MR Brew is a four-piece blues/rock band formed in Wichita, KS. The band is comprised of Jeremy Brewer (Guitar/Vox), Mike Reed (Bass), Kyle McCorgary (Drums) and John Montgomery (Guitar).
It all started in high school, when longtime friends Mike and Jeremy got together with their acoustic weapons of choice and began to just listen to what their instruments told them. Sessions of pure harmony came into play, and Mike (MR) and Jeremy (Brew) knew that they needed to write music. When college came Mike and Jeremy roomed together at K-State and continued to draw out notes of desire and lyrics full of meaning. A couple of open mic nights and the encouragement of fellow companions at shows gave Jeremy and Mike every reason to continue with their music ability.
When Jeremy and Mike moved back from college the intensity of their music writing started to take off. They started opening for a couple of great bands around the Wichita area. Kyle then joined the band on drums to bring that edge that Mike and Jeremy were looking for. With a full resonance of guitar strings, bass licks, percussion pounding, harmonica humming, and lyric spitting sound, MR. Brew was starting to come around. After they recorded their first CD, Waxing Gibbous, it was apparent that they needed another link. MR Brew then recruited John Montgomery to take the lead on the guitar. MR Brew is currently distributing their first CD, Waxing Gibbous, and writing new music for the next one.
The Red Tailed Hawks
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Uche and the Crash
Uche - Guitar, Lead Vocals Scott Allan Knost - Lead Guitar Derek Tucker - Bass Justin DeFever - Drums
Coming from an international background, Uche the singer/songwriter has created a band out of his passion for music and life. The music may sound simple, but there is nothing typical about the way this group integrates pop, rock, soul and roots music. The love for what Uche and the Crash do is evident in the energy they exude in every song; it's no wonder they're getting all the attention in the Midwest. The songs ring familiar, but different, like radio hits from the past but anchored by a big voice, and that's why they stand out.
The band Uche and the Crash is not trying to re-invent the wheel-- it's just trying to preserve what's great in this world, and that's good music. Creatively, its influences run parallel to bands like Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Dave Matthews Band, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, but it also conveys that raw heartfelt emotion like classic rock bands of the past such as Journey, Foreigner and The Steve Miller Band.
Trevor Stewart
Trevor Stewart’s compositions and style have peaceful qualities yet have a dynamic and passionate feel. At performances he’ll also play classical, jazz, standards, pop and world-style funk. He plays an instrument called the Chapman Stick (R). The Stick is a unique musical instrument consisting of a long fretboard with twelve strings spanning a bass and guitar range. Sound is produced when the strings are "tapped" against the frets by the fingers. An electronic pickup is used to amplify the sounds. This technique allows him to use both hands in order to play multiple parts like a piano while having the direct fingers-to-strings control and feel similar to a guitar. The model of Stick that Trevor plays uses a MIDI pickup on the upper strings which can trigger a synthesizer while simultaneously playing the natural sound of the Stick.
Trevor Stewart has been playing the Chapman Stick since October of 1998 after finding it online while researching a guitar he had just purchased. Upon its arrival it was the only Stick in Kansas for a number of years. Previous study on the guitar, piano and viola led to a quick adaptation on the Stick.
