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You’ve probably noticed that most really great singers play an instrument, too. No exception here. Derrick plays piano and totally rocks on the harmonica. So, of course, an incredible singer who’s also a smokin’ musician is going to write songs. Some earlier stuff that he wrote for the bands he was in won all kinds of awards. Derrick’s songs have been recorded by The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Logan Daniels and Melissa Manchester. You have heard Derrick’s songs on My Name is Earl, Criminal Minds, Boston Legal, Saving Grace, Providence, True Blood, and King of the Hill.
Derrick’s songs have been included in projects by The American Cancer Society, Music From the Heart and The Children’s Heart Foundation. He has also been the recipient of songwriting awards from the Wisconsin Area Music Institute, Los Angeles Songwriters Showcase and Billboard Magazine. Derrick writes from the heart, but he can also write on demand. He has his own home studio, Hear & Now, where he produces his own stuff and where he also records and produces for other musicians and voice actors.[/vc_column_text][ult_buttons btn_title=”VISIT ARTIST WEBSITE” btn_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.derrickanamerican.com||target:%20_blank|” btn_align=”ubtn-center” btn_size=”ubtn-block” btn_title_color=”#ffffff” btn_bg_color=”#59a999″ btn_hover=”ubtn-center-dg-bg” btn_anim_effect=”ulta-grow” btn_bg_color_hover=”#606060″ btn_title_color_hover=”#ffffff” icon=”Defaults-external-link-square” icon_size=”20″ btn_icon_pos=”ubtn-sep-icon-at-left”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”18043″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeIn”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner]
A rapper/dj-turned-saxophonist, his reputation came full circle in 2006 with the release of the single “The Chicago Bears Anthem.” Written by Swade, Harlan Jefferson executive produced and promoted the ultra modern rap-with-class that was played in Chicago at one of the Bears games. The track was quickly picked up by DJs, who played it in the streets, in clubs, on the Internet, and on television stations and music and sports radio stations in Rockford, Chicago, and Indiana.[/vc_column_text][ult_buttons btn_title=”VISIT ARTIST WEBSITE” btn_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harlanjefferson.com%2Fhome.php||target:%20_blank|” btn_align=”ubtn-center” btn_size=”ubtn-block” btn_title_color=”#ffffff” btn_bg_color=”#59a999″ btn_hover=”ubtn-center-dg-bg” btn_anim_effect=”ulta-grow” btn_bg_color_hover=”#606060″ btn_title_color_hover=”#ffffff” icon=”Defaults-external-link-square” icon_size=”20″ btn_icon_pos=”ubtn-sep-icon-at-left”][vc_single_image image=”17989″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeIn”]
Julie’s music is intuitive yet headstrong; relaxed yet risky. A pianist since the age of 5 – and writing music since 12 – Julie’s keyboard artistry prepares your emotional canvas with bold bass lines and delicate melodic strolls. Her powerful voice then paints brilliant and poignant pictures of love, love lost, love lasting and life lived richly. Her songs sing volumes about Julie’s passion, courage and vulnerability. She is singing of everyone. She is singing only to you. She leaves no story unspoken; no joyful experience or shattered emotion unexposed. As each song takes on a life of its own, you can own each one as if you’ve heard it forever.[/vc_column_text][ult_buttons btn_title=”VISIT ARTIST WEBSITE” btn_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fjulieoehme.com||target:%20_blank|” btn_align=”ubtn-center” btn_size=”ubtn-block” btn_title_color=”#ffffff” btn_bg_color=”#59a999″ btn_hover=”ubtn-center-dg-bg” btn_anim_effect=”ulta-grow” btn_bg_color_hover=”#606060″ btn_title_color_hover=”#ffffff” icon=”Defaults-external-link-square” icon_size=”20″ btn_icon_pos=”ubtn-sep-icon-at-left”][vc_single_image image=”12849″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeIn”]
Having always had the itch to form his own band, Wetzel relocated to South-Eastern Wisconsin in 2008 and teamed up with the extraordinary guitar and vocal talents of like-minded musician Jim Ryan to form “The Big Al Wetzel Band”. Wetzel and Ryan initially honed their show as an acoustic duo, but when the phone began ringing off the hook for larger events, they eventually enlisted a most venerable rhythm section of S.E. Wisconsin music scene stalwarts – Geoff Howard (bass and vocals) and Tim Rush (drums and vocals).
Drawing from fan favorites of every genre (including Rock/Country/Pop/Blues/Funk/Reggae to name a few), the Big Al Wetzel Band delivers a jaw dropping spectrum of first class live music for high end events large and small throughout the Chicago Tri State area and beyond.[/vc_column_text][ult_buttons btn_title=”VISIT ARTIST WEBSITE” btn_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bigalwetzelband.com%2Ffeatured-events||target:%20_blank|” btn_align=”ubtn-center” btn_size=”ubtn-block” btn_title_color=”#ffffff” btn_bg_color=”#59a999″ btn_hover=”ubtn-center-dg-bg” btn_anim_effect=”ulta-grow” btn_bg_color_hover=”#606060″ btn_title_color_hover=”#ffffff” icon=”Defaults-external-link-square” icon_size=”20″ btn_icon_pos=”ubtn-sep-icon-at-left”][vc_single_image image=”13195″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeIn”]