The Cliff Wheeler Band “To the Bone "2018 US Southern Rock
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Southern Rock, Alt Country The Cliff Wheeler Band is a rockin’ country blues band based out of Lemon Springs, North Carolina! For fans SRV, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, and Johnny Cash….~
The Cliff Wheeler Band is a four-piece alt-country/southern rock band based out of Lemon Springs, NC USA.
Cumulus Media’s 2017 “Nash Next” North Carolina winner – Music Mafia Radio’s Artist Of the Year First Runner Up – Six #1’s on multiple indie charts worldwide. A new CWB album “To the Bone” is scheduled for release in May of 2018.
At the encouragement of his son and now CWB bassist Garret Wheeler, Cliff wrote a batch of songs in 2016 and brought a group of musician friends together to record a solo album. Along with Cliff, the lineup included seasoned regional performing musicians Gary Orlando on guitar, Kevin Griffin on drums, Robert Watson on slide and acoustic guitars, and Cliff’s teenage son Garret on bass guitar. After four rehearsals the band went into the studio and recorded “Wheeler” in seven days. “Wheeler” was released on April 1, 2017 and soon thereafter began garnering attention from internet based indie radio stations and music blogs around the world along with a few over the air stations.
In July 2017 Cliff was notified that his song “Judgement Day” had been selected by WWQQ FM 101.3 out of Wilmington, NC as a finalist for Cumulus Media’s “Nash Next 2017” competition for the state of North Carolina. The next step in the “Nash Next” experience was a live performance at the finals in Carolina Beach, NC. Cliff was reluctant to continue, but after much encouragement from family and friends decided to carry on. Bringing together the lineup that recorded his song “Judgement Day” which includes Cliff, Gary, Kevin and Garret, they won the competition in their very first live performance as a group. Following this success, they decided to stay together as the Cliff Wheeler Band or as they call it, The CWB. They continue to have radio and live performance success including multiple songs charting in the US and abroad with six indie chart #1’s. They have spent the past nine months on Music Mafia Radio’s Top 30, never leaving the top five. The CWB performs primarily in NC but is expanding into the southeastern US and other areas including a recent show in Nashville, TN. The CWB is currently working on their sophomore album “To the Bone” which is scheduled for release on May the 16, 2018….By Randy Lockhart….~
Cliff Wheeler - Vocals/Lead Guitar/Acoustic Guitar
Gary Orlando - Lead Guitar
Terry Meyers - Rhythm Guitar/Acoustic Guitar/Slide Guitar
Garret Wheeler - Bass
Kevin Griffin - Drums
Tracklist:
01. Yep
02. How’d We Get Here
03. Hard Living Man
04. Open Road
05. That’s Not Me
06. This Old Hat
07. Ode to a Hater
08. Dancing Diablo
09. Yup
10. Son of A…
