominated as one of the top five finalists for both the Best Live Band and Best Classic Rock categories in the 2006 Inland Empire Music Awards. We give away all of these songs and more for free downloads onIf you would like a free CD mailed to you, request to be added to the mailing list, by sending us a message with your email address and mailing address.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/13/2004
Band Website: souloftheriver.com
Band Members: Brett Dawson VOX Guitar, Steve Hansen VOX Bass, and Rene Felix VOX Drums
Influences: Rolling Stones, Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Nick Drake, Dave Matthews Band, Sublime, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Keys, Shins.
Sounds Like: Cake, Minutemen, Jack Johnson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rolling Stones, Dave Matthews Band, Sublime, Dispatch, Firehose.
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

IE WEEKLY Band of the Week

Soul of the River BAND OF THE WEEK By: Jessica Bell , Kady Bell CITY OF ORIGIN: Riverside MEMBERS: Brett Dawson (vocals/guitar); Steve Hansen (vocals/bass); Rene Felix (vocals/drums). RECENT RELEASE: ...
Posted by Soul of the River on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:49:00 PST

Were the Band of the Week and in the top 16 on Mark and Brians Battle of the Fans!

'Sup Yall! We entered our "Sex in the Morning" video in the KLOS Mark and Brian contest and I received a phone call yesterday that we are in the top 16!  This is Huge! Friday morning they decide...
Posted by Soul of the River on Thu, 22 May 2008 11:44:00 PST

5-10-08 Trevi Entertainment Center show available for download

We have the 5-10-08 Show at Trevi Entertainment Center, Lake Elsinore CA available for streaming or download at http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=510390 It's like the 9th song down...
Posted by Soul of the River on Wed, 14 May 2008 08:55:00 PST

Listen to the Longtown Sound Radio Show/Podcast

Uncle Shag has been very good to us playing Soul of the River numerous times, and his radio show is also a podcast, where "As I Sing" is on the latest one. You can Check it out here: http://wlso.fm/wo...
Posted by Soul of the River on Tue, 06 May 2008 09:53:00 PST

Inland Empire Music Awards Nomination

We are nominated for "Best Pop Rock" for the 2008 Inland Empire Music Awards which takes place this Thursday (We are not performing) The Generation, our brother band, was nominated for "Best Classic R...
Posted by Soul of the River on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:34:00 PST

Interview on "On the Horizon" radio show

An interview with Brett and Rene is featured on the most recent episode of the "On the Horizon" radio show. It has already aired, but you can listen to it by going to this link. http://www.newart...
Posted by Soul of the River on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:27:00 PST

Press Enterprise Article

It was printed a while ago, and I lagged on posting it , because I was hoping I could include the Adobe file, and tried and tried, but I can't. But anyways here's the writeup from the Press Enterprise...
Posted by Soul of the River on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:55:00 PST

The Man behind our Incredible recordings

Phil O'Keefe at Sound Sanctuary studios is a wizard.  He's the one that recorded Sweet as the Sky, Sex in the Morning, As I Sing and We've Gone Crazy as well as the rest of our future album. ...
Posted by Soul of the River on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:10:00 PST

1st Live show for free streaming or download!

Go to http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=510390 and scroll down and go to angels 12-6-07.  We'd put it up on myspace, but it is too big (23 minute show) I got a cool digital re...
Posted by Soul of the River on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:35:00 PST

The Album

Hi How's everyone doing? We went to the studio this last weekend again.  Saturday we finished the mastering of "Sex in the Morning" which is now up on our page.   If you haven't heard i...
Posted by Soul of the River on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:05:00 PST