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Acoustic rock meets alt-country with a nice edge. Influenced by Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Sister Hazel, Counting Crows, Eric Clapton, Journey, Jazz, Wilco, and Southern Rock.

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Hometown	Temecula, CA
Genres	Americana / Alt Country, Alt. Rock
Band Members	George Hartline, Eddie Hudson, Steve Denning, Brett ... » more
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Upcoming Shows	None

Contact Information:	Artist / Band Member George Hartline ghartline@hotmail.com 951-445-0147
# Years Experience Performing Live:	10
# Live Perfomances Past Six-months:	3
Market Draw:	Orange County, CA: 76-100
Venue History:	House of Blues - Anaheim, CA The Harp Inn - Costa Mesa, CA The District - Orange, CA The Gig - Hollywood, CA B.B. King's - Los Angeles, CA House of Blues - West Hollywood, CA Monsoon Cafe - Santa Monica, CA
Opener Experience:	Monsoon Cafe; HMMA Showcase
Similar Artists:	Dave Matthews Band; Counting Crows; Wilco
Performing Rights Society:	ASCAP
Discography:	Live from Lake Elsinore LP—2007; Waiting for Summer LP—2005

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About the Artist

I moved out to California in 2005 to pursue a dream and I'm still going for it!

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March 2009 Judging Excellence

March 2009 Channel Predictor Contemporary/Soft Rock

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Music Spotlight: George Hartline by Junior's Cave Magazine
Singer/Songwriter George Hartline is making his name known in the music industry. This artist, who is originally from Alabama, is sure to win your heart with his amazing vocals and astounding lyrics. George, who has been influenced by such iconic musical legends such as Dave, Matthews, John Mayer, Counting Crows, and Hootie and the Blowfish, is hoping to achieve all of his goals. If you are ever in Santa Monica or Hollywood, you can catch him perfecting his craft. Check out this wonderful Q & A that George took the time to complete for the magazine. Q. What aspect of making music excites you the most right now? A. Probably, challenging the "system" that is in place now by presenting music that doesn't fit the model for top 40, but is good enough for people to take notice. I like to see their response to something that wasn't expected. Q. What aspect of making music gets you the most discouraged? A. I get discouraged when I see bands that are terrible making it big, and then I see guys that are great and they get nowhere. Q. What are you up to right now, music-wise? (Current or upcoming recordings, tours, extravaganzas, experiments, top-secret projects, etc). A. Well, we just released "Live from Lake Elsinore, CA" a live album cd/dvd. I am writing now for my first studio album and I'm excited about doing a studio album for the first time! We are also trying to "bumrush the charts" much like the band Black Lab did. Everyone is going to purchase my cd/dvd on August 31st to try and push into the mainstream charts! I love that idea-sticking it to the mainstream man. Q. What's the most unusual place you've ever played a show or made a recording? How did the qualities of that place affect the show/recording? A. We recorded the "Live from Lake Elsinore" album in an old converted church in Lake Elsinore, CA that is now called the "cultural center". It still has the old stain-glass windows. The stage wall behind us was round and was like a bowl turned on its side. It had a great vibe, because my music is kind of subtle in terms of my beliefs, and that place was a perfect compliment. Q. In what ways does the place where you live (or places where you have lived), affect the music you create, or your taste in music? A. I grew up in Alabama, so I listened to a lot of country (not because I wanted to, but it was inevitable). Also, I grew up in church, listening to old-timey gospel and stuff with a LOT of soul. I'm talking about people who cry while they sing. Then I was into folk and rock, and the mix of that-so I listened to Dave Matthews Band, Sister Hazel, and Counting Crows, Blues Traveler. I would say the southern influence keeps my music organic, stringy, acoustic, percussive, and tasty. Q. When was the last time you wrote a song? What can you tell us about it? A. I have recently come up with a lot of lines. One was "I've been googling myself again". I have really been writing a lot of funny songs lately. I wrote a song about the door guy at "the Viper Room" in Hollywood, because I was there the other night seeing a friend perform, Alex Arndt, and the guy at the door was a jerk. I wrote a song called "Joanie" about my wife. It is a piano -rock song. Q. As you create more music, do you find yourself getting more or less interested in seeking out and listening to new music made by other people...and why do you think that is? A. Oh, I have been listening to more new music than ever. Every time I hear about a new buzzworthy band I go buy their CD (I still actually go buy CDs in stores). I want to hear what people are listening to, and whether it is just a fad or if it is really good music. Sometimes I am very disappointed, like Modest Mouse didn't really do it for me. But then Wilco I loved. Q. Lately what musical periods or styles do you find yourself most drawn to as a listener? (Old or new music? Music like yours or different from yours?) A. New music definitely. I really like the Killers, even though my music is nothing like theirs. Maybe in the future I will do more progressive rock (distortion guitars, synthesizers). I just have a hard time writing music in that style. I also try to find guys like me and listen to how I compare to them, and see how I could improve. Q. Name a band or musician, past or present, who you flat-out LOVE and think more people should be listening to. What's one of your all-time favorite recordings by this band/musician? A. Dave Matthews Band! This is my all-time favorite. They have so many great masterpieces. Probably, my favorite recording of them was "Under the Table and Dreaming", one of the first CDs I ever got: I got it for Christmas along with Blues Traveler "Four". My first CD was actually Boys to Men "II" haha! Q. What's the saddest song you've ever heard? A. Wow, that is a tough question. Probably the song "Thank You For Giving to the Lord" by Ray Boltz. It is about this man, who dies and goes to Heaven, and he runs into all these people in his life who helped him and says thank you. SAD! but good.

Band Hartline aims for Billboard top 200 by The Press-Enterprise
George Hartline is a man on a mission. The theory is that if he can sell 3,000 to 4,000 copies of his album "Live From Lake Elsinore" this week, he will make it onto the Billboard top 200. He heard about a band called Black Lab that did it with one song on iTunes and that inspired him to try to do it with this recording, which also includes a DVD. He's calling the campaign "Bumrush the Charts." We're really excited about the possibilities," Hartline said. The Alabama-born singer-songwriter and Marine came to live in Temecula after training at Camp Pendleton and doing a tour in Iraq. Two dollars from the sale of every CD is going to a unit at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base to help fellow Marines who are struggling financially after returning from Iraq. He said he wrote some music while overseas, which he hopes will appear on an album he plans to record this fall. Dave Matthews has been one influence for Hartline, but so have the Blues Brothers. He said he often watched the movie when he was growing up. That's what I want to do, that's where I want to be, on the stage," Hartline said. The "Live From Lake Elsinore" CD/DVD is available at www.cdbaby.com/cd/georgehartline.

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