Canopy Club Show Poster ©2010 Nick Beery

After putting together a show poster for a few local acts which included The Sugar Prophets in the line up, frontman Josh Spence hit me up to put together TSP’s image and logos. The group loved the “record head” element from the show poster. We spun some ideas for additions to the logo making it more streamlined and ‘blues’ proper which ultimately ended up utilizing the wavy beard of the logo to divide and create a Fender telecaster silhouette with the negative space and thus produced “the prophet”.

The Sugar Prophets Logos

The Sugar Prophets are due to release their record at the end of January 2011 and continues to garner new fans and a devoted fan base wherever they play. Their raw, intense energy and blue collar lyrics are both danceable and deep. Blending sounds across Blues, Rock, R&B, Funk, Country, Soul, and Gospel; The Sugar Prophets have the sound of a soul-inspiring locomotive heading straight to your door. Listen and become a believer in this heartfelt message of amazing music.

Design/Photo/Composites by Al Brandtner

From The Sugar Prophets Press Release:

The Sugar Prophets: www.thesugarprophets.com

The Sugar Prophets are an interesting amalgam of backgrounds and talent that have seemingly merged together in the right time, place, and groove. Fiery singer and harmonica slinger Josh Spence had been around the Central Illinois Blues scene as a regular guest performer with both local and national touring acts for years before deciding to form the band in March, 2009. The band played several shows and went through a few personnel changes until February 2010, when the present day lineup was set. Since then, The Sugar Prophets’ profile has continued to rise in Central Illinois Blues circles and beyond. After playing just over 100 shows in their first year, The Sugar Prophets were chosen to go to Memphis and represent the Illinois Central Blues Club at the 2011 International Blues Challenge.
Now, don’t get the impression that this band is just a group of young pups trying to run with the big dogs. No, The Sugar Prophets have a lot more experience and savvy than that! In their current form, collectively, they’ve logged over 5,000 shows. In fact, some have recorded and played with some of the finest musicians in the worlds of Blues, Gospel, R&B, and Blues-Rock.
Guitarists Joe Asselin, former member of the Kilborn Alley Blues Band, and A.J. Williams, who has logged miles with Murali Coryell, Shirley King, and legendary blues sax-man A.C. Reed, combine with bassist Al Chapman, best known as the rock-solid groove-man in Billy Galt’s Blues Deacons, drummer extraordinaire, Aaron “A Train” Wilson, who has performed with Nick Moss & the Flip-Tops, the Kilborn Alley Blues Band, and Joe Moss, and front man, Josh Spence to form the The Sugar Prophets.

For more info, show dates, interviews, and audio tracks from The Sugar Prophets:

www.thesugarprophets.com

Contact: Josh Spence

Email: thesugarprophets@live.com

Captain Gravel

Their sound is expanding beyond the simple form of mostly acoustic music. There are amps on stage, and a drum set which didn’t exist previously. Still occupying the traditional realm; acoustic guitar, mandolin maintain their prominent roles. The change in sound and instrumentation was not calculated in ways one might assume. The band is based on a group of musicians who enjoy making music together regardless of genre preconceptions or traditional dogma. The influences are vast and the sound is diverse but seems to live somewhere between country, jazz, folk and rock.

Be sure to check out Captain Gravel new music here: http://www.captaingravel.com/