Overtones LIVE "Working in Concert" with Bedford (LIVE) Receives a Josie Music Award Nomination for Rock Album of the Year
- Renee Collins Cobb
- Jun 13, 2023
- 4 min read
Updated: Mar 27
In 2023, Overtones LIVE "Working in Concert" Album Series added Bedford to its collection of landmark show recordings and preservation projects. The series now features full album projects with The Goodwin Brothers, The Greg Austin Tribute Concert, Darrell Pittman and The Fugitives, Bedford and soon to come - Wicked Peace, Rachel Crowe, Blair Crimmins and Holly Forbes.
Photography by Renee Collins Cobb
70’s Rock is now 50 years old, and in 2023 -Bedford was all about reinventing and reprising it on The Josie Music Awards nominated album “Overtones LIVE Presents Bedford- Working in Concert” recorded for the award winning radio show/ podcasts 200th episode recorded and produced by Overtones LIVE at the historic and world famous Austin City Saloon in Lexington, Kentucky. "Working in Concert" for Overtones LIVE represents the high quality of the collaborative way of musical life that engages a great venue like Austin City Saloon, guest host appearances by Whitney Adams, Rachel Crowe and Renee Collins Cobb, the sound and audio engineering expertise of Garrick Howell and April Edwards, the award winning videography team of Tanner Blevins, Patrick Brumback and Gabe Osborne and the executive production team of Listen Locally, the presenters of Overtones LIVE.
Overtones LIVE 200th Episode Featuring Bedford at Austin City Saloon Hosted by Renee Collins Cobb, Whitney Adams and Rachel Crowe
This particular album project with their performance on Overtones Live 200th Episode blended a dash of soul with a whole lot of attitude as fans of the band continue to experience rock and roll in a different way than they had before. This 2023 version of the band was born, raised and based in Eastern Kentucky, a musical epicenter and home to many artists who have not only found a place to establish their roots but who have also defined the ingredients of success for the cultural environment needed for their musical harvest to not only survive - particularly during the pandemic - but to thrive as well.
Bedford, who has recently signed with Nashville-based Dreamland Entertainment Group, is presenting something new in their pockets and something vintage in their soul. On this particular project, the band was able to capture lightning – put it in a bottle and share it with the world as a familiar, yet unique sound.
"We Are Dreamland"
This unequivocal power quartet- made up of band members Sam May, Tristan Frazier and Kolby Swiney, and Trevor St John made it their personal mission to re-ignite the fiery passion of rock, infused with a dose of soul. Influenced by world-renowned artists since childhood, Bedford truly brings that “sweet old sound” to the forefront of the modern limelight on this particular album. A true powerhouse band, its members, all independently talented in their own right, commanded the stage in their performance that evening with a high level of energy and synergy, with not one or two vocals, but four powerful vocals, thundering drums, infectious bass-lines and searing guitar solos.
Keeping with recurrent themes in their original lyrics, one can check out their talent all across the state of Kentucky and beyond. Bedford released their first album “Content” in 2018 with prominent tracks such as “Bone Orchard Blues” and “Mr. Man”. 2019 brought yet another brilliant album release “A Trip to the Sun” with heavy cuts such as “Jump Into the Sun” and “The Castaway”.
Photography by Erica Chambers
While the entire music industry and community nearly grounded to a halt with the pandemic, Bedford - believing when there is a musical will, there is always a musical way- productively utilized this time to re-focus and set their sights well beyond the barriers of the confinement the world was experiencing at the time. On this particular album project, the band pushed full steam ahead into a bright musical future that they felt everyone wanted to experience at the time coming out of a pandemic that confined the lover of the live music experience to walls of their home and on the audio on their phones.
Overtones LIVE Hosted by Renee Collins Cobb showcased the work of Bedford for the recording of their landmark 200th episode filmed at the world famous and historic “Austin City Saloon in Lexington, KY. This recording naturally evolved into the next album project for Bedford in 2023. The album release titled “Overtone LIVE Presents Bedford Working in Concert” features the best of the songwriting work over the past six years of the band’s formation including fan favorites “A Song for A Friend”, “No Crown”, "A Song for a Friend" and “Free”.
This album is available on itunes, spotify and other platforms and also features the LIVE performance video of this landmark episode on Overtones LIVE You Tube Channel.
Photography by Erica Chambers
Renee Collins Cobb, M.Ed. and Warren Cobb are Executive Producers of Overtones LIVE and Co-Owners of Listen Locally, LLC, as well as Executive Directors and Founders of Room 17 Productions, a non-profit 501c3 organization. We are also partners in Dreamland Entertainment Group and The Scribe TV Network.
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