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Decade of Difference follows a musical act over a career spanning a decade or more.

   Originally formed as a Ska band known as ‘Boy O Boy’ by classmates at Virginia Tech, Fighting Gravity was a

   staple on the college bar scene in the 90’s. This earned the band a spot in the Summer College issue of Rolling

   Stone and a fast track to national exposure. A copyright issue forced the band to rename, picking the new

   name ‘Fighting Gravity’.

   The national success forecast for the band never happened, although the band says that they remained very

   busy touring and recording and never felt they missed out. A particularly lucrative market for the band was

   frat parties, often paying more than being an opening act for major touring performers.

   After a style change – dropping the horns section and moving to a guitar driven rock sound – and 20 years of

   touring, the band called in quits in the mid 2000s. The band played all over the US and also on USO tours

   overseas, reaching over 1 million people with their concerts. Occasionally the band members regroup for

   reunion performances, most recently in 2017.

Decade of Difference follows a musical act over a career spanning a decade or more.

   Jesse Colin Young first appeared as a solo folksinger in 1961 before forming the folk country group ‘The

   Youngbloods’ in 1965. Although the band obtained only moderate commercial success, their songs have

   remained popular to this day. ‘Get Together’ by the band has appeared repeatedly in movies and commercials

   over the decades. The Youngbloods would record five albums before disbanding in 1972.

   Jesse Colin Young and the other members of the Youngbloods pursued solo careers, with only Young seeing

   much success. His popularity peaked in the mid to late 70s with multiple top 50 albums, and an appearance in

   the 1979 ‘No Nukes’ concert. There was a period of touring with a reformed Youngbloods in the 80’s, before

   Young returned to a solo career. Later, Jesse Colin Young moved to Hawaii and operates a coffee plantation,

   while still releasing new music.

Decade of Difference follows a musical act over a career spanning a decade or more.

   Matt Sever, known as Matt the Electrician has released 12 albums over his 25 year career. Growing up in

   California and Oregon, Sever entered music by hosting an open mic night in Austin, Tx.  When Sever would

   arrive at gigs still sweaty from a long days work in Austin’s summer heat, he would often explain, “Hi, my

   name is Matt, and I’m an electrician.” Regulars to his shows began referring to him as “The Electrician,” and

   the moniker stuck.

    Matt Sever has dropped his day job, touring regularly and seeing his music used in tv and movies. Recently

   Sever began a series of 45RPM vinyl releases. Each were recorded with a different backing band. In all cases

   but one, the band was local to Austin, but on the last release Matt worked with Charlottesville’s Paul Curreri

   and Devon Sproule.

   Now all of the vinyl releases have been collected on a new album release called ‘The Doubles’, with all of the

   original recordings plus versions recorded with his normal backing band.

 Decade of Difference follows a musical act over a career spanning a decade or more.

   Rosanne Cash is the eldest daughter of Johnny Cash and his first wife, born in Memphis around the time Cash

   was first recording at Sun Records. Soon the family moved to California, split up and Rosanne and her sisters

   remained with their Mother.

   Rosanne joined her Father’s road show and appeared on her first record in 1974. In 1978, Cash cut a demo of

   her own with Rodney Crowell, which led to an album and marriage to Crowell. In 1981, Cash had her biggest

   commercial success with the #1 country album ‘Seven Year Ache’. Possibly her best album was her 1987

   release, ‘King’s Record Shop’, which generated four #1 country singles.

   Cash and Crowell divorced in 1992 and Cash moved from Nashville to New York. Musically, she moved away

   from the style that produced the #1 country singles and into a less produced, more personal style. By 2014

   Cash was rewarded with 3 Grammys for her album ‘The River & The Thread’ a collection of songs about

   travelling through the South.

   Cash’s latest release focuses on causes and issues that are important to her. Serving as an emotional

   centerpiece to the album is the song “8 Gods of Harlem” written and performed in collaboration with Kris

   Kristofferson and Elvis Costello about a mother who loses a child to gun violence.

 Decade of Difference follows a musical act over a career spanning a decade or more.With his trademark wide

   brimmed hat and dark sunglasses, Leon Redbone has always been a mystery. Redbone first drew national

   attention from Bob Dylan who same him perform in the mid-70s at a folk festival. Interviews with Redbone

   about his past never resulted in consistent answers. For example, when asked about where he first played

   publicly, Redbone replied that “I first played publicly in a pool hall – but I was not playing guitar, I was playing

   pool”.

   Redbone released his first album in 1975 called ‘On The Track.’ All the songs were taken from the early 20th

   century featuring compositions by Jimmie Rodgers, Fats Waller and Hoagy Carmichael. The album’s success

   got Redbone exposure as a repeat musical performer on the first season of NBC’s new late-night show,

   Saturday Night Live.

   Redbone’s true origins have never been revealed, although the most likely story is that he emigrated from

   Cyprus to Canada in the 1960s, and began his career playing folk clubs in Toronto. Over his forty-year career,

   Redbone never wavered from bringing classics back into the spotlight by presenting music from vaudeville,

   ragtime and tin pan alley.

   Redbone also managed to find a place in pop culture with appearances the movie Elf, theme songs for tv

   shows and regular appearances on the PBS children’s’ show ‘Between the Lions’.

   In 2015, Redbone retired from public performing and recording due to health problems.

Decade of Difference follows a musical act over a career spanning a decade or more.

    Atlanta’s Blackberry Smoke is a classic road band. Playing about 200 shows a year is how the band

    promoted itself, and a steady increase in record sales has proven this to be a successful plan for the band.

    Cut from the mold of classic southern rock bands like the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd, the band

    has released six albums since 2003. Starting in the pre-social media scene, the band relied on their live

    shows, and television to grow their audience. Although they admit that watching their concert

    performances on TV is a little like ‘watching a NASCAR race on television’, even this watered-down version

    can get people interested in the band.

    2016’s ‘Like an Arrow’ reached #1 on the US Country and Americana charts – despite the band still

    receiving only modest airplay on radio. In addition to the bands six studio albums, they have released

    several EPs and a live recording. Last year, the band released ‘The Southern Ground Sessions’, an EP of

    acoustic versions of songs from their latest album, recorded at Zac Brown’s Southern Ground Studios in

    Nashville.