incogNITA!: Indy Concert Event - Radio Radio - Friday, June 19, 2015 - Jeff Young (Ex-Megadeth Guitarist) & Sherri

One of the things I like about having my own blog is, I write the content...so this blog is a first. I like to help promote local bands, and even the national acts when they play the small venues. This event listed in the title will include Jason Oldham and Danny Taylor (Audio Hitmen) at the conclusion of the show, the final four tunes of Mr. Young's set. Jason says this is a 'bucket list' opportunity for him... "Jam with a dude from Megadeth and have him stay at your house a few nights!" CHECK! Rock out in Fountain Square with Audio Hitmen at 9 p.m. and stick around for Jeff Young and Sherri at 10!

Following is the press release for the show. If you have a chance to check it out, I'm sure it will prove to be an interesting event.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5-29-15

EX-MEGADETH GUITARIST'S UNIQUE "LOVE IS HERE" TOUR IS, "NOT METAL" BUT DOES COMBINE GENRE SPANNING MUSIC & RADIO PLUS, LOCAL MUSICIANS EVEN GET IN ON THE ACT

Jeff Young burst on the music scene with his landmark soloing on Megadeth's platinum selling classic, So Far, So Good... So What! (Capitol Records). But just as the Ohio native's star was on the rise, life took a turn when his father was diagnosed with cancer. To make matters worse, the band around him was suffering from the excesses of rock-n-roll. So, after one critically acclaimed album and world tour, he walked away from it all and moved back to Ohio to help his mother in the family business.

"At that point, it's not about yourself or music or anything but the fact that your Dad just died and you need to step up and be the good son. So, I cut off my hair, got the three piece suits & ties, read every business book, even took some executive education courses at Wharton school. But as soon as the family business was stable, I was back on the guitar - this time studying Spanish flamenco & Brazilian jazz."

Young's dedication, world music studies and another decade led to another number one selling album on the respected Verve/PolyGram label. Serving as songwriter, arranger & producer, he worked with the sister of Grammy winning Brazilian guitar duo, Sergio & Odair Assad (Yo-Yo Ma) to craft the JAZZIZ magazine Reader's Poll topping album, Badi Assad - Chameleon. Jeff went on to perform on the Chameleon world tour which included highlight shows with Joe Cocker, Cassandra Wilson, Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair & Willie Nelson's Farm Aid.

"Forging a successful music career rarely happens once in this life and here I was enjoying a second go 'round and in a genre that was more musically accomplished and closer to my heart. I was on top of the world and very grateful. Nothing could go wrong now, right?"

Hollywood couldn't have written a more poignant tale than what was to happen next...

"We were on the Chameleon tour when I received the news that my mother was diagnosed with cancer. To make a long story short, the entire nightmare repeated itself. My mother passed, I had to go back and help our family business survive. And in the midst of all that, I started feeling ill and a quick doctor's visit diagnosed that I had testicular cancer. I felt like I was cursed. It was like I was living that movie, Groundhog Day - only mine wasn't very funny."

Flash forward to 2015 and it looks like there just might be a Hollywood ending after all for Jeff Young - a "guitar heroes" climax where love conquers all. This summer, his new project embarks on a trek across America, proving the third time's the charm. Stay with us here, folks...

Jeff has a new music project that's been stirring things up in Sin City for the past year. The new band is, Jeff Young & Sherri - think Les Paul & Mary Ford, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Buckingham/Nicks but with a sexier, funkier, even jazzy tinge.

Sherri (Klein) is a former lead dancer and vocalist in the Riviera's long running, mega-hit Vegas show, Splash and Young's fiancé. On stage, she comes off like a cross between Shirley Temple and Jessica Rabbit, possessing a voice that can wail like Robert Plant or Ann Wilson and smolder like Joni Mitchell.

Since coming together, the dynamic duo has performed on the Randy Rhoads Remembered tour, were nominated for Best Vegas Rock Band at the 2014 Vegas Rock Music Awards and their distinctive "crowd-filmed videos" have garnered countless fans & numerous features in the world music press. Now they're taking this show on the road.

The concept is simple: Jeff & Sherri are touring as a duo featuring 2 vocals, acoustic & electric guitars with live looping. "It's an acoustic-electric show with a rock/funk attitude & performance. There's an element of risk because of the live guitar looping & juggling, which is cool for both performer and audience.

What makes Jeff & Sherri's "Love Is Here" tour unique to any show that's likely to pass through your town this summer on next is two-fold. One would only expect that a duo from the gambling capital of the world would hit the road with an ace or two up their sleeves. Seems that Jeff also has a hi-fi internet radio show with a worldwide listening audience, celebrating 3 years of on air service.

"The radio show is called, Music Without Boundaries and we play every genre of music from the 1920s to the 2000s. In the space of a two hour show, you can hear numerous styles of music, juxtaposed and flowing together. We blend it all via interesting historical or interview segments, comedy and news. The show is different in its presentation and in how it is delivered to the listeners."

Jeff Young's Music Without Boundaries broadcasts on the SPREAKER network. The way SPREAKER works, the second a radio DJ or host signs on live, radio player widgets simultaneously pop up on Facebook, twitter, Google + and other social media. This makes the show very easy to find, listen & share.

"Back in the day, it took a broadcast center with a giant tower just to transmit a signal in a few hundred mile radius. Today, Music Without Boundaries can transmit to a worldwide audience from our tour bus, a truck stop, our hotel room, backstage, even onstage. So, the entire US tour experience is going to be really different & interactive, literally, bringing folks from around the globe on the road with Jeff & Sherri. We'll be sharing the road trip on the radio - old fashioned radio done a new fashioned way - and all the interesting people & places we encounter along the way become part of the story."

Another exciting aspect of this tour is that Jeff & Sherri have already recruited the hottest rhythm sections (i.e., drums, bass) in each town to play 4-5 classic songs to close each show. The extra added excitement of having the local musicians performing should bring some real curiosity & spectacle to the proceedings.

"I've toured the globe a few times before but it was always as someone's side-man. Part of what makes this tour so meaningful is that Sherri and I finally get to share our music, creativity & intent with the folks. We've selected each show and venue carefully. The places we're playing are vibey music listening rooms. Places where people go when they actually want to listen and share that communal experience."

You can catch the first leg of the Jeff Young & Sherri "Love Is Here" US Tour when it hits the following cities...

JUNE 11 - The Village Idiot - Toledo, OH
JUNE 12 - Oddbody's - Dayton, OH
JUNE 19 - Radio Radio - Indianapolis, IN
JUNE 20 - Hard Rock Invasion 2015 + VIP After Party - St. Louis, MO *with Queensryche, Tom Kiefer, Great White & Adler
JUNE 26 - The West Virginia Polo Club - Parkersburg, WV
JUNE 27 - The Blue Parrot - Charleston, WV
JULY 4 - Rockbar - San Jose, CA *with Eric Martin Band
JULY 11 - Sedona Creative Life Center - Sedona, AZ
JULY 25 - Firehouse - St. George, UT

JEFF YOUNG & SHERRI VIDEOS & TRACKS: