"Pete’s guitar, harmonica and heavily soulful voice define his ‘in-your-face blues’ style."
Pete has acquired a strong fan base by touring the midwest and by opening up for acts such as G.love & the Special sauce, Grace Potter & more!
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Pete Dressman & the Soul Unified Nation - The Current An energetic new style of rock and blues that has you tapping your feet and bobbing your head. 12 MP3 Songs ROCK: 70''s Rock, BLUES: Blues-Rock Show all album songs: The Current Songs Details: Pete Dressman and the Soul Unified Nation formed with its current members in 2006. Since then, they have performed in music venues throughout the south and midwest of the U.S. They have acquired a strong fan base performing live and the bands MySpace page has recorded over 40,000 plays over the last year. The band has scheduled appearances approximately 15-20 nights a month. Because of their ability to draw a large crowd, the band is consistently offered opportunities to perform at various venues and clubs, especially in the surrounding areas. Along with live performance exposure, Pete Dressman and the Soul Unified Nation have also been featured on a radio station in Indiana, as well as in Kentucky and Ohio. Pete Dressman was voted Favorite Solo Artist in a national online competition by MyNetworkTV, a Fox Network owned television station. The competition lasted two-three months and required people across the nation to vote for their favorite musicians. Pete became a semi-finalist after receiving over 8,000 votes and went on to the finals to win in the solo genre. His music will be featured on two of the MyNetworkTV national television shows. Pete has also toured with G. Love and Special Sauce and has opened up for national acts such as American Idol winner, Taylor Hicks, Tyrone Wells, Rock Star INXS runner up, Marty Casey and Lovehammer, and Jon McLaughlin. Pete’s music was chosen over many candidates to be featured by Northern Kentucky University’s Radio, Television and Film Department for a student music video project. Pete has also appeared on a local talk show and performed while promoting a popular music festival.
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Once. Black. Jeremy. Why Go. Mention those words and I’m thrown back into the pits of the ’90s, when Grunge devoured the music world. A true Alternative hurricane. Although I followed Pearl Jam cross-country, the closest I came to meeting the band was this scene: landing flat on my back on top of Vedder’s boot. Ouch.
Singer/songwriter Pete Dressman has better Vedder stories than I do. Never thought I’d meet a PJ fan as bad as me, but I’ve met my match.
I’ve never been to Mac’s Pizza, even though they stole part of my last name. Meeting Dressman is my first adventure there. Mac’s is shadowy and spooky, with dark wood chairs and low lighting, but I can still see that Dressman is tired. Wearing a red bandanna to hold down his wild, curlyhair, he wears a tan corduroy jacket. Grinning, he describes the gig the night before as “something outta Wayne’s World.” Although he’s visibly hurting from a hard night, Dressman’s deep brown eyes hold a mischievous light, a spark that lurks beneath his dark looks.
Dressman says, “We were growing up during the whole Grunge explosion.”
He studied Singles, Ten and Nevermind religiously, and his study of Grunge shows in the classic Alternative feel of his music, but not without his individuality bursting through.
“I dropped outta college (in 2005) and said, ‘Let’s do music,’ ” he says. “That’s the only thing I think I understand — songs — structures of songs. For the most part, I can just feel where the song’s gonna go. It’s always been like that.”
Soon Dressman added Daryl Demoss (drums) and Marc Brodie (bass). The idea for the band name, the Soul Unified Nation, came to him in a dream.
Dressman was voted the favorite solo artist in a national competition by a Fox Network-owned TV station, and he has opened for Taylor Hicks, G. Love & the Special Sauce, Tyrone Wells and more. Of his new CD, The Current, Dressman says it has an “Alternative Blues feel to it. It’s got its Rock. It’s got its slow songs. It has its political songs, and it has its upbeat love and dirty Blues. It kinda sucks everybody in together.”
Dressman’s star-quality voice shines on the title track, which begins with lone vocals, rolling into an open ocean sound. His voice holds deep drawls, an echo and a depth, combined with integrity, soul and a natural, catchy feel. Harder songs burn with guitars and drums and the vocals are tempting and rocking. Let me be blunt: This thing’s begging to be on the radio. Smart and hard, soft and hearty, it’s full of water and fire.
Then, over pizza, we start in on more old Pearl Jam war stories, as if we’re chillin’ on Stone Gossard’s front porch or diggin’ up Mike McCready’s garden.
He met Vedder at a Cubs/Reds game and he talked to him on the phone once. I surrender.
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