Undiscovered by Real Eyes
"Rock South," Traditional Rock, Southern Rock, Blues Rock, Power Pop Rock Band from Northwest Florida, featuring the songs of Blake Bell and Buddy Bolter. Their latest album, "Undiscovered", is a compilation of guitar driven rock songs including, "Blue in September," "Touching the Ground" and "Empty Stare."
The duo is heavily influenced by the Classic Rock sound of Cheap Trick, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin and the Cure to name a few. It is guitar driven rock with lyrics that resonate with the listener on multiple levels. Real Eyes performs with a rhythm section consisting of drums, bass and keyboards.
Buddy and Blake have been writing and performing together for 20 years. They appeared in the College Music Journal (CMJ) charts in the 1990's in support of their then college rock act after they had some success on college radio.
There has always been some legend around how the two met. In one version, the two met while working at a nursing home when they rushed in to save a dying woman. The woman survived (thankfully) and she introduced the two.
The other version holds that the two met after unknowingly answering each other's ads in a free paper. One ran an ad for a ‘lead-guitarist’ and the other ran an ad for a ‘rhythm-guitar/singer.’ "I got a call from this guy who answered my ad and a few minutes later, I called an ad about playing lead-guitar, and it ended up being the same guy," says Bolter. “So I guess we just sort of clicked."
I guess we'll never really know which version is accurate, so, just pick one. But either way, as they both recall, "the first time we got together, we wrote like 8 songs and a couple of them were pretty good. So, we thought, let's do it again tomorrow." And as fans, we're really glad they did.
Tracklist
| 1. | Blue in September | 3:55 |
| 2. | Picture | 4:32 |
| 3. | Finally Fine | 3:56 |
| 4. | Sea | 4:23 |
| 5. | Touching the Ground | 4:04 |
| 6. | Made in the USA | 4:22 |
| 7. | Empty Stare | 3:29 |
| 8. | Everybody Knows | 3:26 |
Credits
Blake Bell - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Telly, 12-String
Buddy Bolter - Lead Guitar, Les Paul, Strat, Vocals
Bass: Mike Myers
Drums: Dustin Paige
Keyboards: Guy Prier
Produced and Engineered by Guy Prier
Album Art by Marilou Campo
Liner Note Design by Jennifer Fernandez
Photography by Robby Doland
Amps/Heads by Mesa Boogie, Orange, Fender, Marshall
Live Performance Rhythm Section:
Bass: David Teague/Tom McMillan
Drums and Percussion: Bob Matteson
License
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“Rock-South,” Traditional Rock, Southern Rock, Blues Rock, Power Pop Rock Band from Northwest Florida, featuring the songs of Blake Bell and Buddy Bolter. The duo is heavily influenced by the Classic Rock sound of Cheap Trick, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin and the Cure to name just a few.