These
friends have pulled powerful forces together.
Vocally and instrumentally stripped-down and full at the same time,
...you can hear the "parts" and the whole.
Both are lead vocalists, each bringing his broad repertoire,
covering nearly every genre: R&B, C&W, Rock, Jazz, Funk,
Standards...
...they're all over the road.
All of this is done with great attention to the mix, tone, and
volume...
a sort of "acoustic" approach...that features great
playing, feel, and outstanding vocals.
With the addition of bassist J.Kelleher, the arrangements grow,
almost exponentially.
...It's a great vibe and their fun is infectious.
Just
before high school graduation, Jeff Watson
(Vocals/Harmonicas) signed his first recording
contract with Capitol Records and moved to New York.
The recording received critical acclaim from both
Billboard and Variety Magazine and Jeff
was honored by Cash Box Magazine as a Featured
New Artist. While in New York, Jeff also signed
contracts with Sceptre and Columbia.
The record deal with
Columbia was particularly sweet: he got the first
12 for 1¢ (plus
$1.89 S&H),
agreeing to get 8 more over the next two years
at the regular price.
Since
then, he has secured himself a place as a "Singer's
Singer" and a member of this region's musical
elite. Jeff's deeply soulful and "always-on" vocals
have blessed the ears of those at the Washington Opera
Society, The New York Town Hall, The Brooklyn Academy
of Music, and the National Symphony Orchestra. Jeff
has shared the stage or opened for many national acts
including the Miles Davis
Group, Elvin Jones,
JR. Walker,
The Band, The
Georgia Satellites,
The Fabulous Thunderbirds,
Tina Turner,
Huey Lewis, and many more. He is a welcomed guest singer alongside
such local Washington D.C. talent as Mary Ann Redmond,
Brian Fox, Junior Cline, Al Williams, The Bandhouse
Concerts, and is the featured singer and contributing
songwriter for
The Texas Chainsaw Horns.
Jeff also has recording credits with some of these
ensembles and many other D.C.and regional acts.
In
addition to the club and concert circuit with Downtown,
The Fabulous Exaggerat!ons, and The Texas
Chainsaw Horns, he has performed solo concerts
in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan, thus making him internationally
unknown.
In addition, Jeff has continually offered his service
to raise money for charities such as
March of Dimes, Sunshine Foundation,
The Make a Wish Foundation, Toys for Tots,
and The Red Cross
.
Jeff's
natural groove, timing, and talent are
second only to
his joy of singing.
That's
his instrument, and he came to play.
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Steve Hudson (Guitars/Vocals) has carved himself into the funnybones
of America as a blackbelt musician who has achieved
a high degree of comic consciousness:
he demonstrates just how dangerous a guitar
and piano can be in the right hands.
Formerly
based in Los Angeles, Steve headlined popular West
Coast & national comedy venues, as well as international
Corporate events, and hundreds of College concerts,
but his deft ability to mix comedy and music had made
him a smash opener for Bonnie Raitt, Tina
Turner, and comedians Rodney Dangefield,
Brad Garrett, and Steve Harvey. He brings
to the stage his genuine enthusiasm, smart & original
comedy, and a serious musical ability that give his
performances an amazing 3-dimensionality.
Prior
to being an admitted comedian, Steve was a much-requested
studio & stage musician, versed in a variety of
musical genre: Classical to Jazz, Rock to Ragtime,
Wagon Train to Soul Train. He's played pedal steel,
acoustic & electric guitars, piano, organ, synths,
trombones, dollar bills,...the kid's a natural. He
brings this broad versatility, clear sense of instrument
voicing, and the rhythmn of ensemble performance,
to Watson!Hudson!, giving them a fullness
uncommon to acoustic acts.
As
music-writer and producer, he has been involved in
recording projects as varied as scoring & narrating
a collection of Children's stories by author Celeste
White, to his own highly regarded, comedic music album,
Pick of the Litter, and his ability is as natural
and as beautifully timed as his comedy.
Steve
has now brings his cerebral juggling act back to his
native Virginia, just outside Washington, DC....and
he hasn't traveled all this way with his eyes closed
either.
Steve
Hudson sticks his hands into the little cracks of
life, pulls out the funny stuff, and creates a very
digable art.
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Hudson
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