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By DaveboyWright, 2022-08-25
Bio

I'm David Wright, founding member of Riff Reign. I began playing guitar and bass guitar in 1962 aged 14. My Uncle Ken wanted someone to play bass with his son Jim, and he bought me a Rosetti Lucky 7 bass. I played semi-pro in bands from 1964 until 1981 when my local government career took precedence. At my first gig, aged 16, we took our equipment on the bus! At our second gig girls pulled our hair out! Never happened again though. I resumed playing in 2012 aged 64. In my younger days I'd done some song writing and a couple of my songs were played on the John Peel Show on BBC Radio One, so I thought I'd try my hand again.

I've written around 130 songs in the last eight years. I formed Riff Reign in 2014 to develop and record my songs at Swanyard Music, Retford, England. I've been very fortunate to have brilliant musicians working with me. Musical styles include Americana, blues, country, dance, funk, jazz, pop, rock, hard rock and retro rock ‘n’ roll, plus the band’s own indie rock style. Much of the music has a USA influence - in 1963 my eventual wife, Gwen, joined the Beatles Fan Club and got herself a Yonkers New York pen friend, Danielle. Their friendship, which continues to this day, has led to extensive travels through the USA and Canada. Examples of songs with a USA influence on here are Country Store, Down To The Town, I'm Goin' Home To Tennessee, John Wells, Outlaw and Touchdown London.

I've also played in two rock bands during the last five years. One of them, East Side Rhythm Aces, recorded a song of mine called Rio Grande. I got the idea for the song from witnessing a Seattle bar-room brawl in 1982. The other band was Plain Shame. 

Riff Reign has self-released nine full albums, two Christmas singles, a blues rock EP and a retro rock EP. All are available as CD or digital download at  riffreign.bandcamp.com . All tracks are on Spotify and the other main platforms.  We've been featured many times on BBC Introducing East Midlands and once on BBC Introducing Sheffield.  I have a five-year licensing contract for one song with Heavy Hitters Music Group of Los Angeles.

I'm currently working on a new album which will be released as Dave Wright & Friends.

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Blackwater's Music Shack


By ron.bowes, 2022-08-18
Blackwater's Music Shack

It's thursday! So, it must be Blackwater's Music Shack night! Doors open 8:00 pm EST (1:00 am BST). If you want to rock out, then join me tonight  at the music shack and I will play some of the best indie artists on  the planet. New tracks, old tracks and chat tracks.  Mixstream radio is the place to be!

Blackwater's Music Shack


By ron.bowes, 2022-08-11
Blackwater's Music Shack

It's thursday! So, it must be Blackwater's Music Shack night! Doors open 8:00 pm EST (1:00 am BST). If you want to rock out, then join me tonight  at the music shack and I will play some of the best indie artists on  the planet. New tracks, old tracks and chat tracks.  Mixstream radio is the place to be!

Blackwater's Music Shack


By ron.bowes, 2022-08-08
Blackwater's Music Shack

I am going to cover for Jim tonight. So, it's a Blackwater's Music Shack night! Doors open 8:00 pm EST (1:00 am BST). If you want to rock out, then join me tonight at the music shack and I will play some of the best indie artists on the planet. New tracks, old tracks and chat tracks. Mixstream radio is the place to be!

Blackwater's Music Shack


By ron.bowes, 2022-08-04
Blackwater's Music Shack

It's thursday! So, it must be Blackwater's Music Shack night! Doors open 8:00 pm EST (1:00 am BST). If you want to rock out, then join me tonight  at the music shack and I will play some of the best indie artists on  the planet. New tracks, old tracks and chat tracks.  Mixstream radio is the place to be!

Rayon Vert - Siren of the Sea youtube video


By Farrell Jackson, 2022-08-04
Rayon Vert - Siren of the Sea youtube video

If you get a chance, check out the Siren of the Sea youtube video that Gary did for Rayon Vert. Nice work Gary!

Rayon Vert - Siren Of The Sea

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Mixposure Otto DJ Is On The Air


By Otto DJ, 2022-08-02
Mixposure Otto DJ Is On The Air

Mixposure Otto DJ Is On The Air to provide you a continuous stream of amazing Mixxposure.com Artists! Otto was born in a cave in the Andes, and was raised by a famiy of Alpacas. He made his first guitar from the bark of a rare Mixposure tree, and often serenaded the fabled Yeti with an impromptu version of Purple Haze, accompanied by a Unicorn. 

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Blackwater's Music Shack


By ron.bowes, 2022-07-28
Blackwater's Music Shack

It's thursday! So, it must be Blackwater's Music Shack night! Doors open 8:00 pm EST (1:00 am BST). If you want to rock out, then join me tonight  at the music shack and I will play some of the best indie artists on  the planet. New tracks, old tracks and chat tracks.  Mixstream radio is the place to be!

I decided to add this as a News Item to the site, since we're all still clearly gutted by the loss of our friend, David Joel Carter AKA Twank... Thanks for sharing this Moe, as always, you are the Best Fan this site has ever had. (Jim)

When I awakened very early this morning  I discovered the tragic news that a dear friend & very talented musician has left us & gone to that Great Gig in the Sky....thankfully Ron Bowes @ronbowes had posted in Mixstream on Facebook about this sad news...as RDB had not seen David lately, so he checked out his page on Facebook....where he read posts from family members re David's passing on 7/14/2022

David Joel Carter has been a really good cyber friend to me over the past year ~  I have enjoyed him, his humor, his music (in collaboration with Ricky Mancini in Rogue Fungi) & several other collaborations with other talented musicians on MixPosure....most of all, I have been blessed with his genuine friendship.

Being that I have not seen a Blog on MixPosure today about the loss of our fellow friend & musician....figured I would share my thoughts....possibly it is not my place to do so.....but, I felt a need to honor David ~ let us celebrate him & his life, his friendship & music & especially his love that he has blessed us with... Moe

Pictured below, David, David & his wife Yvonne (who passed a couple of years ago) & David's art

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Good People


By MoeQuinn, 2022-07-21

One of my current favorites from MixPosue music is Good People by Silvertrain  ~ it is so relevant in today's times, with so much chaos & violence in the world

see if this works I have never done a blog before ~

Good People

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