Shilo at The Cadillac Ranch
Shilo hit Nashville like an atom bomb on Saturday, April 25th! They appeared at the Cadillac Ranch on Broadway in Nashville and completely packed the house. The Cadillac Ranch had to turn numerous people away because they were too full to meet the fire codes! Shilo lit up the stage, the bar and faces of everyone there. Bryan Brager, lead singer, was all over the Ranch singing with the customers and having a ball. Travis Gow, fiddle player, was dancing on the bar helping Bryan keep all the customers involved in the show. Mike Stoner, lead guitar, Randy Blankenship, bass guitar and Doug Chopson Jr, drummer kept the night flowing hard with fantastic high energy country music. Shilo played for 2 hours and was ready to go all night but they had only been alotted the two hour slot. Nashville fans brought out the best in Shilo and they returned that enthusiasm with true style. From the fans getting on stage during the performance to have pictures taken with the band while performing, to fans riding the tractor, a small toy John Deer tractor used in the show, a great time was had by all. Shilo returned Sunday to "The Project Room" in Hendersonville, TN to work on their new album due out in late June or early July. This album will contain some songs they sang at the Ranch that the crowds truly love to hear. It promises to be a powerhouse of a release when it hits the streets. Find more information at www.shiloband.com or at www.neasound.com
SHILO is coming to Nashville!
The band booked as "The hottest new band this year" will be in Nashville at the "Cadillac Ranch" on Saturday, April 26th. The show will start at 8:30pm and run until 11:00pm and is the one show this year you don't want to miss. This band is high energy and full of excitement for everyone, from dancing on table tops to singing while dancing on the floor!
SHILO - Blazing Hot as Kentucky Coal
For Immediate Release!
SHILO: "Blazing Hot as Kentucky Coal"
1/13/08 -Indianapolis Indiana-Shilo's first single "Dodgin A Ford In My Chevrolet" is blazing up the country music charts, with 25 station adds the first week out putting the in the top 8 of the most downloaded country song. Dodgin a Ford In My Chevrolet charted at 81 last week putting them into power spin. Shilo is taking the country by a complete storm!
Dodgin a Ford -has been added to airplayaccess.com and mediabase.com
Download Dodgin A Ford Today once you hear it you'll spin it for sure!
Clear Diamond Records in Conjunction with Deep South Promotions
www.shiloband.com -- STS
Shilo
By John DeGroff / WhatzUp Magazine
Anyone who’s involved in the music business, on any level, gets used to hearing hype about musicians and bands. Most of the time, hype is the result of creative writing from a press agent. Only a few acts live up to their publicity. Fewer still go beyond it.
Shilo, a band whose members all come from north and central Indiana, are one of the few exceptions who are pushing beyond their own publicity.
The band consists of Bryan Brager, lead vocals; Michael Stoner, guitar; Travis Gow, fiddle; Doug Chopson, Jr., drums; and Randy Blankenship, bass.
Formed in 1997, the band started on the usual route of playing small clubs. By 2000, Shilo found themselves getting booked consistently into bigger and better venues. Since then, they have had the opportunity to be the opening act for major country artists such as Diamond Rio.
“Our primary focus is on making good country music and playing it for whover wants to listen,” said guitarist Stoner.
Let’s face it, when most people think of country music, what almost instantly comes to mind is a solo artist (male or female, doesn’t matter), with a group of back-up musicians. And of course, the guys you see on stage with almost any given country artist aren’t the guys who play on the albums. Such is the state of country music.
“I think the reason for this is it’s easier to take a solo artist and mold him to whatever is needed at the time,” said Stoner. “You only have one image to deal with. When you have a band with five different ways of thinking, it’s a lot harder to focus on one direction. As a band, though, we all get along great. We have been together for over ten years.
“Country music has really taken off with the kids in the last few years,” Stoner continued. “Clubs that have been primarily rock oriented seem to be booking more country acts these days. I think the ‘Nashville Sound’ formula changes from year to year with a new crop of performers coming in all the time. We try not to pay attention so much to what the industry wants at a certain time. One of the biggest compliments we get all the time is, ‘I don’t like country music, but you guys are good.’ That tells me that no matter what the formula is in the ‘big time’ this year, we are doing something right, here at home. That equates to more folks giving country music a chance.”
Shilo has also found themselves a hot topic on the popular country music website CMT.com.
“The CMT stuff was totally unexpected,” Stoner continued. “We don’t have a video. One day I was looking around on CMT’s message board and found our name. Fans from all over had been posting about us, and we didn’t even know it. That was cool.”
There’s going to be ample opportunity to see Shilo on their home turf this summer, and Stoner and the rest of Shilo really look forward to the gigs. “Come on out to a show and say ‘hi.’ As long as you keep listening, we will definitely keep playing.”
