Edito de Hard RainInspired by Van Halen's classic "Hot For Teacher", Olney, IL native Brent Rubsam was age 7 when he first picked up a guitar in 1983, and he's been hooked ever since. Through the years he has played and sang in a multitude of bands playing everything from blues to hard rock. One of Brent's main influences is the legendary Stevie Ray Vaughan. Since the day he first heard Stevie Ray's playing, Brent has been influenced and inspired to develop his own bluesy & aggressive approach to the guitar. Other influences include Warren Haynes, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Tommy Castro, Gary Moore, and many others. Currently Brent keeps busy teaching 40 plus guitar students a week and by playing between 100 to 150 dates a year both solo acoustic and with his band, "Brent Rubsam & Soul Drive." The band is sponsored by Budweiser True Music, and have opened shows for several well-known acts including Bad Company former lead singer Brian Howe, Dr. Hook, The Little River Band, Molly Hatchet, Great White, Firehouse, and others. With a foot firmly planted in blue/rock territory, ?Brent Rubsam and Soul Drive? put on an energetic show, and play a wide mix of music ranging from their own originals to blues and rock covers from the 60?s through today. Since the release of Brent's debut blues-rock EP "Hard Rain", the disc has hit the number 10 spot on the Mp3tunes.com Electric Blues Chart, hit the number 2 spot on the IUMA Blues Chart, and recieved some international radio airplay. Some of the stations currently spinning "Hard Rain" include "Delta Frank's Blues Blowtorch" on 103.5 FM in Peoria, IL, 89.1 WGLT FM in Normal, IL, 88.5 WVOF in Fairfield CT, "The Goodtime Blues Radio Program" FM Fenix 93.1 Mhz. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 103.1 FM Radio Milo in Mol, Belgium, Bryansk Ag Academy Local Radio in Bryansk, Russia, "The Double Trouble Show" on Osnabruecker Radio 104.8 FM in Osnabruck, Germany,"El Autoblues Program" on FM 104.8 Radio Economia in Bizkaia, Spain, and several others. Internet stations include Online Rock Radio at onlinerock.com and "The Upper Room with Jim Kelley" at live365.com/stations/funk7. Last year Brent received a Director?s Award in the 2006 Nashville International Songwriting Competition, was a finalist in the 2006 Compo 10 International Blues Songwriting Competition, and his song ?Destination Anywhere? was featured the first week of Oct. 2006 on a nationally syndicated blues radio show called Blues Deluxe. The program is aired on 103 stations nationwide and has and estimated audience of 2,073,000. For more information on the show, check them out on the web at www.bluesdeluxe.com. Here's what one reviewer had to say about "Hard Rain": "Hard Rain" is one for the blues rockers, with the emphasis on the rock. More of tracks like "Gettin' It", will help to establish Rubsam's reputation as a good guitarist and tunesmith." - Blues On Stage Lire la suite