#COUNTRYGIVESBACK - BLACKHAWK AND THE OUTLAWS DONATE A COLLECTIVE $75,000 TO MUSICARES AND VANDERBILT-INGRAM CANCER CENTER

 

Photo ID Left to Right: Dave Robbins, Dr. Doug Johnson, Henry Paul

Photo courtesy of Henry Paul

Photo ID Left to Right: Henry Paul, Stephanie Curtiss

Photo courtesy of Henry Paul

Last week, country group BlackHawk and southern rock band The Outlaws, continued their yearly charitable giving, this time donating a collective $75,0000 to MusiCares and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

Henry Paul, a member of BlackHawk, as well as the sole original active member of The Outlaws, presented a $50,000 check to Vanderbilt on behalf of BlackHawk's "Van Stephenson Memorial Cancer Research Fund.” Stephenson, a founding member of BlackHawk, passed away from melanoma in 2001. Additionally, The Outlaws donated $25,000 to MusiCares.

"BlackHawk's commitment to the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center goes back to the mid-nineties and our involvement with the charity event, Country In The Rockies,” explains Paul. "Since establishing our own 501C in the early 2000’s, in the name of our diseased bandmate Van Stephenson, we have donated close to $500,000 to the research lab for cancer research.”

BlackHawk and The Outlaws plan to continue their annual donations for years to come.

"In 2014, The Outlaws established MusiCares as the beneficiary of their charitable efforts and have since donated close to $150,000 to that outstanding organization,” Paul continues. "Our charity director, Lori Eyler, works tirelessly in these fundraising efforts, and we'd like to recognize Bobby Orr, and the Robert E. & Marie Orr Smith Foundation for their generous support."

For more information on Blackhawk, visit blackhawklive.com

For more information on The Outlaws, visit outlawsmusic.com.

90'S COUNTRY HITMAKERS BLACKHAWK RETURN WITH "BLUE HIGHWAY"

Album Features Vocals From The Late Van Stephenson

Twelve-Track Compilation, Dedicated to Stephenson, Drops Friday, June 24; First Single, “Baby The Rain Must Fall,” Available Now

Nineties country hitmakers BlackHawk are returning to the music scene with the upcoming release of never-before-heard songs from the early days of their career. Blue Highway, set for release on Friday, June 24 via BFD / Audium Nashville, features twelve archival tunes from 1992 — but only recently were the tunes mixed and mastered with the addition of bass, drums, electric guitar and mandolin.

The upcoming compilation features the vocals of all three original members of BlackHawk: Henry Paul, Dave Robbins and the late Van Stephenson, who died of cancer in 2001. All twelve album cuts were written by the trio.

“Looking back on BlackHawk’s beginnings, I’m always reminded of the innocence and personal character of our songwriting, and both the fragile beauty and strength of our voices,” says Paul. “For Van and Dave and I, it was magic watching this exciting chapter in our life’s musical journey unfold. This album once again brings the three of us together and sheds light on the dawn of our creation in those early days.”

“This collection of songs brings home the fact that it wasn’t by chance that Van and Henry and I got to have this dance with you,” adds Robbins.

Paul and Robbins are dedicating the upcoming release to the memory of their departed bandmate. Before Stephenson's passing, the two surviving members made a pact with him to keep BlackHawk alive for years to come.

“Without Van, BlackHawk would have never been, and his uniquely beautiful talent was at the heart of all we did,” explains Paul. “Dave and I continue to honor our last promise made to him by keeping BlackHawk together and doing what we can do help find a cure for cancer.”

In 2006, BlackHawk established the Van Stephenson Cancer Research Fund. Since its inception, the non-profit has has generated over $400,000 for the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. To donate, visit blackhawklive.com/vans-charity.

The album’s first single, “Baby The Rain Must Fall,” is available now. Stream / download HERE. Blue Highway is available for pre-order HERE.

Blue Highway Track Listing:

1. Don’t Put Yourself Down
2. Baby The Rain Must Fall
3. Southern Wind
4. I’m Gonna Find a Way
5. Where The Wild Roses Grow
6. Not By Chance
7. Heavy Hand
8. Heart With a View
9. Blue Highway
10. Breathe The Night
11. One Good Reason
12. Wide Open Spaces

For more information, visit blackhawklive.com.

BLACKHAWK DONATES $25,000 TO VANDERBILT FOR CANCER RESEARCH

Dave Robbins (BlackHawk), Henry Paul (BlackHawk), Dr. Justin Balko (Vanderbilt), 

Lori Stefanski (Vanderbilt)

Last week in Nashville at the fifth annual Freeborn Jam benefit concert, held at The City Winery, Henry Paul and Dave Robbins, members of country group BlackHawk, continued their annual tradition of donating to Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

Paul and Robbins presented a $25,000 check to Vanderbilt on behalf of BlackHawk's "Van Stephenson Memorial Cancer Research Fund.” Stephenson, a founding member of BlackHawk, passed away from melanoma in 2001.

"BlackHawk's commitment to fund cancer research continues as we strive to honor Van's dying wish, 'That we do what we can to try and find a cure,'" says Paul. "This effort started more than twenty years ago and will continue into the foreseeable future.”

"What an honor for Henry and I to support Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center year after year in memory of our friend and original co-founder of Blackhawk, Van Stephenson,” adds Robinson.

Collectively since 2006, BlackHawk's "Van Stephenson Memorial Cancer Research Fund" has generated $400,000 for the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

BlackHawk's Freeborn Jam, held each fall at Nashville's City Winery, helps generate charitable contributions to these efforts.

For more information, visit blackhawklive.com.

BLACKHAWK AND THE OUTLAWS SIGN WITH UTA FOR WORLDWIDE REPRESENTATION

Country music hitmakers BlackHawk and legendary southern rock staple The Outlaws have signed exclusive booking deals with UTA (United Talent Agency). UTA will represent both bands worldwide in all areas — live concert bookings, literary deals, film, television and more.

"We're thrilled to be working with UTA,” says Henry Paul, a founding member of both bands. "This is the dawning of the return to the road for BlackHawk, and The Outlaws, and getting back to what we have loved to do for so many years.”

"The Outlaws are a pillar in the history and the fabric of southern rock music today,” notes UTA's Alec Vidmar, Greg Janese and Lance Roberts in a joint statement. "BlackHawk produced some of the most iconic songs of '90s country music with distinctive three-part harmonies. It is not every day we have the opportunity to work with such genre-defying acts. We are over the moon to work with both iconic groups to bring their music to crowds everywhere."

BlackHawk and The Outlaws are managed by Charlie Brusco and Darren Hagen in the Atlanta Red Light Management office.

"I have been associated with Henry Paul since our early days of the Outlaws in 1973," explains Brusco. "He continues to move fans with his music and I am proud to continue the great heritage."

BLACKHAWK LIVE ALBUM, JUST ABOUT RIGHT: LIVE FROM ATLANTA, OUT NOW

Today, multi-platinum selling country band BlackHawk released its new project, Just About Right: Live From Atlanta. Recorded live at Eddie’s Attic in Atlanta, Georgia in the fall of 2017 — when concerts were still a thing — the 22-track album features the best of BlackHawk and is sure to “bring back memories” (Parade). 

 

Known for their smooth, brother-like harmonies, BlackHawk was originally made up of trio Henry Paul (lead vocals, mandolin, acoustic guitar), Dave Robbins (harmony vocals, keyboard) and the late Van Stephenson (harmony vocals, electric guitar). 

 

Just About Right: Live From Atlanta revisits the band's “impressive catalog” with a double-disc album chock-full of its greatest hits (Wide Open Country). Recording a live album, BlackHawk is stripped down to its rawest form and gave the duo a chance to reunite with their original backing band from the 90s, performing again alongside Bobby Huff (percussion) and Dale Oliver (lead guitar). Paul explains that this reunion “made for a very memorable musical moment. Many of the songs we chose were personal favorites from our early records spanning nearly a decade.” 

 

The album includes the band’s smash hits: “I Sure Can Smell the Rain,” “Every Once in a While,” “Goodbye Says It All,” “Down in Flames” and more. Parade applauded the new album when it premiered “I Sure Can Smell the Rain” writing the velvet-like harmonies “sets the scene for a stellar album to come” and that the “live feel adds an extra dimension to this poignant song, allowing the sweet twang and passionate energy to shine through.” 

 

American Songwriter premiered the poignant “Dances With Her Shadow” adding the “melancholy vocals flatter the band, displaying their traditionalist form with which they timelessly approach music.” 

 

“Making a live BlackHawk acoustic recording takes me back to when Henry, Van, and I started writing and singing together as a trio,” says Dave Robbins. “It’s representative of BlackHawk in its purist form, having old friends join us on stage and tried-and-true fans makes everything ‘just about right’ on that special night in Atlanta.” 

 

 “I especially love the acoustic nature of this collection because it casts these songs in the true spirit in which they were written,” adds Paul.

 

Just About Right: Live From Atlanta is out now and available everywhere music is sold or streamed.

Just About Right: Live From Atlanta Track Listing:

Disc 1

1. Down in Flames (M. Clark, J. Stevens) 

2. Goodbye Says It All (C. Black, B. Fischer, J. McRae) 

3. Every Once in a While (H. Paul, D. Robbins, V. Stephenson)

4. Love Like This (P. Bunch, M. Kennedy, P. Rose)

5. Let Em’ Whirl (H. Paul. V. Stephenson, G. Jennings)

6. Almost a Memory Now (D. Robbins, V. Stephenson, D. Oliver)

7. Wichita (D. Robbins, T. Robbins, T. Gates)

8. I’m Not Strong Enough to Say No (R. Lange)

9. Ships of Heaven (V. Stephenson)

10. Ain’t No Yesterday (W. Aldridge, M. Narmore)

11. Always Have, Always Will (D. Robbins)

 

Disc 2

1. Days of America (H. Paul, D. Robbins, L. Miller)

2. Dances With Her Shadow (H. Paul, D. Robbins, V. Stephenson, D. Oliver)

3. Bluest Eyes in Texas (D. Robbins, V. Stephenson, T. DuBois)

4. Spirit Dancer (H. Paul, D Robbins, J. Peterick)

5. There You Have It (S. Bogard, R. Giles)

6. Brothers of the Southland (H. Paul, D. Robbins, J. Peterick)

7. One More Heartache (H. Paul, D. Robbins, V. Stephenson)

8. I Sure Can Smell the Rain (W. Aldridge, J. Jarrard)

9. That’s Just About Right (J. Black)

10. Postmarked Birmingham (P. Vasser, D. Sampson)

11. Big Guitar (H. Paul, H. Gross)

 

Produced by Henry Paul & Dave Robbins

Mixed by Travis Hearheart

Recorded at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, Georgia

Download now here:

https://orcd.co/BlackHawkJustAboutRightLive

BLACKHAWK TO RELEASE FIRST-EVER HOLIDAY ALBUM, THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS, ON OCTOBER 18

Multi-platinum selling country band BlackHawk is getting in the Christmas spirit early, as the band is set to release its first-ever holiday album The Spirit of Christmas (Bob Frank's BFD via The Orchard) on Friday, October 18.

The new 10-track album is chock full of classic holiday standards including "Joy to the World," "Silent Night," "Away in a Manger," "Oh Holy Night," "The First Noel," and more.

"Our song selection for the 'Spirit of Christmas' features the traditional musical messages of the Christmas season," says BlackHawk's Henry Paul.

Bringing to life the "Spirit of Christmas," the album provides not only the recognizable hits of the season, but also delivers the powerful and distinctive harmonies fans expect from a BlackHawk release.

"This album was deeply gratifying to make, and I feel it's an inspired musical backdrop to the most magical time of the year," Paul adds. "The unique interpretation of these familiar compositions along with acoustic instrumentation and three-part harmony vocals, plays directly into the BlackHawk musical personality."

Pre-order The Spirit of Christmas HERE.

The Spirit of Christmas Track Listing:

1. Joy to the World
2. We Three Kings
3. Silent Night
4. Away in a Manger
5. Oh Holy Night
6. Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
7. The First Noel
8. Oh Come All Ye Faithful
9. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
10. What Child is This?

*The Spirit of Christmas is exclusively distributed by Bob Frank's BFD via The Orchard

For more information, visit blackhawklive.com.

SHENANDOAH, RESTLESS HEART AND BLACKHAWK WRAP "TRIPLE THREAT TOUR"

90s Country Music Revival, Fan Enthusiasm Bolsters Tour's Success

Genre-defining 90s country music bands Shenandoah, Restless Heart and BlackHawk wrapped up their "Triple Threat Tour" last week, concluding the popular trek at the Brown County Fair in Aberdeen, SD.

With the demand for 90s country music making a resurgence within country music's fanbase, the "Triple Threat Tour" brought together three of the most iconic bands from that decade. Organized by Romeo Entertainment Group, the bands performed to packed out audiences across the nation, most recently in Sioux Falls, SD, Billings, MT, Sterling, CO, and Aberdeen, SD.

"Our office was so excited in having a hand in putting together the 'Triple Threat Tour,'" says Romeo Entertainment Group's Bob Romeo. "It's been something we've looked forward to at multiple fairs and festivals this summer, and the artists did not disappoint. The response from both the clients and the patrons was awesome!"

SINGLE REVIEW: "BROTHERS OF THE SOUTHLAND" - BLACKHAWK

SINGLE: "Brothers of the Southland"
ARTIST: Blackhawk
REVIEWER: Han Van Meegerin
Follow Han on Twitter at @HanVanMeegerin

 

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Brothers of the Southland is the lead single off of Blackhawk's new album that is fittingly titled, “Brothers of the Southland.” It is a revival of the tune that debuted on Blackhawk's album "Spirit Dancers" that was released in 2002.

Lead singers Henry Paul and Dave Robbin provide a vocal uniqueness that drawls the listener in with the opening lyrics. However, the real treat comes in the verses that follow and pay tribute to some legends and heavy hitters of the southern rock genre. These are men that stood tall and stood true as brothers that shaped this style of music.

Songs that give tribute are important. They not only serve the purpose of recognizing the efforts and the inspirations of those that blazed an a earlier path, but also potentially introduce the honorees to another generation of fans.

Blackhawk, with their "Brothers of the the Southland”, bear witness to the great band members from The Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers and The Outlaws. For this, we owe them our gratitude and, if nothing else, a respectful tip of our hat.


The new cd is available for PRE-ORDER on both iTunes and Amazon with an expected release date of July 8, 2014.

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Listening source:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/04/29/blackhawk-brothers-of-the-southland-premiere

AXS TV CELEBRATES CHARLIE DANIELS, AS THE ICON SITS DOWN WITH DAN RATHER AND PLAYS A SPECIAL CONCERT FOR FIRST- RESPONDERS ON SATURDAY, MAY 24

‘THE BIG INTERVIEW’ Airs at 9:00pm ET, Leading in to the Live “Volunteer Jam” Featuring Performances By Daniels, Blackhawk, and The Outlaws 

PRESS RELEASE

LOS ANGELES – May 15, 2014 – Southern style comes to AXS TV this Memorial Day weekend, as the home of live music events presents a special evening with country icon Charlie Daniels. The night begins with an all-new episode of THE BIG INTERVIEW, hosted by legendary newsman Dan Rather, at 9:00pm ET, discussing Daniels’ legendary life and career. Then, immediately after, tune in at 10:00pm ET for the annual “Volunteer Jam Featuring The Charlie Daniels Band,” a benefit concert for America’s soldiers and first- responders.

During THE BIG INTERVIEW Daniels sits down with Rather for an intimate and in-depth interview at Daniels’ recording studio in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. In the candid discussion, Daniels opens up about his youth in the Civil Rights Era south; breaking into the competitive Nashville scene; his signature hit, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”; life on the road; and the inspiration behind his latest album Off The Grid – Doin’ It Dylan, a tribute piece that finds the Charlie Daniels Band putting a southern twist on a collection of Bob Dylan’s most classic songs. The episode also includes a tour of Daniels’ tour bus, and a three-song set at the Grand Ole Opry. The episode will air again that night at 12:30am ET.

Following THE BIG INTERVIEW, it’s a very special presentation of “Volunteer Jam Featuring The Charlie Daniels Band,” as the southern rock hero gives back to America’s heroes with this one-of-a-kind concert. Held at the Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre in Greenwood Village, CO, the live broadcast will feature performances from acclaimed country acts Blackhawk and The Outlaws, before The Charlie Daniels Band takes the stage for what is sure to be a raucous performance of career-spanning favorites. Since 1974, the Volunteer Jam has strived to benefit the hardworking service men and women of America—as a token of appreciation, complimentary tickets have been made available to members of the armed forces, Red Cross, and first-responders.

“Charlie Daniels is a true class act, with a heart as big as his legacy,” said Mark Cuban, AXS TV founder. “AXS TV is proud to be part of the live Volunteer Jam, paying tribute to America’s true heroes on Memorial Day weekend. With over 60 years in the music business, Charlie’s got some incredible stories to tell, and I’m excited to see what Dan Rather is able to do with such rich subject matter.”

COUNTRY REWIND: "Almost a Memory Now" - Blackhawk

There were so many good bands in the decade that truly made country, the 90's. Blackhawk was one of my favorite bands, yet so underrated and their music was almost under the country radar. Their sound was unique and truly stood out in the plentitude of Garth Brooks and Clint Black radio play.