The Last Straw is rock and roll for the soul. A unified balance of rock, blues, soul and funk that come together to create a powerful, dynamic, high energy rock n roll show.Drawing influences from their southern roots, these five men have worked together to feed their audiences with a sound this generation has been hungry for. Since forming in February of 2007, The Last Straw has already proven themselves as one of the most highly recognized bands in Middle Tennessee. They have played sold ou...
The Last Straw is rock and roll for the soul. A unified balance of rock, blues, soul and funk that come together to create a powerful, dynamic, high energy rock n roll show.Drawing influences from their southern roots, these five men have worked together to feed their audiences with a sound this generation has been hungry for. Since forming in February of 2007, The Last Straw has already proven themselves as one of the most highly recognized bands in Middle Tennessee. They have played sold out and packed shows at popular venues in Murfreesboro, Nashville, Kentucky, Austin, Dallas, Little Rock, Knoxville, Memphis, and Alabama and more...Recently, the band won two awards from Nashville’s biggest rock station, 102.9 “the buzz” FM, for best guitarists and auxiliary instrumentalists.Although the band has only been together a short time, they have already worked with such notable people in the music industry as Anthony Krizan of The Spin Doctors and Greg Hamm, legendary engineer of several artists such as Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Their most recent work with Hamm allowed them to capture their dynamic energy in a live recording in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.Each member of The Last Straw has had their own success in the music industry, furthering their notoriety as a whole. Drummer, songwriter, and producer, John Salaway, performed with Ben Folds in his Live at Myspace concert and is a nationally endorsed session musician and producer around Nashville, TN. Guitarist, lead singer, and songwriter, Kyle Daniel, won the Southern Kentucky Blues Challenge in 2004 and went on the next year to place as a finalist in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. He and John are currently co-writing with hit songwriters in the Nashville area, while completing the writing of The Last Straw's debut album set for release in early 2008. Keyboardist, Adam Botner, has also performed with Warren Haynes and Dickie Betts of The Allman Brothers Band. Bassist, Marc Williams, and slide guitarist/harp player, Quincey Meeks, have toured around the Southeast, playing with several bands over the years.The Band, with Def Kat Music LLC has also recently created the Silas Rock Botner Memorial Scholarship which goes to eligible MTSU students who pursue recording industry and commercial songwriting as a major to help inspire the songwriting community in middle Tennessee.By seeing what the band has already accomplished in such a short time, we are surely to see only great things from them in the future.
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