W A R ||=====> C H I E F

Always sucks to have bad news, but our good friend Dickie will be leaving us after our weekend of shows in Texas on August 11. We’ve had a BLAST making music with him and I hope we will have blast making music again sometime.

All that being said, as one door closes another opens. This opens up a huge opportunity for someone. We are stupid busy now and don’t anticipate it slowing down any time soon! If you’re ready to pick up the torch, either shoot me a message on FB or email me at grayson@graysonshelton.com. We WILL NOT cancel any shows and we WILL NOT stop booking so be ready to jump into the fire!

Fuckin' good lookin dudes right there...

We’ll keep this thread up to date as we get confirmation.  In the meantime, you can still stream the album on SoundCloud !

CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/warchief
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/love-letters-from-prester/id538265986
Amazon MP3:  A really long link….
eMusic: Pending

Streaming through SoundCloud all weekend.  Coming to the rest of Earth and iTunes in the following weeks.

There’s a lot of things I could say and get all emotional, but I’ll save them for the show at Stickyz tonight (Doors open at 8 )

Enjoy!

This is my “exhausted” face.

We had a GREAT GREAT time at both Wakarusa and Riverfest this last week (see pics below)!  We reached got the music out to a lot of people and will continue to do so with some of the relationships we forged while we were at it. (More on that as they progress).  Now we’re getting geared up for our Album Release Party  at Stickyz on June 15th.  This one’s going to be a pretty awesome show, y’all.  No foolin.

That’s it for now.  Just wanted to say hello and thanks for a great week to everyone who was involved!

War Chief on festival run, announce LP

LITTLE ROCK- Most Arkansas-based bands would be happy to play one festival a year in the area, let alone three.

Little Rock based War Chief is doing just that this year.  The four-piece rock-n-roll outfit will begin their invasion of the Arkansas festival scene on Sunday, May 27^th when they will play Riverfest in Little Rock on the Bud Light stage at 2:00 p.m.  A mere 4 days later, on Thursday, May 31^st at noon, War Chief have the honor of kicking off festivities at Mulberry Mountain in Ozark for the Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival, which this year features nationally-recognized acts such as Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Avett Brothers, Railroad Earth and a host of others.   They conclude their current festival schedule on Saturday, July 28^th when they return to Mulberry Mountain for the inaugural Backwoods Arts Gathering, showcasing a wide range of local and regional musical talent.

To correspond with the wave of success, War Chief will release their debut LP, “Love Letters From Prester John” in early June.  It is the second album released by singer/songwriter Grayson Shelton and the first one by the current lineup.  According to Shelton, the album is “is more straightforward rock-n-roll than the previous album in a lot of parts, but at other times has songs that could have just as easily have been on the first album”.

A CD release party has been scheduled for June 15^th at Stickyz Rock ‘n Roll Chicken Shack.  Show support and ticket prices are forthcoming.

The band will also return to Stickyz on July 14^th for the 3^rd Annual Midsummer Night’s Jam with fellow local bands FreeVerse and Chillyrose.  It will be an 18 & up show and tickets will be $10 dollars.

Album artwork for “Love Letters From Prester John” and a hi-definition image have been included.  For an advance copy of the album, please contact Grayson Shelton at grayson@graysonshelton.com

ABOUT WAR CHIEF

War Chief is Central Arkansas’ newest indie folk-rock band, full of what Sync Weekly called “blue-collar-rock guitar, rowdy rhythms and a freewheeling yet energetic feel.” The band is led by Grayson Shelton, a Little Rock-based singer-songwriter with several years’ experience of solo acoustic sets under his belt. War Chief marks a turn toward focusing on more original music and sounds for the talented guitarist and singer.

War Chief has been compared to everything from the gritty, classic roots-rock sounds of The Allman Brothers and Drive-By Truckers to the more modern indie- and folk-rock sounds of Spoon, Wilco and Blitzen Trapper.

The four-piece Americana-rock group formed in early 2011 and within a year was receiving accolades from media critics, local music venues, and live music fans for its debut, self-titled EP release.

War Chief’s accomplishments continued in February 2012 as it won its Semifinal round of the Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase and went on to compete in the Finals, which each year includes just the top five bands in the state — out of hundreds of applicants for the contest.

The Arkansas Times’ music critic Robert Bell wrote of War Chief:

“Classic rock diehards will dig the Allman-esque guitar heroics on ‘Welcome to the Real World,’ while the rollicking ‘Stand Watie,’ included below, could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with The Drive-By Truckers at their most solemnly intense.”

War Chief is: Chris Brummett- Drums, Dickie Pool- Bass, Grayson Shelton- rhythm guitar, vocals and Andy Stringfellow- Lead Guitar

You can lie and say you don’t want one, but then you’d be a liar…

Any way you want!

Hard Copies through Google Checkout:

iTunes: Grayson Shelton- War Chief on iTunes

Amazon Digital: Grayson Shelton- War Chief on Amazon

Rhapsody: Grayson Shelton- War Chief on Rhapsody

So as of today we can officially announce that we will be at the following shindigs:

May 27th- Riverfest - 2 p.m. on the Bud Light Stage

May 31st- Wakarusa - NOON at the Backwoods Stage

July 28th- Backwoods Arts Gathering (Ozark, AR) – We have no clue, but it’s gonna be a blast!

We’ve got a few more submissions out and have pretty high hopes that we’ll have some more announcements for you in the future!  In the meantime, buy a shirt and a CD and help us get the word out!

So we didn’t win the Arkansas Times Showcase.  That sucks, but that’s also life.  We played awesome and made a lot of new friends/fans so life’s still good.  Congrats to the Holy Shakes who also had a good, solid set.

Here’s what’s going on in the world of War Chief:

• Chris is going skiing.  What a dick. He’ll be back on 3/16 so we’re taking a couple days off practice.  We’ve been going pretty hard for the last couple of months so that’ll be nice
• Grayson’s got some solo shows coming up so check ‘em out (schedule on the right).
• We’ll be working on finalizing booking through June pretty soon.  Look for shows in Springfield (the above pic is from Lindbergs up there), Fayetteville, Tulsa, Dallas and of course Little Rock.
• You can still help us out by getting a T-Shirt!  It would look great on you and even better on your girlfriend.  Believe it.
• We’re going to get back in “Hey let’s make a record” mode SOON.  All the songs are ready to go, so we’ll get our shit together in the next month or so and get the ball rolling.
• We should have Wakarusa plans firmed up in the next couple of weeks, including the time and stage we’ll be on.  I wouldn’t be surprised to see us at a couple other festivals, but we can’t confirm/release anything at this point.
• We’ve added some video schwag on this page here.  Go check it out!

Lastly, we’d just like to say a big “Gracias” to all of our friends who help us get through the day, both with the triumphs and disappointments.  You know who you are.  No not you… (points finger)… YOU.

See you soon!

Grayson, Chris, Dickie, Andy

Here’s a great write-up on it.

We’re very humbled by the support and compliments and more than excited to be playing in the finals!  Hope everyone can make it Friday March 2nd at the Rev Room!  More details to come… In the meantime, don’t forget to get a War Chief shirt!