Your votes got my band and I into the FINAL FOUR in Radio 104.5’s local band contest to open their 9th Birthday Show at the BB&T Pavilion in Camden, NJ. If we win (most votes), we’d open for Florence and the Machine, Cold War Kids, The Lumineers, Elle King OR Twenty One Pilots and AWOLNATION. Top 2 bands get the gig. Winners will be announced May 22nd live at Parx Casino. THANK YOU!
If you’re in the Philadelphia area look for me in this Ciocca Dealerships TV Commercial. We filmed it in Allentown, PA in January 2016.
I’ve been working with Draft Kings and CBS this NFL Football season to provide weekly Fantasy Football picks. Look for the spots to run on CBS.
Introducing Elliot Leigh Williams. Born 5/6/15 at 10:55am. 7lbs. 11oz. 21.5″. Mommy and baby girl are doing great. She’s perfect. We’re in love.
Whoever said “Don’t meet your heroes… they’ll just disappoint you” was obviously not talking about Butch Walker. For the better part of my career, Butch Walker – producer/songwriter/motherF’nRockStar – has been my biggest influence both from a performance stand point and for his ever evolving style and sound in the studio.
See him live. Bottom line.
I first saw him live at the TLA in 2008 on the recommendation of my buddy John Chiaro. Mind = blown. Exactly 5 years later in 2013, Live Nation gave me the chance to open for him on the very same stage. That night, he treated my wife, friends and I like family before the show… and when I came off stage after my set he was the first person standing in the wings stage right ready to hand out a compliment. (First national act I’ve opened for to ever listen to my set… let alone intently). He also took my phone, called John to say hi, and then went on to perform a killer set… full of emotion given the fact that his father, “Big Butch”, had just recently passed away.
Afterwords, he welcomed us into his green room to have a drink and swap stories with his band. Brendan McGrew, my good friend and owner of Bourbon Blue, had given me a bottle of Bulleit 10 yr. for Butch… A peace offering of sorts… given the fact that his book is titled “Drinking With Strangers: Music Lessons from a Teenage Bullet Belt”. I thought it was perfect. The whole night remains in my memory as a defining moment in my career… where my biggest influence collided with my own personal musical journey. And at the risk of sounding like a motivational cat poster, it showed me that anything is possible. He’s a class-act. The musician’s musician.
Any regrets? No. Well… Maybe don’t smile like a cheesing asshole next time you get your picture taken with your hero.
When you get into the end zone… act like you’ve been there. Rookie.
