Artist description THE EXECUTIVES are a dynamic and tight blues-rock band. They write and play original, vocally-oriented, "sweat-running-down-your-nose" songs that come straight from the heart. With a truely unique blend of hard-edged rock, electric blues and New Americana, to beautifully melodic ballads, THE EXECUTIVES cruise through their 6 CD catalog of well performed and crafted songs.

Music Style Blues-Rock

Musical Influences Ray Charles, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Sonics, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, John Lee Hooker, Beatles, James Gang

Similar Artists Dire Straights, Elvis Costello, ZZ Top, Huey Lewis, Eric Clapton, 10cc

Group Members The EXECUTIVES feature some of the finest musicians in the Northwest: From Portland, Oregon is Rex Plew on lead vocal and drums. Rex is an original member of Atlantis, Dang Hummers, Wall Street and many other nationally known Portland-based bands. Rex is a veteran of many U.S. and international tours. From Portland, Oregon is Dick Schalk, on guitar and vocals. Dick is and original member of Atlantis, The Wayds, Orchid Storchy and the Equalizers, Phoenix, and a number of other nationally known bands. Dick is a veteran of many U.S. and international tours. From The Dalles, Oregon is Emie Gustafson on bass and vocals. Ernie has toured with The Gophers, Mass Indecision and many other bands on the college and university circuit. From Portland Oregon is Mark Hannah on keyboards. Mark is original member of Phoenix, and a number of other nationally known bands. Mark is a veteran of many U.S. and international tours. From Portland is Ricky King on guitar. Ricky has played with many rock and jazz acts in the Northwest. From Portland is Danny Collins on harmonica and percussion. Danny has played with many rock, jazz and blues acts in the Northwest. From Portland is Michael Leach on keyboards. Michael is currently soloing and performing with The Moonlight Project (also listed on MP3). From Portland is Mike Nazarov on strings and tympani. Mike has written for and recorded with many Russian progressive rock acts.

Instruments Bass, guitars, drums, vocals, harmonica, keyboards, strings, percussion

Albums The Executives, Summer Vacation, The Executives LIVE, Fourcast, It's So Hard (CD single), Blues To The Bone

Press Reviews *****The Executives- Fourcast Independent CD www.mp3.com/theexcutives By Fran Gray You could easily be led astray if you didn't listen to every song on the Executives debut CD "Fourcast." Laced with the hooks, feel and structure of modern pop and rock you would think that the straight-up contemporary feel on this CD is the band's musical intent... and maybe it is. Thrashing guitars are juxtaposed against trickling piano lines and vocal washes in 11 confectious tracks. Though pop and rock are the primary ingredients on "Fourcast", it's not until you hear cut 5 "You Left Me" that you discover the band's hidden essence. It's blues... hard blues... big, fat, electric hard blues both sung and played in an intoxicatingly great manner. Everything from the sweltering guitar solos by Dick Schalk to the dusty, sizzling, bluesy vocals of Rex Plew screams BLUES band. Track 4, "Intoxicate My Soul" is the same way with its deeply blues-ridden feel. These tracks are so convincing that you have to wonder if every one of these guys didn't come from a blues background. With nothing accompanying this CD except the mailer it arrived in, this reviewer can only wonder. But if you're out on the town listening to live music some night and you hear a really good pop-rock band called The Executives and they suddenly explode into blues in the middle of the set, you better sit down for awhile because you're going to want to hear all of it.***** The Executives - Fourcast Executive Decision Hard work packs a punch, but The Executives have learned how to make the blues look easy. With their extreme bass and narratives it's enough to make anyone throw away their tie and pump up the volume. Their sound borders on rock but the riffs roll off your tongue in a catchy unsequenced rasp. This is music you can free your mind with because the only decision is an executive decision. - Lindsay Bloemink - Canadian Music Press***** "The Executives sound is that of a classic sweat-running-down-your-nose blues-infused rock band, committed to retaining their artistic integrity" : POSITIVELY ENTERTAINMENT" It's time to shake the shack with Oregon's THE EXECUTIVES. Bluesy-rock that would sound fine in a Texas bar or an L.A. Rock club with bottles whizzing past your head." : THE ROCKET***** Selected BAND OF THE DAY by Garageband.com on June 8, 2002*****

Additional Info S'Pacific Records (ASCAP)

Location Portland, OR - USA

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