Born in Lexington, KY, Shotgun Honeymoon always displayed a
love and
passion for music. After moving around from state to state with his
family, they finally settled in a small town by the name of Boca Raton,
Florida, a town that he still considers home. While attending college at Florida
State University, one summer
afternoon he walked into a guitar shop, bought a music book and an
acoustic guitar. From there he began teaching himself to play. It
remained a hobby until a few years later one-college night; he entered
a contest and decided to share his talent with the world. The rest of
the contestants were playing cover songs and he wanted a way to
separate himself from the competition. So, one week before the contest
Shotgun wrote his first song, which eventually became "Beginning of the
End." In front of 300 people, in a smoky college bar he took the
stage
for the first time, and even though he didn't win the competition he
discovered a talent he didn't know he had and it blew the crowd away.
He
graduated from Florida State, and left Tallahassee with maybe two or
three songs under his belt. Later that same year he moved back home to
Boca Raton where he began to focus his talents and the songs began to
flow. Raised on a diet of Nirvana,
Smashing Pumpkins
and The Dave
Matthews Band, his music reflected those influences strongly in
the
beginning. He was inspired by how these acts could strip everything
down into an incredible acoustic performance and then plug in and rock
the house down. His songs quickly began to shape themselves, combining
the slight fingering techniques of Dave
Matthews with the power chords
of Kurt Cobain and Billy Corgan. With every new song,
he found a little
bit more of himself and forged a sound of his own.
Now calling
Los Angeles his permanent home, Shotgun Honeymoon continues
to write and develop himself as a writer and performer. His shows have
grown in grandeur and attendance, and his music has gone from rehashing
covers to personal stories of triumph, tribulations and love. As
Shotgun's
career climbs, he will always remember sitting on a stage
in a smoky college bar with nothing but his guitar for protection. He
opened himself up to the world and to his astonishment, 300 strangers
listened...and loved it.
"The chance to express emotions and
give them a visual through lyrics
and music is the best feeling in the world. The only thing better than
that is when people stop what they are thinking, stop what they are
doing, and get lost in your world as well as you can portray it, with a
simple melody and a little poetry...and understand it." Shotgun Honeymoon is currently on
tour (check here for dates).
(Picture of
Shotgun with DSN Music's Scott Bergevin) DSN Music is proud to provide
downloads of several hits from Shotgun
Honeymoon.
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"13" From the CD Forgone Conclusion/Broken Halo
Records/2007 "Label of Blues" From the CD Forgone Conclusion/Broken Halo
Records/2007
