TRES PESCADORES RECORDS

California country singer-songwriter Rick Shea’s new Smoke Tree Road is an exceptional set that highlights his signature mix of communicative artistry, contemporary vision and traditional form.

Southern California artists collaborated to create this tribute to Patty Booker, who suffers from Lewy Body Dementia.  All proceeds from sales go directly to Patty to help her in her time of need.

Rick Shea cut his teeth in the bars and honky-tonks of San Bernardino and his songs reflect the folk, country, rock and Mexican influences he grew up with there. The Town Where I Live, Rick’s latest album, emerges from that world of haunts, hard choices and dusty rock & roll.

Sitting squarely on top of the main fault line of the San Andreas, the old railroad town of San Bernardino has seen its share of troubles.  On Sweet Bernardine, the title track of Rick Shea’s new album, Shea sings about San Bernardino and its troubled story, but still finds bittersweet comfort in the old and the familiar.

Sawbones (Wagon Wheel, 2000)

Rick Shea’s third release moves from tender acoustic country and bluegrass to muscular electric blues. His expressive guitar and mandolin playing connect a varied collection that includes Lefty Frizzell’s “Saginaw, Michigan,” the instrumental “Mesquite,” and the British folk sounds of “Deep Within the Well.”

On Live and Then Some, Chris Gaffney and the Cold Hard Facts move from blue-eyed soul and traditional country to hard-driving rock. Fifteen years on the honky-tonk circuit give the band a sound that is tight, road-tested, and comfortably familiar.

On Fire & Brimstone, Patty Booker draws on a lifetime of experience as a singer, songwriter, mother, and working woman, bringing a personal voice to songs rooted in everyday life.

Released as Sawbones in 2000 (AIM/Wagon Wheel) and re-mixed, re-mastered and re-released here with 3 additional songs, Bound for Trouble is a powerful collection of songs, maybe Shea's strongest to date.

Take a pinch of Otis Redding, mix it with a little John Hiatt, give it the voice of James Brown and the soul and sensibility of Van Morrison and you’re damn close!  The Missiles of October are a dynamic source of delight for fans, music critics and music industry icons whenever and wherever they perform.

Proven singers and songwriters - they go together like Leona Williams & Merle Haggard, Rose
Maddox & Buck Owens, Wynn Stewart & Jan Howard, alternating mutual heartache with sly humor.
-John Conquest