Contraband Days 2012 Proudly presents :

Contraband Days 2012 Proudly presents :
Josh Turner
Friday, May 11th, 2012 - Lake Charles Civic Center Coliseum - 9:00pm
Contraband Days presents Josh Turner on his Cracker
Barrel Old Country Store Tour, sponsored by the Isle of
Capri Casino Hotel, performing on the Malibu Rum Stage.
Multi-Platinum Recording Artist and Member of the Grand Ole Opry
The Hannah, South Carolina native has sold more than 5 million albums
and garnered numerous multi-week No. 1s ("Your Man," "Would You Go
With Me," "Why Don't We Just Dance," and "All Over Me").
His debut album, Long Black Train was certified platinum for more than 1
million copies sold, and his sophomore album, Your Man, was one of only
four country albums to reach double-platinum status in 2006.
The debut single from his fourth album Haywire, “Why Don’t We Just
Dance,” a four-week No. 1 hit was the most-played song at country radio in
2010, according to Mediabase and #3 on Billboard’s year-end Hot Country
Songs list, followed immediately by “All Over Me” at No. 4. "Why Don't We
Just Dance," took home an American Country Award for "Single of the Year-Male" in December
of the same year.
Scoring back-to-back #1's with his second single release from Haywire, “All Over Me,”
made Turner one of only seven country artists to have two No. 1 hits in 2010.
Six years after his Grand Ole Opry debut, he was inducted into the prestigious organization, becoming one of the youngest artists to receive such an honor. Turner’s new single, “Time is Love”
from his upcoming fifth studio album was recently released to radio and is now available on
iTunes.
Josh uses this same approach to his career in the music industry, where many artists
seem to come and go quickly. "I don't ever want to take anything for granted," he
says. "I've learned from certain people that it takes a lot of hard work, passion and
love for what you do to have longevity in this career."For more information, visit
www.joshturner.com
Contraband Days 2012 Proudly presents :
Tenth Avenue North
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 – Lake Charles
Civic Center Coliseum - 7:30pm
2009 GMA Dove Awards “New Artist of the Year”
2010 GMA Dove Awards “Song of the Year”
2011 GMA Dove Awards Nominee in (3) Categories
2012 GMA Dove Awards Nominee in (4) Categories
Contraband Days presents Tenth Avenue North, sponsored by “Just for Jesus”
and the Profit and Loss Association
Rarely has a new band delivered an album with more emotional punch than Tenth Avenue
North’s 2008 debut Over and Underneath. Musically inventive and lyrically compelling, the
collection helped earn the band the New Artist of the Year accolade at the 2009 Dove Awards
and placed them in headliner status on its fall tour. Needless to say its 2010 follow up album is
one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year.
With one listen to The Light Meets The Dark it is obvious Mike Donehey, Jeff Owen and Jason
Jamison are taking a bold step forward on their musical journey. Once again the songs are poignant and powerful, and in recording the new tunes, the band brings a more seasoned level of musicianship and intensity, honed from relentless touring.
Tenth Avenue North meets that objective head on with the music on The Light Meets the Dark.
“I’ve sort of stepped back and looked at this group of songs and really I feel like it’s a continuation
of this last album,” Donehey says. “I’m not trying to blow people’s minds. I’m trying to take them to
the next step. ‘Over and Underneath’ is a call for the gospel. This next record is more like ‘Okay,
now if you believe that, let people see how messed up you are. Are you ready to confess? Are
you ready to have all your masks taken away?”
That ability to challenge audiences to a deeper walk of faith while simultaneously encouraging
them with the truth of God’s grace has propelled Tenth Avenue North to the forefront of the Christian music industry. The band’s debut disc ranked No. 10 on Billboard Magazine’s list of Top
Christian Albums for 2009. The group placed two songs on the Hot Christian Songs chart, including the No. 1 radio single “By Your Side” at No. 2 and “Hold My Heart” at No. 13. Most impressive
is the fact that Tenth Avenue North, still on its first album, had “By Your Side” show up at No. 3 on
Billboard’s overall decade ranking of Christian Songs.
For more information regarding Tenth Avenue North and their music, please visit their website at
www.tenthavenuenorth.com.
Contraband Days 2012 Proudly presents :
ADAM TRENT
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 – LCCC Rosa Hart Theater – 1:00pm
Thursday, May 10th, 2012 – LCCC Rosa Hart Theater - 7:00pm
As seen on The Disney Channel’s “Shake It Up”
“Amazing!” – CBS News
“A New Wave of Magic” - Loveland News
“Truly unlike any magician working today!” – Mania TV
“Trent is this generation’s newest star magician” – RA News
“Adam Trent is best described as Justin Timberlake meets David Copperfield” –
GP4T Magazine
“10 Most Influential Youths in the Nation” - US News & World Report Magazine
Contraband Days presents Adam Trent, sponsored by McDonald’s
“International award winning magician Adam Trent blends Vegas style magic with dancing and
singing for an astonishing, laughter-filled evening. As only a teenager, Adam Trent made magic
history by becoming the youngest and only magician ever to win back to back medals in the
P.C.A.M. Pro Magic Challenge - one of the most prestigious magic competitions in the world. He
is a self-taught performer who is touted by some of today’s greatest magicians as being a genius
headed straight for stardom.”
“Adam Trent is taking the magic world by storm, blending dancing and singing to own original
pop music innovative stage illusions, charming wit, and emotion to create an experience that is
part magic show, part concert, and part stand-up comedy. Though young, he already has a resume that many older professionals would envy.
Not only is he one of the youngest international award winning magicians in history, US News &
World Report Magazine identified him as one of ‘The 10 Most Influential Youths in the Nation.”
He is a self-taught performer who is touted by some as today’s greatest magician as being a genius headed straight for stardom. Recently, the Disney Channel featured Adam Trent as himself in
a feature performance.
A 17 year veteran of magic and stage performance. Trent truly knows how to appeal to all age
groups, entertaining internationally at venues ranging from cruise ships, colleges, comedy clubs,
theatres, and civic centers. Having performed over 300 live shows in 19 different countries
during the last year alone, he is rapidly shattering the stereotype magician.
Witness for yourself how magic has changed! For more information about Adam Trent, please
visit his website at: www.adamtrentmagic.com.
Contraband Days 2012 Proudly presents :
The ZAPP Band
Saturday, May 5th, 2012 – Festival Outdoor Stage - 9:00pm
Contraband Days presents an Encore Performance of
the ZAPP Band on the Malibu Rum stage.
The nucleus of Zapp circled around three of the five Troutman brothers:
Lester, Larry and their younger brother Roger. The duo of Lester and
Roger started several groups including Little Roger and the Vels. Larry
eventually joined his brothers when their name became Roger and the
Human Body, which also included youngest brother Terry and Gregory
Jackson [Cincinnati Ohio Funk Keyboardist]. Larry was then the road manager and the leader of the group in terms of all major decisions and connections.
The name change to Zapp came courtesy of Terry, whose nickname was
that of "Zapp". Discovered by members of P-Funk in 1979, the funk collective's leader George Clinton signed them to his Uncle Jam Records. When
that label folded the following year, the group signed with P-Funk's parent
label, Warner Bros. Records, and began working on their first record at united sound in Detroit album courtesy of co-production from Bootsy Collins.
Released in the late summer of 1980, Zapp's seminal self-titled debut album became a platinum
success peaking at the top twenty of the Billboard Top 200 thanks to the success of their leading
single, the Roger composition, "More Bounce to the Ounce", which reached number two on the Hot
Soul Singles chart.
Zapp's trek to fame continued within the Troutmans, who started Troutman Enterprises shortly after
the Zapp album was released. Roger, who was the leader of the group and most famous for using
the talk box in his recordings, was also the band's producer, chief writer, arranger, and composer.
He and older brother Larry, who served as percussionist in the band's early years and later retired
from music to serve as his younger brother's manager, often collaborated on songs together. Roger
and Zapp worked on both group albums and albums Roger released on his own merit.
Within five years, the band scored more top ten R&B hits such as "Doo Wa Ditty", "I Can Make You
Dance", "Heartbreaker", and ballads such as "Computer Love (R&B #8)" and a cover of The Miracles' "Ooo Baby Baby". Among the songs, only one of them - 1982's "Dance Floor, Part 1" - managed to hit number-one on the R&B chart while two of Roger's solo numbers - a cover of Marvin
Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "I Want to Be Your Man" - hit the top spot of that
chart. By 1985's New Zapp IV U, the group had scored over four gold records and had become a
top concert draw all around the world.”
For more information about the ZAPP Band, visit their website at www.thezappband.com.
Contraband Days 2012 Proudly presents :
Bryan Fontenot
Friday, May 11th, 2012 – Lake Charles Civic Center Coliseum - 7:00pm
Contraband Days presents Bryan Fontenot as the Opening Performer for
Josh Turner on the Malibu Rum stage.
2012 Grammy Nomination
Winner of the 2011 Texas International Music
Association’s “Album of the Year” Award
Westlake High School Alumni
“Standing in the circle of the Grand Ole Opry or among friends, Bryan Fontenot, energizes an
audience like no other. Country, Rock, Blues, or Western Swing, he brings his best every time he
steps to the microphone. This ex bull-rider, loves entertaining the crowd!
To meet Bryan, off stage, you might not sense the gift of music, which lies in the heart and soul of
this polite and unassuming cowboy, or the obstacles he has overcome in life. He underwent 13
hours of reconstructive surgery, after a bull took a dislike to him, lost his Mom during Hurricane
Rita, a brother to tragic death, and just recently his Dad. No doubt the journey has tempered his
music with blues and soulful authenticity that comes only with experience. Bryan's heart-felt vocals personify the body and soul of music and lyric. He's believable.
Each song is like having a one-on- one conversation with a friend. I've known and performed with
Bryan for 17 years now. Through the good and the bad times he's never lost his love for his craft.
I've seen him perform for huge paychecks, and for tips. I never could tell the difference. He's focused on the music, all of the time. His blood type is B flat.” -- Monte Burke, Producer
Contraband Days 2012 Proudly presents :
The Molly Ringwalds
Friday, May 4th, 2012 – Festival Outdoor Stage - 9:00pm
Contraband Days presents The Molly Ringwalds on the Malibu Rum stage.
They are The World’s Greatest 80’s Experience.
Hailing from Sheffield, England, this legendary quintet
has been able to combine their individual and very
formidable talents to create the true essence of the
most radical decade to ever be called “The 80’s”.
The Molly Ringwalds create and 80’s Experience by
honing their abilities to apply make-up and tease their
hair while showcasing all the musical genres of the
decade.
From their days of building a following at a pub located in a large portion of a big city near
a small village located south of a place you’ve never heard of, to selling out large venues
in the United States, The Molly Ringwalds are an indescribable act. Luck and
circumstance brought these young lads together. The rest is the history of the 80’s.”
Contraband Days 2012 Proudly presents :
Ryan Andreas
Friday, May 4th, 2012 – Festival Outdoor Stage - 6:00pm
Friday, May 12th, 2012 – Annual Fireworks Party LCCC 3rd Floor Buccaneer Room- 9:00pm
Additional 90-Minute performance in the “Pirate’s Cove” - TBA
Contraband Days presents Ryan Andreas on the Malibu Rum stage.
As seen on NBC-TV’s America’s Got Talent
Launching Debut Album at Festival
Since May 31st 2011, Ryan Andreas has been
viewed by well over 31 million households between
Los Angeles and Las Vegas NBC air dates for
Americas Got Talent 2011 in the United States
alone, prominently headlined in the number # 1
show on TV, "Angel" Performance was used as
AGT's main lead in commercial for TV outlets and Movie theaters Nationwide.
Since his performance in 2011 on AGT, he has received over 4.75 Million internet video
views and climbing, Nearing 7500 Facebook fan likes, started by Fans and ran by Fans,
two separate Alaskan 4 day tours, #1 FM Morning Radio Show debut for KWHL 106.5 in
studio Live on Air - KFAT 92.9 in studio Live on Air - Q99.7FM in studio Live on Air 104.9 WRBB Boston FM Interview Live On Air - Z104.9FM Interview Live on Air - Southern California FM Radio Debut on 96.7 KCAL FM Live in studio - KCDZ 107.7FM Extended Interview Live on Air - Online Blog Radio, Numerous Podcasts, hundreds of online
articles and reviews, 35 date mini tour around California including the House of Blues
Anaheim and The Viper Room Hollywood, ABC/FOX TV Nightly News Interview, Multiple
National Anthem event Performances, including Citizens Bank Arena (6,500 + in attendance) for ECHL Championships - Rock and Roll Bingo 96.7FM, Kegger 2011 96.7FM
multiple Southern California Newspaper Articles- and Honored by the Mayor of Ontario
California in an official event as " City's Favorite Son" with thousands and thousands of
fans dialing in weekly from all around the globe, THIS IS NOW WORLDWIDE.
For more information about Ryan Andreas, please visit his website at
www.ryanandreas.net.
Contraband Days 2012 Proudly presents :
Beverly McClellan
Friday, May 4th, 2012 – Festival Outdoor Stage - 7:00pm
Contraband Days presents Beverly McClellan on the Malibu Rum stage.
Finalist on NBC-TV’s The Voice
2012 GLAAD Outstanding Music Artist Nominee
Rock ‘n‟ roll is built on a foundation of great vocalists, and Beverly McClellan is quickly becoming its
newest cornerstone. NBC-TV‟s The Voice introduced her to the world as a singer of stunning power
and range with the presence and ability to draw
comparisons to Etta James, Janis Joplin, Bonnie
Raitt and Melissa Etheridge, to name just a few of
the great torchbearers whose legacies she evokes.
Now McClellan's debut international release Fear Nothing presents her as a true and
original artist — a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and dynamic presence with the ability,
authority and desire to carve her own place in music history.
“I believe that I have a message,” says McClellan. “It's simple: be yourself, love yourself,
always be honest, and let the rest come naturally. That's the way I live my life and make
my music.” And that's the easygoing Zen she applied to the recording of Fear Nothing at
Los Angeles‟ House of Blues studios with producer David Z. (Prince, Fine Young Cannibals, Billy Idol, Buddy Guy) and the superb rock and roots session players he assembled:
guitarist Josh Sklair, keyboardist Jimmy Pugh, bassist Hutch Hutchinson and drummer
Tony Braunagal — all noted producers in their own right. McClellan also brought along
her own longtime guitar foil Billy Vazquez, and a stack of mostly upbeat and entirely
heartfelt new songs.
For the past 15 years, from the day she left her job as a dentist's assistant for a lunch
break and never returned, she's kept her head shaven and added a series of tattoos that
help tell her life story. Her orca and bear body art speak of her part-Native American heritage. McClellan's colorful peacock-and microphone sleeve was acquired during her time
on The Voice, where she was a wildly popular “Final 4” contestant earlier this year.
For more information about Beverly McClellan, please visit her website at
www.beverlymcclellan.com.
Contraband Days 2012 Proudly presents :
Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Festival Outdoor Stage
The Best of Louisiana Music on the Malibu Rum stage.
Travis Matte & the Kingpins
7:30pm
Steel Shot
5:00pm
Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys
2:30pm
Chris Miller & Bayou Roots
12:00pm